Equity Board · Wednesday, September 7, 2022 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of August 3, 2022 meeting

packet pp.3–6

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 08-03-22 Equity Board Minutes Page [0001] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Equity Board 6:00 PM Virtual Meeting Wednesday, August 3, 2022 MINUTES

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Issaquah Police Department - 20 minutes Introduction & Overview (I)

Paula Schwan, Chief of Police · packet pp.7–33

Topics: Public Safety

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Staff report:

Proposed Agenda • 1. Strategic Plan & Equity within the City of Issaquah • 2. Equity Board Role – City Code • 3. Board Rules & Regulations • 4. Workplan Development • 5. Role of Equity Members versus Equity Board • 6. Year to Date Accomplishments & Upcoming Meetings

Board Development - Recap & Next 60 minutes Steps (D)

Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager

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REPORT

Committee Report

Kelly Munn, Committee Chair

6. STAFF REPORT

Updates from Mayor & City Council, and Other Equity Related Updates

Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager

Topics: Equity

7. OTHER BUSINESS / ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming Board Meetings - Dates and Times

Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager · packet pp.35

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Staff report:

December 2021 Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 6:00pm-8:00pm January 2022 Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 6:00pm-8:00pm February 2022 Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 6:00pm-8:00pm March 2022 Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 6:00pm-8:00pm April 2022 Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 6:00pm-8:00pm May 2022 Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 6:00pm-8:00pm June 2022 Wednesday, June 1st, 2022 6:00pm-8:00pm July 2022 Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 6:00pm-8:00pm August 2022 Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 6:00pm-8:00pm September 2022 Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 IN PERSON METING! 6:00pm-8:00pm October 2022 Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 6:00pm-8:00pm Observing Yom Kippur Holiday IN PERSON METING! PROPOSED: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 6:00pm-8:00pm

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0:00 ↗ welcome everyone I'm calling the meeting

0:02 ↗ to order so first and foremost welcome

0:05 ↗ everyone we now have the equity board in

0:07 ↗ person and some online so thank you all

0:09 ↗ for joining us today

0:12 ↗ um we will also um be working with our

0:14 ↗ Spanish interpreters so I just want to

0:16 ↗ give everybody a few quick reminders on

0:19 ↗ how we do our meetings we want to make

0:21 ↗ sure that we speak clearly and pause

0:23 ↗ frequently something I'm also working on

0:26 ↗ um be sure to state your name before you

0:28 ↗ speak and then mute your microphone when

0:30 ↗ you're not speaking and that'll just

0:32 ↗ help with all the technical stuff if you

0:34 ↗ have any technical issues please reach

0:36 ↗ out to us in chat or feel free to call

0:38 ↗ in

0:39 ↗ um there's also some troubleshooting

0:40 ↗ information that you can find on our

0:42 ↗ website and I will defer to Monica for

0:46 ↗ our roll call and she will also be

0:48 ↗ keeping time for us tonight

0:51 ↗ okay

0:52 ↗ um thank you so much say good evening

0:54 ↗ board members

0:55 ↗ um

0:56 ↗ to begin with philco I just wanted to

0:58 ↗ make sure uh make a quick note that we

1:00 ↗ have

1:01 ↗ um three uh board members online tonight

1:04 ↗ lucrecia choto Christina bonce and Helen

1:09 ↗ preventer online

1:11 ↗ um and the other board members are

1:13 ↗ present

1:15 ↗ um I'm happy to actually go to names if

1:18 ↗ that's helpful for everyone

1:20 ↗ all

1:22 ↗ um we have first Alisa Steward and I

1:26 ↗ don't see her quite here so perhaps

1:28 ↗ she's running late

1:30 ↗ um you can check back in a little bit

1:31 ↗ later

1:33 ↗ um Megan as you know she her last

1:35 ↗ meeting was last time she she went off

1:38 ↗ to college

1:39 ↗ so we're gonna work with her some taking

1:41 ↗ her after roster

1:43 ↗ um Helen

1:44 ↗ I'm gonna unmute you

1:47 ↗ for you to be able to

1:50 ↗ respond give me just a moment

1:54 ↗ calendar do you mind saying that you're

1:56 ↗ present I am present yeah

2:04 ↗ okay board members I appreciate your

2:07 ↗ flexibility as I go with multiple

2:09 ↗ screens here

2:11 ↗ um next I have Lorna Gilmore here

2:15 ↗ thank you right now welcome uh lucrecia

2:18 ↗ choto she's on the phone the question

2:21 ↗ I'm gonna unmute you here for attendance

2:26 ↗ um

2:27 ↗ yes I think she fell off sorry we lost

2:31 ↗ because yeah

2:33 ↗ um hopefully she can call back

2:35 ↗ next we have Ray yeah

2:40 ↗ nice to see you all right

2:43 ↗ and

2:47 ↗ say hi

2:50 ↗ tell me

2:54 ↗ and Christina is online Christina I'm

2:58 ↗ gonna unmute you

3:02 ↗ hola

3:04 ↗ hola Christina good evening welcome

3:11 ↗ and

3:13 ↗ Kelly here good evening welcome pretty

3:17 ↗ here and I think that concludes our role

3:20 ↗ called Jacob also our youth member he

3:22 ↗ also went to college so

3:25 ↗ um

3:30 ↗ all right so um given that this meeting

3:33 ↗ is a little bit different but I just

3:34 ↗ want to remind everyone too

3:36 ↗ um for the people that are in the room

3:37 ↗ if you just want to raise your hand if

3:39 ↗ you want to speak

3:40 ↗ um I will do my best to make sure that

3:42 ↗ I'm paying attention and I recognize you

3:44 ↗ um however I may not get you all in

3:46 ↗ order

3:47 ↗ on the other side of that coin

3:50 ↗ um for the books that are online please

3:52 ↗ just break your vulture virtual opinion

3:54 ↗ and I will call on you based on while I

3:57 ↗ see some of our channels does that make

3:59 ↗ sense for everyone

4:00 ↗ all right so we're gonna jump right in

4:03 ↗ and approve the minutes from our last

4:05 ↗ meeting because everyone had a chance to

4:07 ↗ review

4:08 ↗ all right wonderful so um I will go

4:12 ↗ ahead and ask for a motion because I

4:15 ↗ still do the emotion that's

4:18 ↗ [Music]

4:30 ↗ and we'll jump right into our first

4:32 ↗ agenda item just to be respectful of our

4:34 ↗ team's time

4:36 ↗ um so Chief Paula Schwan am I saying

4:40 ↗ that correctly we'll be talking with us

4:42 ↗ tonight so whenever you're ready we're

4:43 ↗ ready to listen

4:45 ↗ I'm sorry I apologize yes it's not um

4:48 ↗ the agenda and that's my it's my mistake

4:51 ↗ if Chief is okay we had um a council

4:54 ↗ member the Michelle join us for a few

4:56 ↗ minutes and uh she would like to make

4:58 ↗ some uh welcoming remarks to the board

5:02 ↗ if you don't mind

5:05 ↗ section

5:09 ↗ meeting just earlier today so we know

5:12 ↗ all about

5:14 ↗ so so

5:17 ↗ um every single boarding commission uh a

5:20 ↗ city council member is going to go out

5:22 ↗ and welcome you because we want to

5:24 ↗ welcome you back to in-person meetings

5:26 ↗ celebrate the fact that we are all back

5:28 ↗ in person again and just thank you so

5:31 ↗ much for your service to the City of

5:33 ↗ Issaquah

5:34 ↗ um last night I think you probably have

5:36 ↗ this on the agenda the city council did

5:39 ↗ adopt the new Equity calendar

5:42 ↗ unanimously by consent and so I'm so

5:46 ↗ excited and actually I'm already sharing

5:48 ↗ it with other elected officials on the

5:50 ↗ east side who are excited to see it too

5:52 ↗ so uh the work that you do is so

5:55 ↗ fantastic it's just hard work as you

5:59 ↗ know I'm looking at Kelly because

6:02 ↗ so uh anyway thank you so much for the

6:06 ↗ time that you give to us and welcome

6:09 ↗ back to the in-person meetings and let's

6:11 ↗ keep our fingers crossed that these

6:12 ↗ in-person meetings continue because I

6:15 ↗ know that covet's still going on

6:17 ↗ unfortunately so we'll just hope that it

6:20 ↗ stays very low I guess we're now down in

6:22 ↗ the low covid status and we'll hope that

6:25 ↗ that remains

6:27 ↗ anyway I just wanted to drop you in I

6:29 ↗ need to actually run to another meeting

6:31 ↗ so have a great meeting and I look

6:33 ↗ forward to all of the future good things

6:36 ↗ that we're going to do together thank

6:38 ↗ you for stopping by yourself

6:42 ↗ it's perfectly fine absolutely fine all

6:45 ↗ right have a good evening thank you

6:49 ↗ alrighty so thank you so much for that

6:52 ↗ and uh we're gonna try this again all

6:54 ↗ right so

6:56 ↗ um chief police chief Swan is going to

7:00 ↗ speak with us

7:02 ↗ tonight so whenever you're ready please

7:04 ↗ begin thank you

7:07 ↗ um are you president or I'm actually I'd

7:10 ↗ like to just consider myself a member

7:12 ↗ but I'm the chair

7:14 ↗ well thank you chair Fleming as she's

7:17 ↗ mentioned I'm the new chief of police

7:19 ↗ for the city of esquina I've been with

7:21 ↗ Issaquah for five years now and I've

7:24 ↗ been the chief for about two months I've

7:26 ↗ been the was the interim Chief prior to

7:28 ↗ that for about seven months

7:30 ↗ so over the last year first of all I'd

7:32 ↗ like to talk about kind of what we do

7:34 ↗ obviously we're in law enforcement but

7:36 ↗ we are more than that we have a lot of

7:38 ↗ different roles in the community

7:44 ↗ earlier today we do community outreach

7:47 ↗ we try and keep the community safe not

7:50 ↗ just within you know enforcement actions

7:53 ↗ but also about education and even part

7:56 ↗ of the engineering piece and making sure

7:58 ↗ that the community is safe and

8:00 ↗ forethought versus it being reactionary

8:01 ↗ and so

8:03 ↗ um in November last year we were down 27

8:06 ↗ of our staff and which is almost 40

8:09 ↗ which is huge and so by the end of this

8:13 ↗ month we will only have five vacancies

8:16 ↗ so we've been extremely busy and we have

8:20 ↗ a lot of diversity in our tires and I'm

8:23 ↗ very excited about that opportunity and

8:27 ↗ so uh it wasn't because of anything

8:29 ↗ other than they were qualified

8:30 ↗ applicants and so that's what it

8:32 ↗ basically boiled down to and we're just

8:34 ↗ excited to have such a diverse group

8:36 ↗ also that's been reaching out and

8:38 ↗ applying for the positions of police of

8:39 ↗ you know not just police but Corrections

8:42 ↗ dispatch all of the above and so we're

8:45 ↗ excited about that we had nine people

8:47 ↗ that were introduced to council last

8:48 ↗ night during the meeting and so I

8:51 ↗ started taking them to council so you

8:53 ↗ can see and meet those people if you're

8:55 ↗ able to go to the council meetings as

8:56 ↗ well and see some of those individuals

8:59 ↗ and we're trying to bring out all our

9:00 ↗ new hires before Council so

9:02 ↗ there is that opportunity only one of

9:04 ↗ them was an officer we have three more

9:05 ↗ starting on the 16th we have two more

9:09 ↗ starting by the end of the month so if

9:11 ↗ yeah it's been very busy process and

9:14 ↗ we're excited about all the staff and

9:16 ↗ getting back there you won't see those

9:18 ↗ numbers on the street for a little while

9:19 ↗ because it takes a long time to get

9:22 ↗ those through the training process which

9:24 ↗ is the academy and field training if

9:26 ↗ they're not laterals could take up to a

9:28 ↗ year to from a higher to get them on the

9:30 ↗ street so we're building we're getting

9:32 ↗ better to where we have more than

9:34 ↗ minimums on the patrol which is amazing

9:36 ↗ so that's another big part of it that

9:38 ↗ the community will be able to see

9:40 ↗ so then we can get people in the

9:42 ↗ community resource positions so they're

9:44 ↗ able to come to more meetings and work

9:46 ↗ with a lot of more of the Committees and

9:48 ↗ be able to be available to even come to

9:51 ↗ these meetings right away and hopefully

9:52 ↗ it's our plan and our hope

9:55 ↗ um I would say highlights for us is well

9:59 ↗ so in records we got approved we're

10:01 ↗ going to have one over hire

10:02 ↗ uh or not one one more higher added to

10:05 ↗ our staff we have a crime analyst that

10:07 ↗ we haven't had before so we will be able

10:08 ↗ to use that Prime analyst to Ryan Smith

10:11 ↗ she's amazing and we stole her from San

10:14 ↗ Diego she's an Issaquah grad so she's

10:16 ↗ come home which is very nice we're

10:17 ↗ excited about

10:18 ↗ and she will be able to put information

10:20 ↗ together that will assist in the

10:23 ↗ community assist for your board to get

10:25 ↗ information so if you guys have

10:26 ↗ questions or say you know in certain you

10:29 ↗ know crimes or certain areas which

10:31 ↗ crimes are occurring

10:33 ↗ um or Vehicles locked versus not locked

10:35 ↗ where they you know

10:37 ↗ um what was the race that whoever's been

10:39 ↗ incarcerated I mean we can get she has

10:40 ↗ access and we're hoping to do a blotter

10:42 ↗ a weekly blotter like we used to back in

10:45 ↗ the day oh yeah and that's our goal to

10:47 ↗ put stuff out either on social media or

10:48 ↗ on with the on the squad daily and so

10:51 ↗ I'm working to improve that as well so

10:53 ↗ that's a big highlight

10:55 ↗ I'm doing upcoming and next weekend I

10:58 ↗ don't know what they're going to post it

10:59 ↗ but the mayor is going to interview me

11:01 ↗ or I'm interviewing her or what kind of

11:03 ↗ interview back and forth um and we're

11:04 ↗ going to post that online

11:06 ↗ so we're also going to do a virtual town

11:09 ↗ hall for people to ask questions that

11:11 ↗ um we want to be able to have a

11:13 ↗ community have the law enforcement

11:15 ↗ accessible or just regular questions in

11:17 ↗ the community so that's our goal as well

11:20 ↗ uh challenges that we have I think the

11:22 ↗ biggest challenges that we have are

11:24 ↗ twofold other than hiring in this

11:27 ↗ climate I think both the The Challengers

11:30 ↗ are making sure that we get out more in

11:32 ↗ the community perception on education so

11:36 ↗ the perception is we've never had a

11:38 ↗ problem in this community of defunding

11:40 ↗ everybody's always talked about oh we

11:42 ↗ don't want to defund our police we

11:43 ↗ shouldn't be defunding the police that's

11:45 ↗ never been something in the five years

11:47 ↗ that I've been here and through this

11:48 ↗ whole

11:49 ↗ um all the climate that's gone on in the

11:51 ↗ in the last couple of years that's never

11:53 ↗ been a thing that we felt from the city

11:54 ↗ council or the administration and so

11:57 ↗ that that's something that needs to be

11:59 ↗ known because people come in everybody

12:00 ↗ said I don't think we should be fun

12:02 ↗ that's never been something in Issaquah

12:03 ↗ that we've felt as far as the police

12:05 ↗ department

12:06 ↗ it was not specifically any cuts that

12:08 ↗ were made were city-wide in all

12:11 ↗ divisions it was never for defunding the

12:13 ↗ police so I just want that to be clear

12:14 ↗ and known I think the other perception

12:16 ↗ is that

12:19 ↗ we can come into all the crime in an

12:21 ↗ hour that doesn't work it's not like TV

12:23 ↗ uh and so that that is that's a problem

12:27 ↗ and so educating on some of those steps

12:29 ↗ I everybody will ask or not everybody

12:32 ↗ it's often asked well can you just

12:34 ↗ fingerprint this you know the certain

12:36 ↗ surface on a in a car that's not an

12:39 ↗ option you can't do it on all services

12:40 ↗ on TV they show that you can but it

12:43 ↗ doesn't work that way

12:44 ↗ um and there's certain there's one

12:46 ↗ actual fingerprint lab in the entire

12:48 ↗ country

12:49 ↗ so if we fingerprint for a property

12:51 ↗ crime they're already inundated with

12:53 ↗ their personal crimes so there's certain

12:55 ↗ things and parameters not that we know

12:57 ↗ we're not willing to do it it's just the

12:59 ↗ reality of what can happen and we also

13:02 ↗ respond to everything other communities

13:05 ↗ do not have that I talked to other law

13:08 ↗ enforcement agencies and everything's

13:10 ↗ either online reporting they're told by

13:11 ↗ their Command Staff they will do

13:13 ↗ everything in their power to take it by

13:15 ↗ a 21 which means by a phone call versus

13:17 ↗ actual response to calls for service we

13:20 ↗ as our Police Department respond to all

13:22 ↗ calls for service the only time we want

13:24 ↗ is if it's three days old and someone

13:26 ↗ was in your car and you call in or you

13:29 ↗ have the option to report online you

13:30 ↗ choose not to come in and you do have

13:33 ↗ the opportunity to call in for a report

13:35 ↗ but if you are at your home and you wake

13:37 ↗ up in the morning and someone's gone

13:38 ↗ through your car we will respond

13:41 ↗ um and so that's one thing we encourage

13:43 ↗ and we're very proactive and there's

13:47 ↗ been the perception that we're not

13:49 ↗ around

13:50 ↗ there is 40 000 people in the City of

13:52 ↗ Issaquah I have minimum staff on a squad

13:55 ↗ at any one time minimum is three cups

13:58 ↗ so there will be three cups in the whole

14:00 ↗ city

14:01 ↗ so

14:03 ↗ that's minimum when our full capacity

14:06 ↗ there's six on a squad plus a Traffic

14:08 ↗ Unit

14:09 ↗ um and so we're building to get there

14:10 ↗ and we're almost to five on each Squad

14:12 ↗ so we're getting closer back to where we

14:14 ↗ want to be

14:16 ↗ but understanding when we're responding

14:18 ↗ to certain cultural service that's we

14:20 ↗ have to prioritize

14:22 ↗ um we still continue to do Patrol checks

14:24 ↗ and such but

14:25 ↗ um me going to these meetings being

14:27 ↗ accessible answering questions you may

14:29 ↗ not always like the answer but I will

14:31 ↗ give you an answer and explain and

14:32 ↗ understand there's been questions about

14:34 ↗ legislation and how that's affected in

14:37 ↗ the last year us being able us being

14:39 ↗ police being able to do our jobs

14:42 ↗ I'm very

14:44 ↗ encouraging and supportive of our staff

14:46 ↗ to do their work to to go out and do

14:48 ↗ police work now those that get tickets

14:50 ↗ whether it be parking or speeding or

14:52 ↗ otherwise may not be happy about that

14:54 ↗ but then they know where at least I know

14:56 ↗ okay we're doing our jobs

14:58 ↗ um I don't encourage them to go get

14:59 ↗ complaints uh what we do is that we

15:02 ↗ still are responding and making sure we

15:04 ↗ are responding but within

15:07 ↗ certain legislation has

15:09 ↗ limited some things if someone steals

15:11 ↗ your car

15:12 ↗ for example and we find your car and

15:15 ↗ someone's in it I have to ask the person

15:17 ↗ that's in it permission to search your

15:19 ↗ car

15:20 ↗ that's yes yes and so these are things

15:24 ↗ that a lot of people don't understand

15:25 ↗ and so me actually even putting that

15:27 ↗ person in jail incarcerating them is

15:30 ↗ minimal and not always easy and so I can

15:34 ↗ identify them

15:36 ↗ um yeah they can say oh I didn't know it

15:38 ↗ was stolen and I have to be able to

15:41 ↗ prove that they had knowledge yeah and

15:43 ↗ so sometimes they don't get incarcerated

15:44 ↗ then I can submit your carpet but so

15:46 ↗ there's limitations there's I can't

15:49 ↗ um we can't pursue for anything unless

15:51 ↗ it's a majorly violent crime or an

15:53 ↗ escape and so that's some of the the

15:57 ↗ stuff you're hearing as far as the

15:59 ↗ legislation

16:00 ↗ some changes were made and the knowledge

16:03 ↗ is a big piece so I don't want to take

16:05 ↗ up too much of your time I'm happy to

16:06 ↗ answer questions about that we can I can

16:08 ↗ always get into that a lot more in depth

16:10 ↗ and I'm happy to

16:12 ↗ um but I just I prefer to open up to

16:14 ↗ questions and that might be an easier

16:15 ↗ direction to go and I think there's

16:17 ↗ someone that has a question online

16:22 ↗ good evening welcome back I see that

16:25 ↗ you're able to rejoin the meeting uh we

16:27 ↗ see your hand raised you have a question

16:29 ↗ or is this from uh the previous time

16:34 ↗ I am muted you and you should be able to

16:36 ↗ speak

16:43 ↗ thank you for checking in

16:47 ↗ okay I was gonna say I'm sure we all

16:49 ↗ have questions

16:51 ↗ so thanks for the overview just you just

16:54 ↗ gave us truth

16:55 ↗ um I guess my question is with in with

16:58 ↗ regards to equity what keeps you up at

17:00 ↗ night or what are your some of your um

17:02 ↗ primary concerns

17:06 ↗ the biggest I guess the biggest thing is

17:08 ↗ in all decisions that are made for

17:11 ↗ example

17:12 ↗ um we have someone that I'm hiring new

17:15 ↗ and they are returning from being here

17:17 ↗ before

17:18 ↗ and one of the questions they asked was

17:20 ↗ well can I get longevity from when I was

17:22 ↗ here before and I expressed the same

17:25 ↗ question I explained to that person

17:28 ↗ I have to this is a more Global question

17:30 ↗ so every time even at that very moment

17:33 ↗ in an interview I have to explain to

17:35 ↗ them I can ask the question but

17:36 ↗ understand that this is a global

17:38 ↗ question meaning

17:40 ↗ I have to think of everybody in the city

17:42 ↗ because what if someone else that's

17:43 ↗ employed by our city that's been gone

17:45 ↗ for a period of time decides to come

17:47 ↗ back what's that ripple effect and how

17:49 ↗ would that affect everybody that chose

17:51 ↗ to come back to the city not just the

17:52 ↗ police department not just my Patrol

17:54 ↗ Division all the way down and so every

17:57 ↗ decision that we make is has to be

17:59 ↗ looked at in that way to be fair for all

18:02 ↗ the responses and so I terminated

18:05 ↗ someone in the last two days

18:09 ↗ um the reason when I make those

18:11 ↗ decisions a complaint was made about

18:13 ↗ them

18:14 ↗ um I have to look at all the allegations

18:15 ↗ we do an investigation and I have to

18:17 ↗ look at the bigger picture is the

18:19 ↗ actions of one and their lack of trust

18:22 ↗ that may be brought on to our department

18:25 ↗ and all of our staff of more than 70.

18:28 ↗ I have to see what what that's going to

18:30 ↗ be like down the road and what that's

18:31 ↗ going to be looked upon and my actions

18:33 ↗ and how I respond to that are a big deal

18:36 ↗ and I have to base it on the information

18:39 ↗ I have in front of me and then what the

18:41 ↗ bigger picture is and so what happens if

18:43 ↗ those same allegations or actions Came

18:46 ↗ Upon somebody else

18:47 ↗ and how would I respond differently is

18:50 ↗ this person's on probation the other

18:51 ↗ person's not on probation okay what

18:54 ↗ would that be like differently

18:56 ↗ um

18:57 ↗ so it's just making sure that it's not

18:59 ↗ thinking about one person or situation

19:02 ↗ um it's not always emotional it's more

19:04 ↗ about the broader picture of the whole

19:06 ↗ and the community making sure that it's

19:09 ↗ a decision that's going to be made

19:11 ↗ across the board and so I think I hope

19:14 ↗ that answers your question but it's it's

19:15 ↗ a bigger picture than just each

19:17 ↗ situational or because it's how all of

19:20 ↗ it's affected to the whole community and

19:23 ↗ how we act within our agency is going to

19:26 ↗ be

19:27 ↗ seen out in the public and my officers

19:31 ↗ our officers at the police department

19:33 ↗ and within our city know that there's

19:36 ↗ gonna they they know me and they trust

19:38 ↗ that if someone said oh she did it

19:41 ↗ because in fact this has already been

19:43 ↗ done that oh someone has to get in there

19:46 ↗ she has it out to get me I I can there's

19:49 ↗ probably not even one person on my staff

19:51 ↗ would go that's not how she works and so

19:53 ↗ that's big because my reputation and how

19:55 ↗ I respond that matters and not just to

19:58 ↗ me but to another law enforcement agency

20:00 ↗ because if they have knowledge they're

20:01 ↗ going to know that

20:03 ↗ businesses in our city like the people

20:05 ↗ like the person that made the complaint

20:06 ↗ works for a large business in our city

20:09 ↗ there are trust within them is going to

20:11 ↗ make a difference in how that's

20:12 ↗ responded to and so it's huge in acting

20:18 ↗ the same no matter what the circumstance

20:20 ↗ based on the information that's brought

20:21 ↗ before me

20:23 ↗ um and so that's it's just bigger

20:24 ↗ picture than just one incident one

20:26 ↗ isolated whether it be a person

20:28 ↗ situation whatever that might be okay

20:30 ↗ thank you yeah

20:32 ↗ yes question

20:34 ↗ um but three three questions but I'll

20:37 ↗ I'll parsley

20:41 ↗ two equipment related okay

20:44 ↗ um

20:45 ↗ what's your thoughts on body worn

20:48 ↗ cameras and the reason I'm this is this

20:50 ↗ is kind of a two-part question so from

20:52 ↗ my experience in the military it was

20:53 ↗ always we could never turn off our

20:55 ↗ cameras we're going to atom we can never

20:58 ↗ turn them off but so your your thoughts

21:01 ↗ would love to hear your thoughts on body

21:02 ↗ worn cameras and then officers having to

21:06 ↗ the access to turn on and off their

21:08 ↗ cameras I got when I was in the Army we

21:10 ↗ could not turn our cameras off period

21:12 ↗ we'd get an Article 15 which is a kind

21:14 ↗ of military discipline to turn it off

21:16 ↗ our cameras so what are your thoughts on

21:18 ↗ that

21:20 ↗ um first of all I'm been dying to get

21:22 ↗ cameras I've had presentations and we've

21:24 ↗ been trying and we actually budgeted to

21:27 ↗ be in the first quarter one of 2024

21:30 ↗ because we did a double budget so

21:33 ↗ um the city is very supportive of that

21:34 ↗ it's just a very expensive thing and

21:37 ↗ that was one part and but then you know

21:40 ↗ cost is relative right is it like what

21:42 ↗ is you know making sure our officers

21:45 ↗ it's not just for the officers

21:46 ↗ protection it's for the citizens

21:47 ↗ protection right correct and so I'm all

21:50 ↗ for them in a heartbeat because our

21:52 ↗ officers I mean there's allegations

21:54 ↗ against officers they're allegations you

21:56 ↗ know um you know the

21:59 ↗ follow through in recollection of the

22:01 ↗ officers versus their side as well both

22:04 ↗ of them you want to know by the camera

22:06 ↗ regarding the person's first turning

22:07 ↗ them off majority of the policies for

22:10 ↗ law enforcement is that they they don't

22:11 ↗ shut them off unless they're walking

22:13 ↗ into a restroom like to go to the

22:14 ↗ bathroom or unless they're returning

22:16 ↗ home they're supposed to be on at all

22:17 ↗ times or if they're going to go sit at

22:19 ↗ their desk to um as long as there's

22:22 ↗ um not a pattern of them shutting it off

22:24 ↗ for too long like or if they respond to

22:26 ↗ the call they know they're admitted

22:27 ↗ they're even dispatched to a call they

22:28 ↗ would turn it back on to exit and go out

22:30 ↗ to the call and it would be on during

22:32 ↗ the drive and everything else so

22:35 ↗ um I if you're wearing them and you

22:37 ↗ should have them on and they shouldn't

22:39 ↗ be doing anything that the camera should

22:40 ↗ be on but they should be able to also

22:43 ↗ walk into a closed office turn it off

22:45 ↗ and vent about how terrible their Chief

22:47 ↗ is if they choose to vent a little bit

22:48 ↗ amongst each other right and it not be

22:51 ↗ on camera right I mean

22:53 ↗ correct there's got to be some at some

22:55 ↗ point but as far as if they're on patrol

22:57 ↗ even while they're driving out there's

22:59 ↗ going to be a certain circumstance

23:02 ↗ um where even when they write the report

23:04 ↗ it should be that they're not allowed to

23:06 ↗ use some of the camera for specifically

23:09 ↗ a major incident a lot of the other

23:12 ↗ agencies if not all the agencies have

23:15 ↗ protocol in there to where if you're

23:16 ↗ involved in a major incident you are not

23:18 ↗ allowed to look at the camera or what

23:21 ↗ the footage is until after you've given

23:24 ↗ your recollection of the report

23:27 ↗ and that's because in a major incident

23:29 ↗ like that you can get tunnel vision and

23:32 ↗ if you see that you're going to say oh

23:33 ↗ no this is what I saw or that's what I

23:35 ↗ saw or I thought they were turned that

23:37 ↗ way so we want the recollection so when

23:39 ↗ you get that Vision that's what it is in

23:40 ↗ advance then do your report now if it's

23:43 ↗ another case like a DUI or something

23:45 ↗ that's different that's helping you with

23:48 ↗ your report on what you did see you can

23:49 ↗ still take notes and it's making sure

23:51 ↗ it's similar that what actually took

23:53 ↗ place because that's going to be

23:54 ↗ submissible in court but in a major

23:57 ↗ incident

23:58 ↗ hypothetically and hopefully never in

24:01 ↗ our city a shooting or something that we

24:04 ↗ want the recollection of actually what

24:06 ↗ took place and then you can watch the

24:08 ↗ video and do an amendment to say in

24:11 ↗ watching the video this is what I saw so

24:13 ↗ we're still getting full of what it was

24:14 ↗ but there's that separation going this

24:16 ↗ is what I remembered and then what after

24:18 ↗ watching the video I noticed that this

24:20 ↗ XYZ

24:21 ↗ okay that's good all right for my second

24:24 ↗ question another equipment related

24:25 ↗ question if I'm permitted

24:27 ↗ good okay all right um

24:30 ↗ I had a I want to call her running but

24:32 ↗ I've had credit for your officers I've

24:35 ↗ actually had situations where I have to

24:36 ↗ call the police or who stopped me for

24:39 ↗ I have no reason but anyway so I just

24:41 ↗ want to say I'm just supposed to say why

24:43 ↗ but credits your officers they're

24:45 ↗ fantastic so I was talking with this one

24:47 ↗ officer who actually came out and I

24:50 ↗ actually had to call my dad about it

24:51 ↗ because I was so

24:53 ↗ incredulous about the professionals and

24:55 ↗ my monitor officers but it were anyway

24:58 ↗ in that situation there was someone on

25:00 ↗ my patio and they left a bunch of trash

25:02 ↗ I'm a homeless person that just left a

25:05 ↗ bunch of stuff so I called the you know

25:06 ↗ non-emergency line like hey I think you

25:08 ↗ know this person might have stolen some

25:10 ↗ of my patio equipment off one of your

25:12 ↗ officers came out and we had like an

25:14 ↗ hour-long conversation just doesn't

25:16 ↗ chatting just you know two guys like the

25:18 ↗ workouts chatting about stuff and we

25:20 ↗ were talking about the fact that from

25:22 ↗ when I grew up with my father as a

25:24 ↗ police officer I was used to helping him

25:27 ↗ train on non-lethal equipment and every

25:30 ↗ officer in the LAPD had it when I joined

25:33 ↗ the military and the things I did we had

25:35 ↗ non-lethal and lethal equip but he told

25:37 ↗ me in Issaquah

25:39 ↗ every officer does not have

25:43 ↗ non-lethal equipment like you have your

25:46 ↗ side on

25:47 ↗ that's pretty much it he said every

25:50 ↗ officer at least this would have been

25:52 ↗ 2019 he said every officer doesn't have

25:56 ↗ either a taser and or baton or something

25:59 ↗ else it's pretty much just your not your

26:01 ↗ legal weapon and that's it

26:04 ↗ that's under okay so maybe that was true

26:06 ↗ back then I've been here over five years

26:08 ↗ since 2017. everybody's issued a taser

26:11 ↗ we even have the

26:13 ↗ um Advanced tasers

26:15 ↗ um we everybody's issued a mask okay

26:17 ↗ everybody has OC they're all issued all

26:20 ↗ of these and they're required to carry

26:21 ↗ them on their belt okay

26:23 ↗ yeah so

26:25 ↗ um completely unsure we have all I can

26:27 ↗ give you a list of all these things

26:30 ↗ we have a list of issued equipment that

26:33 ↗ you get issue in a minute there and

26:34 ↗ everybody we even have less lethal

26:36 ↗ shotguns in every small of our trophies

26:38 ↗ on top of that yes which actually shoots

26:40 ↗ little cooch balls or mini cooch balls

26:43 ↗ so if you were to see it you're like oh

26:44 ↗ I can't store it but it stings and I

26:46 ↗ can't leave it well but the point is um

26:48 ↗ but it look you know it comes out of a

26:49 ↗ shotgun that's painted bright orange but

26:51 ↗ no every single officer has access and

26:53 ↗ on their Bell that is issued to them I

26:56 ↗ have a taser and less lethal and an asp

26:58 ↗ and everything so that yeah that's

27:00 ↗ completely inaccurate so I'm not sure

27:02 ↗ where maybe the misconceptions that's

27:04 ↗ good and I did the training a few months

27:06 ↗ ago or a human service system for

27:08 ↗ homeless house we just we did the

27:10 ↗ training for and um yeah

27:15 ↗ [Laughter]

27:26 ↗ okay so for my last question

27:29 ↗ um

27:30 ↗ I forgot it oh my gosh

27:33 ↗ um

27:34 ↗ sorry please

27:37 ↗ yes please Kelly

27:39 ↗ um it sounds like you're collecting data

27:42 ↗ on on who is being put in jail are you

27:46 ↗ collecting data on Race sexual

27:49 ↗ orientation on who's being stopped who's

27:52 ↗ being arrested who's being put in jail

27:55 ↗ et cetera and do you have a data

27:57 ↗ but dashboard's online right now as far

28:00 ↗ as criminal activity regarding actual

28:03 ↗ arrests we are putting out a we're

28:06 ↗ putting together a biannual report and

28:10 ↗ then we're also putting together an

28:12 ↗ annual report with that information

28:14 ↗ included in that report I don't think

28:19 ↗ the

28:21 ↗ identifier like what people are

28:23 ↗ identifying as I don't believe that's

28:24 ↗ something we're trapped as far as

28:27 ↗ incarceration we document male or female

28:30 ↗ and that's all relative because

28:35 ↗ we can't House people in certain

28:37 ↗ circumstances

28:39 ↗ based on if they're in the middle of

28:42 ↗ something

28:42 ↗ you know I can't put someone that has

28:45 ↗ male parts in a female dorm even though

28:47 ↗ identify as female because for obvious

28:49 ↗ reasons and so we get into a isolation

28:52 ↗ segregated cells if we absolutely need

28:54 ↗ to individuals but a lot of people don't

28:56 ↗ like to do by themselves either so it's

28:57 ↗ it's it's there's a

29:00 ↗ way they categorize and there's a lot of

29:03 ↗ questions to be asked and such so on

29:06 ↗ that I don't believe is on the list as

29:07 ↗ far as identifying it it's more of if

29:10 ↗ they if they say they're a female and

29:11 ↗ they are accordingly whether that the

29:14 ↗ circumstances we put them in a holding

29:16 ↗ cell then we put them as female

29:18 ↗ um so

29:19 ↗ there's far and view between those as

29:21 ↗ with her is that issue that we have

29:22 ↗ though as far as the rest of the the

29:24 ↗ rest of the data we have and how many

29:26 ↗ arrests that are in our jail based on

29:28 ↗ all the different agencies because we

29:29 ↗ have contracts with six agencies as well

29:32 ↗ as our own so we have all that data we

29:35 ↗ do it goes into the system their race

29:37 ↗ their name their age their all of that

29:39 ↗ so yes that is data that we do have and

29:42 ↗ we can gather and we'll hopefully get to

29:44 ↗ that report and we'll allow that to be

29:46 ↗ presented on the September 8th council

29:48 ↗ meeting

29:50 ↗ um that so that's you know it's

29:51 ↗ accessible so it's something that once

29:53 ↗ we get information we're welcome to you

29:56 ↗ know get that to Monica and get it to

29:58 ↗ you guys and

29:59 ↗ um give you and that would be from like

30:01 ↗ January to June and then the other one

30:04 ↗ would be later on so as far as

30:07 ↗ um traffic stops

30:09 ↗ we don't that's not something that's

30:11 ↗ specific right now but it is something

30:13 ↗ that we can put together especially

30:15 ↗ after bot accounts because we can go

30:17 ↗ back later and get that data whereas

30:19 ↗ right now that would be that's something

30:21 ↗ let's say I do a traffic stop on Tony

30:23 ↗ and I'll give you let's say because

30:26 ↗ typically before I pull somebody over I

30:28 ↗ know if I'm giving them a ticket or not

30:30 ↗ so let's say his plates are expired less

30:32 ↗ than 30 days

30:33 ↗ um I might pull him over have a

30:35 ↗ conversation make sure his license valid

30:37 ↗ make sure he's got his insurance I'll

30:39 ↗ give him a warning because it's less

30:40 ↗ than 30 days to get that together or

30:42 ↗ I'll say hey

30:44 ↗ I've got 365 days to cite you for this

30:46 ↗ impression so by the end of the month I

30:49 ↗ need you to show me proof that you got

30:51 ↗ it taken care of

30:52 ↗ great and then if you don't I will issue

30:55 ↗ a ticket through the court and you'll

30:56 ↗ get it in the mail

30:57 ↗ so I have that option as well

31:00 ↗ um but I know if you're expired over 30

31:01 ↗ days you're probably getting a ticket

31:03 ↗ before I ever get up to the car but if I

31:05 ↗ give you that warning

31:07 ↗ doesn't mean I've documented and maybe

31:09 ↗ I'm just giving you a warning because

31:10 ↗ you were going too fast so your

31:11 ↗ headlights out you've got all the rest

31:12 ↗ everything is perfect hey get your

31:14 ↗ headlight fixed

31:15 ↗ discretion of giving you a warning a

31:17 ↗ written warning get it fixed same thing

31:19 ↗ you know we either fix it stickers all

31:22 ↗ those things but if I just literally say

31:24 ↗ hey checking for drunks just get it you

31:27 ↗ know get it taken care of I'm not going

31:28 ↗ to document it you know your race I'm

31:31 ↗ not gonna your age I'm not going to

31:32 ↗ document all that in information right

31:34 ↗ now that's not something currently we've

31:37 ↗ not that we can't it's just not

31:39 ↗ something we've done in the past at this

31:40 ↗ point we haven't had a a big discrepancy

31:43 ↗ or complaints that you know that's been

31:46 ↗ an issue for us

31:48 ↗ um people want us to stop more traffic

31:49 ↗ so it's it's been quite the reverse

31:52 ↗ because of our staffing you know at this

31:54 ↗ point but it's not something that's

31:56 ↗ impossible to try if that makes sense

31:58 ↗ too yeah and the only concern would be

32:01 ↗ the discretionary

32:04 ↗ and race is problematic it just is

32:08 ↗ you know I'm not I have a neighbor who

32:11 ↗ her son made a fraudulent call and she

32:15 ↗ ended up arrested and spent a night in

32:16 ↗ the Issaquah Jail and went to court for

32:18 ↗ something that was fraudulent she was

32:20 ↗ black

32:21 ↗ me my neighbors everyone who showed up

32:25 ↗ in court for her I'll believe it was

32:26 ↗ because she was black and it was

32:30 ↗ and so so I know you guys work really

32:34 ↗ hard and I know we're all moving fast

32:37 ↗ and trying to understand this but it is

32:39 ↗ really important to document race

32:43 ↗ we document race on everyone

32:45 ↗ was charged with a crime

32:48 ↗ on a traffic stop

32:49 ↗ I'm not talking

32:50 ↗ who is arrested or charges were brought

32:52 ↗ against them and they were about to

32:54 ↗ court

32:55 ↗ the words problematic and now stop is

32:58 ↗ that race is where it is often

33:01 ↗ and I will I am numerous racist I know

33:03 ↗ myself I I before I even understood

33:08 ↗ anything I made assumptions about other

33:11 ↗ people and I didn't know I did it and

33:14 ↗ I'm not saying that you are and I'm not

33:15 ↗ saying that anybody is but it's highly

33:18 ↗ unlikely when you have 70 people that

33:20 ↗ somebody's not doing it and we need to

33:22 ↗ stop right we need to stop making

33:24 ↗ assumptions that people of color should

33:27 ↗ get the ticket at people and that is how

33:29 ↗ it works

33:31 ↗ right and I know that you guys aren't

33:33 ↗ trying to that you're doing the very

33:35 ↗ best you can I get that I'm just saying

33:38 ↗ we can we can do better right we can

33:40 ↗ take that we can take that information

33:41 ↗ that's all it is we have that

33:43 ↗ information on anyone that gets a ticket

33:47 ↗ and I can it's not saying that we can't

33:49 ↗ get the rest of the information yeah or

33:51 ↗ we can document and the other thing too

33:53 ↗ is every single one of our staff members

33:55 ↗ take implicit bias which is what you're

33:57 ↗ talking about and we all get that

33:59 ↗ training annually as well so we're

34:01 ↗ making sure that our staff are knowing

34:03 ↗ they're on implicit biases and we do

34:06 ↗ have those conversations and we do

34:07 ↗ investigate any and every complaint

34:10 ↗ would you mind um see if I ask a

34:13 ↗ question about the implicit bias

34:14 ↗ training or how many hours it is

34:17 ↗ I'm sure they get at the Academy level

34:18 ↗ of course there's Minister lateral they

34:21 ↗ do well even the laterals have to go to

34:22 ↗ an opponents Academy every two weeks and

34:24 ↗ there is an implicit by yep CIT and

34:26 ↗ implicit bias is also included in those

34:28 ↗ trainings

34:29 ↗ and that's not just for patrol it's

34:30 ↗ every staff member whether it be

34:32 ↗ Corrections or otherwise so

34:34 ↗ um we took it today was like four or

34:36 ↗ five

34:38 ↗ um I'd have to see exactly how much

34:39 ↗ annually as far as they were taken but

34:42 ↗ the original course is I've taken two

34:46 ↗ now one was at the Academy that was a

34:49 ↗ three-day course that we got they

34:50 ↗ crammed into eight hours amazing speaker

34:53 ↗ he's out of uh a college an all black

34:57 ↗ college all male block College I'm back

35:00 ↗ in the Midwest actually

35:02 ↗ he was an amazing speaker did a great

35:05 ↗ job and he even said he goes I thought I

35:08 ↗ had more bias about the police then

35:10 ↗ um were actually been true and before I

35:12 ↗ started getting his trainings and

35:13 ↗ writing along with law enforcement so um

35:16 ↗ yeah we took a great class by him we

35:17 ↗ just took one more recently with um

35:20 ↗ another lady in the community it was a

35:23 ↗ four-hour class in the afternoon and so

35:25 ↗ yes we're all required some of it's

35:27 ↗ virtual some of it's in person but we

35:29 ↗ have an annual class that we require

35:32 ↗ D clearly

35:33 ↗ okay and I'm sorry oh that was a comment

35:37 ↗ you made earlier that

35:38 ↗ um I just didn't understand because you

35:40 ↗ said If a person just was warned and

35:43 ↗ didn't get a ticket and you don't

35:44 ↗ collect data but to me that was

35:46 ↗ problematic because to in my experience

35:49 ↗ in working with people who have

35:52 ↗ expressed or have bias usually they're

35:55 ↗ going to let out the person who's white

35:57 ↗ and not ticket them so I think I was

36:01 ↗ struggling with that notion because then

36:03 ↗ we're not collecting data on how many

36:06 ↗ people were released based on the

36:09 ↗ ethnicity and color of their skin and

36:12 ↗ that was Data that's really lacking to

36:14 ↗ me because then we're only getting how

36:16 ↗ many people who are you know who are

36:19 ↗ arrested or given a ticket so I just

36:22 ↗ couldn't understand that data because to

36:25 ↗ me to show that there was no bias

36:27 ↗ involved I need to know everyone who has

36:30 ↗ stopped and also everyone who has

36:32 ↗ stopped what percentage of them were

36:35 ↗ given tickets what percentages were not

36:38 ↗ and then compare of the ones who were

36:41 ↗ given ticket what was their race color

36:43 ↗ or the color of their skin versus those

36:46 ↗ who were not what was the color of their

36:48 ↗ skin so I was struggling a little bit

36:50 ↗ with what you'd said so I just wanted to

36:52 ↗ clarify it because you said that

36:54 ↗ something maybe or could collect data on

36:57 ↗ and I'm really hoping to see that you

36:59 ↗ actually collect data on that point

37:01 ↗ because I think that would especially

37:03 ↗ for someone like me who's lived in

37:05 ↗ Issaquah for 20 years and I've had

37:07 ↗ people you know tell me many stories

37:09 ↗ about being pulled over and they felt

37:11 ↗ that it was they were targeted because

37:13 ↗ they were black and very few black

37:15 ↗ people so it's you know you hear certain

37:19 ↗ stories when you have friends who are

37:21 ↗ black and brown more often and so I

37:24 ↗ would love to see that data personally

37:25 ↗ just to ease my worry and you know

37:30 ↗ concern in my community because then I

37:32 ↗ can say hey the police department has

37:35 ↗ data every person they have pulled over

37:38 ↗ they've told us you know of this

37:40 ↗ percentage these people get their ticket

37:43 ↗ and or not and these people you know so

37:46 ↗ I have that clear data because right now

37:48 ↗ I don't have a full data because I

37:50 ↗ always hear oh yeah but my friend that

37:52 ↗ pulled over when he was white and he was

37:54 ↗ just let off for you know because with a

37:57 ↗ warning so I think that's where that

37:59 ↗ comes in so I think that's my concern in

38:02 ↗ hearing that um we don't collect data

38:05 ↗ for and it's I know 100 is super

38:08 ↗ cumbersome so hopefully when the body

38:10 ↗ cam is coming to play I don't know how

38:12 ↗ we would go about collecting that kind

38:14 ↗ of data but that's something I really

38:16 ↗ hope to see

38:17 ↗ well Also to clarify

38:19 ↗ um we don't specifically have a chart to

38:21 ↗ say so and so was this race this is who

38:24 ↗ I stopped whatever but we run every

38:26 ↗ single person's name that we do a

38:27 ↗ traffic stop on so I have documentation

38:30 ↗ by their driver's license and whatever

38:31 ↗ they identify on the driver's license is

38:33 ↗ for everybody that we run which is all

38:35 ↗ in our computer system so yeah we could

38:38 ↗ probably run every single person because

38:39 ↗ if I make contact I'm gonna not go up

38:42 ↗ there and just say oh so I see what

38:44 ↗ color you are I'm going to give a ticket

38:45 ↗ that's why I said when I when I go and I

38:48 ↗ I stop you

38:49 ↗ I challenge you to see in the back of a

38:52 ↗ car when you're pulled up behind them or

38:53 ↗ someone's coming at you that's four car

38:55 ↗ what's away can you tell what race they

38:57 ↗ are nine times out of ten you can't so

38:59 ↗ the fact that you think the officers can

39:00 ↗ all of a sudden it's it's not really

39:03 ↗ it's not really an option and with the

39:06 ↗ tinted windows and everything else and

39:07 ↗ then to think that it's that simple it's

39:10 ↗ really not and that's why I always give

39:11 ↗ the example too I know before I go up to

39:13 ↗ the car based on the when the plates are

39:16 ↗ expired or not whether I'm going to give

39:17 ↗ a ticket now some things could happen if

39:20 ↗ you're bawling your eyes out and you're

39:21 ↗ coming from a funeral and you know

39:23 ↗ something you're driving you know a

39:25 ↗ little slower I'm just okay you can pull

39:27 ↗ over you're safe is there anything I can

39:28 ↗ do for you then that might change my

39:30 ↗ mind as far as a ticket goes but

39:32 ↗ typically and we train our officers to

39:34 ↗ make those decisions a little bit more

39:35 ↗ in advance yes we could gather that down

39:37 ↗ because like I said wouldn't even know

39:38 ↗ if I give a warning I'm not saying okay

39:41 ↗ I need you to write a report and there's

39:43 ↗ a place where we file this but we do get

39:46 ↗ the name and address or driver's license

39:48 ↗ specifically and run their to make sure

39:50 ↗ if the person I'm contacting has a

39:52 ↗ warrant for their arrest

39:53 ↗ no matter their race and I can also tell

39:55 ↗ you the population of our Jail unit

39:56 ↗ right now is more white than there is

39:59 ↗ any other nationality or race

40:02 ↗ and so those are numbers that definitely

40:04 ↗ can be gotten

40:05 ↗ um and it's not that we don't we just

40:07 ↗ haven't because we like you're saying

40:09 ↗ all these people got

40:10 ↗ oh well this person got a warning and

40:12 ↗ this person didn't there's a lot of

40:14 ↗ relative questions that I would have too

40:16 ↗ was it for the exact same thing was one

40:18 ↗ speeding and not speeding was one going

40:20 ↗ certain mile an hour over versus the

40:22 ↗ other maybe that officer's rule of thumb

40:24 ↗ is as long as they're not going 10 over

40:25 ↗ and I pull them over I'm not getting a

40:27 ↗ ticket versus if they're going six over

40:29 ↗ if they're going over the speed limit in

40:31 ↗ a school zone versus not I mean there's

40:33 ↗ a lot more questions too that could go

40:35 ↗ into that circumstance

40:38 ↗ um that maybe more than just the race of

40:40 ↗ somebody so we had a congressman that

40:43 ↗ went and rode with my one of my

40:45 ↗ Sergeants

40:46 ↗ and he has some very poignant questions

40:48 ↗ he's like what do you what do you see

40:50 ↗ when you see me sitting here and you've

40:52 ↗ known me for 20 minutes been riding in a

40:54 ↗ car with me what do you see

40:56 ↗ and he's a white male beard shaved head

41:00 ↗ he goes ah you know I hear you're a cops

41:02 ↗ cop and you're you know whatever he goes

41:04 ↗ yeah do you want to know that my

41:05 ↗ daughter's Chinese my sister's mixed

41:08 ↗ she's I would have no idea he goes

41:10 ↗ that's right you have no idea I mean so

41:13 ↗ there's

41:14 ↗ perceptions also in bias about police

41:17 ↗ when the reality is exactly the same and

41:20 ↗ so

41:21 ↗ um we're very careful in our training

41:24 ↗ we're very careful and but we do all

41:26 ↗ know we have implicit biases but we do a

41:29 ↗ lot to make sure as far as that Equity

41:31 ↗ question and making sure that we have

41:33 ↗ those conversations we have sergeants

41:35 ↗ and supervisors if we see that there's a

41:39 ↗ pattern of anything for well how come

41:40 ↗ you didn't arrest that shoplifter and

41:42 ↗ you you arrested this shoplifter

41:45 ↗ um so there's a lot of those things that

41:48 ↗ take place but yes on traffic steps

41:50 ↗ we've still got identification so if I

41:51 ↗ really wanted to run the names of every

41:53 ↗ single person and officer that has ran I

41:56 ↗ can do that on the computer and I can

41:58 ↗ and through our dispatch and say that

42:00 ↗ officer connected to any pick they've

42:02 ↗ ever run what's the correlation and I I

42:05 ↗ can do that with everybody in our

42:06 ↗ department and so and I can see those

42:09 ↗ numbers from our Tech Guys and find out

42:11 ↗ what how easy that would be and see if I

42:15 ↗ can get you some of those numbers based

42:16 ↗ on you know I I wouldn't give officers

42:18 ↗ names or whatever but you would be able

42:20 ↗ to see a correlation to what that looks

42:23 ↗ like

42:34 ↗ this is a very engaging conversation so

42:37 ↗ we really appreciate you for doing that

42:39 ↗ um I want to just ask you um I know you

42:41 ↗ have to go but can you just plug your

42:43 ↗ socials for us like the police

42:46 ↗ department social so that we can keep

42:48 ↗ everyone connected and um get some

42:51 ↗ access to some of those reports sure um

42:53 ↗ well another thing is you can always

42:54 ↗ emailing it's uh Paula s at city of

42:57 ↗ mrpawa.com

43:00 ↗ um and subsidence by the way

43:04 ↗ um so you're always able to access that

43:06 ↗ we have the we have our Twitter account

43:08 ↗ we've got an Instagram account we just

43:10 ↗ have in our Facebook account and so um

43:13 ↗ those are all connected to the city page

43:15 ↗ as well as when the city's social media

43:18 ↗ and you can get us directly through

43:19 ↗ there but yeah always willing to answer

43:23 ↗ any questions if there's something

43:24 ↗ that's come up from our conversation

43:25 ↗ today you want a more in-depth questions

43:27 ↗ or something very specific

43:30 ↗ um it may not be able to get it in a

43:31 ↗ split second or in a day but I'd be

43:33 ↗ happy to you know research that and get

43:35 ↗ specific information that our people are

43:38 ↗ looking for very happy to research that

43:41 ↗ and we also have like three or four

43:44 ↗ Spanish speaking officers now we have

43:45 ↗ one that's native from Brazil speaks

43:47 ↗ Portuguese he's in the background to get

43:49 ↗ here soon and several other languages so

43:52 ↗ um yeah it's

43:53 ↗ um really that's why I'm excited about

43:55 ↗ the diversity of both in the jail and

43:57 ↗ the rest of our staff so that's it but

44:00 ↗ yeah feel free to reach out and ask

44:02 ↗ questions that have been that Intrigue

44:05 ↗ your mind for the for the board or

44:07 ↗ um just personally

44:08 ↗ um feel free to reach out and we can get

44:10 ↗ some of those numbers and then once you

44:12 ↗ get those you can share

44:13 ↗ so thank you for having me thank you so

44:15 ↗ much we really appreciate it

44:19 ↗ [Applause]

44:23 ↗ oh thanks

44:26 ↗ it was on the panel when I got there

44:30 ↗ all righty okay so we are running a

44:34 ↗ little time I'm sorry

44:37 ↗ oh okay I'm sorry

44:39 ↗ did you have a comment or a question

44:44 ↗ give me a moment on YouTube

44:50 ↗ Channel

45:02 ↗ oh no I'm sorry um but I cut it short

45:06 ↗ but we did get her email so um

45:15 ↗ yes and I encourage everyone who has

45:18 ↗ additional questions to share them with

45:21 ↗ Monica myself or if you got the email or

45:23 ↗ you need the email

45:25 ↗ that we can at least speak with Chief

45:28 ↗ Swan again and maybe we can invite are

45:31 ↗ back and and have her talk to us a

45:33 ↗ little bit more

45:34 ↗ yes when we talk about equity and

45:37 ↗ um work that City governments do it's uh

45:40 ↗ it's I feel like it's a lifelong work

45:42 ↗ right for all of us for all of us we are

45:46 ↗ just at the very beginning so

45:48 ↗ for their again these are just the

45:51 ↗ opportunities for you and support to to

45:54 ↗ put a face with a name to get to know

45:56 ↗ get an initial feel for what the

45:59 ↗ different

46:00 ↗ um

46:01 ↗ we are doing because I think by by

46:03 ↗ hearing those then that gives you a

46:05 ↗ better understanding of perhaps what are

46:07 ↗ those gaps of the city and that will

46:09 ↗ help us as support

46:11 ↗ um perhaps create those workers and

46:15 ↗ items right some recommendations yes

46:18 ↗ all righty well next on our agenda and

46:22 ↗ I'm sorry Kelly we actually did end up

46:24 ↗ going a little bit into your

46:27 ↗ um presentation time are we no I'm sorry

46:29 ↗ I skipped over just kidding we're doing

46:31 ↗ the board development recap so um

46:35 ↗ yeah so

46:39 ↗ um this is yes

46:45 ↗ board members we are about 10 minutes

46:47 ↗ behind right now but we are going to try

46:48 ↗ to pick up speed a little bit here

46:51 ↗ um I had just some great individual

46:54 ↗ conversations over the last couple of

46:55 ↗ weeks with

46:57 ↗ um most of you so thank you so much for

46:59 ↗ some time

47:00 ↗ um and I thought that perhaps most of

47:03 ↗ you this this should this is not

47:05 ↗ necessarily new information but I

47:07 ↗ thought that you know we've been working

47:09 ↗ now for about six seven months the first

47:12 ↗ time you had this information it was at

47:13 ↗ your very first meeting uh it was

47:16 ↗ everything was brand new and after that

47:19 ↗ I think

47:20 ↗ um now that you had a chance to really

47:22 ↗ learn a little bit more about the city

47:23 ↗ uh get and also be in person

47:27 ↗ um I thought that it might be good to

47:28 ↗ have like have a recap and the reset

47:31 ↗ um start a little bit from the beginning

47:33 ↗ because I'm hoping as we discuss and

47:36 ↗ really uh put a framework around the

47:38 ↗ work that we can do that's gonna help us

47:41 ↗ with the work that we still need to do

47:42 ↗ for the remainder of the year I know

47:44 ↗ that we shared that we are working on A

47:47 ↗ needs assessment I want to share some

47:49 ↗ information I had a chance to meet with

47:51 ↗ our cities consultant and we are going

47:54 ↗ to move through a Full Speed Ahead

47:57 ↗ starting next month without work you're

48:00 ↗ gonna get lots of support with from the

48:02 ↗ equity consultant so I just wanted to

48:04 ↗ kind of like reset and look from there

48:07 ↗ and

48:08 ↗ um my hope is that by the end of the

48:10 ↗ meeting if there are any questions left

48:12 ↗ we can take care of those questions and

48:15 ↗ then we can really start planning for

48:17 ↗ our work for 2023 because that's really

48:20 ↗ good

48:21 ↗ tonight so that's why I have six items

48:24 ↗ I'm hoping to dive a little bit deeper

48:26 ↗ and really have great conversation

48:28 ↗ questions and answers wanted to just

48:31 ↗ start with

48:33 ↗ um that broad overview of uh where does

48:35 ↗ Equity fit in the City of Issaquah or

48:38 ↗ what do we have in place across the

48:40 ↗ city-wide strategic plan then moving to

48:43 ↗ talking about the equity board and the

48:45 ↗ role and how the city was formed and

48:48 ↗ what we have currently in the city code

48:50 ↗ uh talk about board rules rules and

48:52 ↗ regulations how do we develop a work

48:55 ↗ plan for boards and commissions what are

48:58 ↗ the roles of the equity members and then

49:00 ↗ the equity board kind of like that

49:02 ↗ distinction between when you represent

49:04 ↗ and you're part of the board and when

49:06 ↗ you are just an individual member and

49:08 ↗ then again just go over the year-to-date

49:10 ↗ accomplishments and upcoming meetings

49:12 ↗ and I'm also happy to say that since our

49:15 ↗ city clerk is with us tonight I might

49:18 ↗ just call her in Asia

49:21 ↗ great knowledge and she made and give us

49:24 ↗ additional information upon that I'm so

49:27 ↗ sure about so what you see on the screen

49:29 ↗ and also in your agenda packet there's a

49:31 ↗ link to the Citywide strategic plan if

49:33 ↗ you would like to and if you have time

49:34 ↗ to dive deeper into the Strategic plan

49:37 ↗ so this this link here it's actually a

49:40 ↗ link to it you're going to see the

49:42 ↗ entire page I'm not going to open it

49:44 ↗ right now so we don't spend much time on

49:45 ↗ it but you also see updates that the

49:48 ↗ city has been doing and um what you see

49:51 ↗ in this circle is the they're the six

49:53 ↗ areas wide areas of the Strategic plan

49:56 ↗ and within each of those you're going to

49:58 ↗ see specific goals for the city and

50:00 ↗ where Equity fits in the city-wide

50:02 ↗ strategic plan as you may see it's one

50:04 ↗ of the guiding principles so

50:07 ↗ um you see on the top division Mission

50:09 ↗ and then here on the side the six

50:11 ↗ guiding principles so Equity is one of

50:14 ↗ them and it was noted in the Strategic

50:17 ↗ planners ensuring that it's a class

50:19 ↗ services and outstanding quality quality

50:22 ↗ of life are accessible to everyone so as

50:25 ↗ a reminder the Citywide strategic plan

50:27 ↗ was first created in 2018 and adopted in

50:31 ↗ 2019 and since then there there have

50:34 ↗ been

50:35 ↗ um I believe almost annual updates I

50:37 ↗ know we had an update last year

50:40 ↗ um to the Strategic plan

50:42 ↗ um so definitely this is pre-covered

50:45 ↗ and also specifically you will see under

50:48 ↗ the social and economic Vitality as the

50:51 ↗ city

50:52 ↗ um

50:53 ↗ developed more work and started

50:57 ↗ increasing a little bit the muscle

50:58 ↗ there's going to be an equity

51:02 ↗ team called out an equity board and now

51:05 ↗ we are moving to um activity assessment

51:07 ↗ of natural that Equity assessment is

51:09 ↗ called out there quite yet so just just

51:13 ↗ a few words on where Equity is called

51:15 ↗ out brought behind the city

51:19 ↗ um and so when we talk about

51:21 ↗ operationalizing Equity within the city

51:23 ↗ over the last couple of years uh in

51:26 ↗ particular

51:28 ↗ um we we divided Equity into two

51:31 ↗ components we have an internal uh aspect

51:34 ↗ in the community facing the internal

51:37 ↗ aspect again and the decision was

51:39 ↗ because

51:41 ↗ um from experience in Prior years it was

51:45 ↗ determined that having just one person

51:47 ↗ devote or one division do both internal

51:50 ↗ and Community facing is just too big of

51:52 ↗ a project even as we continue to learn

51:54 ↗ we see already that

51:56 ↗ um that already we need additional

51:58 ↗ Staffing Resources dedicated to

52:01 ↗ so the internal um Equity initiatives

52:04 ↗ were assigned to the human resources

52:07 ↗ Departments of their beliefs departments

52:10 ↗ on that

52:11 ↗ um they also coordinate a meeting with

52:13 ↗ an internal Equity team that we have we

52:15 ↗ have currently a team of about 16

52:17 ↗ members who represent different

52:19 ↗ departments and meet on a monthly or

52:22 ↗ sometimes twice a month basis to discuss

52:25 ↗ any internal Equity needs and then me

52:28 ↗ also two years ago higher than Equity

52:30 ↗ Consultants which who you met Chen and

52:33 ↗ Heather Ray and uh as Tina mentioned

52:35 ↗ yesterday she's going to be our best

52:37 ↗ friend for the next several months as

52:38 ↗ you probably are going to see her almost

52:40 ↗ on a monthly basis as she's diving

52:43 ↗ especially also as she mentioned we'll

52:45 ↗ Speed Ahead on completing the equity

52:47 ↗ needs assessment and she's she's living

52:50 ↗ well the internal and then she's going

52:52 ↗ to work with us for the external

52:53 ↗ Community facing

52:56 ↗ um and so the community facing Equity

52:58 ↗ initiatives were assigned to us that

53:00 ↗ Human Services Division when they were

53:02 ↗ first assigned they were assigned to us

53:04 ↗ I used the Royal s because it was just

53:06 ↗ myself but that time since then we now

53:08 ↗ have a human services division

53:11 ↗ um and uh so so we are the community

53:13 ↗ facing Equity initiatives leads staff

53:16 ↗ leave uh you have seen the last few

53:19 ↗ years

53:20 ↗ um mostly our work was in

53:23 ↗ um in organizing Community conversations

53:26 ↗ cultural events and then we were a part

53:31 ↗ of the creating the equity board

53:34 ↗ um

53:34 ↗ and so we are also participating in any

53:37 ↗ other Regional work that's being done

53:39 ↗ equity-wise learning what other

53:41 ↗ jurisdictions are doing and whatnot

53:43 ↗ so that's a brief overview I'm gonna

53:45 ↗ stop a little bit because we to see I

53:47 ↗ want to before we move into the role of

53:49 ↗ the equity board if like what are your

53:52 ↗ thoughts about this questions comments

53:55 ↗ um

53:56 ↗ what do you think about this approach

53:59 ↗ or kind of like where Equity is situated

54:02 ↗ within the city

54:06 ↗ oh

54:08 ↗ I think

54:10 ↗ oh how do I do this I think look

54:14 ↗ Christian you have a question unless I

54:16 ↗ can't remember if I lowered your hand or

54:18 ↗ if you have a question

54:19 ↗ and as I'm navigating through this stuff

54:22 ↗ I think I can't present and see what I

54:25 ↗ don't need it

54:25 ↗ okay

54:29 ↗ my hand was raised remember before I

54:32 ↗ think you didn't bring it down

54:33 ↗ [Laughter]

54:39 ↗ anyone answer online who might have

54:41 ↗ questions before we go in the room

54:45 ↗ please feel free to raise your virtual

54:47 ↗ hand

54:51 ↗ I don't see anyone or send us a chat

54:54 ↗ thank you Tisha for monitoring that

54:57 ↗ great yeah I'm fascinated by this

55:00 ↗ assessment that um Shannon Kelly rated

55:02 ↗ unfortunately I think I missed that

55:04 ↗ meeting when she was there so can can

55:06 ↗ you be a little more specific about the

55:09 ↗ due date for that

55:10 ↗ um so she's just starting she was with

55:12 ↗ us before when she worked with uh you as

55:15 ↗ the board you met her when you worked on

55:17 ↗ the framework

55:19 ↗ um but she wasn't here yet I just had

55:22 ↗ personally a meeting with her in

55:23 ↗ prepping for the upcoming months and so

55:26 ↗ she she did some prep work she says I

55:30 ↗ have some surveys that I'm gonna share

55:31 ↗ with you that you put together so in the

55:33 ↗ upcoming months she saw she you didn't

55:35 ↗ miss anything okay and so now this

55:37 ↗ connects to there's a lot of data

55:39 ↗ because you were very keen on data she's

55:42 ↗ she's worked with she's gotten that data

55:44 ↗ through X memes and she's going to

55:47 ↗ develop in the actions that we can

55:49 ↗ actually take she's gonna work with us

55:50 ↗ on that yes so she is doing the

55:52 ↗ Gathering data information she created a

55:55 ↗ survey that's gonna go out to all city

55:57 ↗ employees she's gonna meet with senior

55:59 ↗ leadership she's gonna have focus groups

56:01 ↗ within the city and in the community so

56:04 ↗ yes so she is in that space as all of

56:07 ↗ you have been in the Gathering data

56:09 ↗ getting to know what's going going on

56:11 ↗ within the city she's been doing that as

56:13 ↗ well but she's going to come and share

56:14 ↗ with us the work that she's done so far

56:16 ↗ but yes we are just at that time still

56:18 ↗ of gathering data okay

56:21 ↗ will we be able to attend the community

56:23 ↗ conversations and also

56:27 ↗ either participate or listen yes always

56:30 ↗ so anytime yes we had several Community

56:32 ↗ conversations before the equity board

56:36 ↗ um was created we didn't have any

56:39 ↗ specific Community conversations this

56:40 ↗ year other than the events that you are

56:42 ↗ all part of but absolutely U.S board

56:45 ↗ members you always have the ability to

56:48 ↗ be part of the community conversations

56:50 ↗ typically we would ask you if we don't

56:54 ↗ remember the only differences with the

56:55 ↗ Quorum so we would ask to have a few

56:58 ↗ Representatives like minimum maximum

57:01 ↗ four members at a community conversation

57:04 ↗ if there's a desire from the entire

57:06 ↗ board we can depending on what it is we

57:09 ↗ can work on promoting that as a special

57:11 ↗ Equity board meeting so all of you can

57:14 ↗ attend but yes absolutely and that would

57:16 ↗ be great the more you can participate in

57:18 ↗ those Community conversations the better

57:20 ↗ you will be informed

57:25 ↗ so my question is you know when looking

57:27 ↗ at the community facing and knowing that

57:30 ↗ Human Services is the need for it has to

57:34 ↗ what degree has that either

57:38 ↗ been a benefit or a limitation I'm so

57:42 ↗ glad you brought it up because we

57:43 ↗ brought it up also recently

57:45 ↗ um and not just recently but and I think

57:47 ↗ that's exactly where the city with

57:50 ↗ um the city's perspective is we are

57:52 ↗ still new to this it made more sense to

57:54 ↗ have it in human services because we

57:56 ↗ work with those are the most those folks

57:59 ↗ who are the most impacted by inequities

58:02 ↗ over the years and so that was the

58:05 ↗ initial decision but it doesn't have to

58:07 ↗ be a final decision

58:09 ↗ um I know that there are other

58:10 ↗ jurisdictions who have uh Equity

58:12 ↗ initiatives or um actually in in the

58:16 ↗ mayor's office or in the city manager's

58:18 ↗ office so it's not necessarily right or

58:20 ↗ wrong this is where we were like let's

58:22 ↗ start here and see where it goes in

58:25 ↗ terms of

58:26 ↗ um

58:28 ↗ um there are pros and cons like I said

58:30 ↗ the the pro is the fact that we are just

58:33 ↗ so close always working with the

58:34 ↗ communities we work closely with those

58:36 ↗ who are homeless we work those who are

58:38 ↗ low income uh we have close

58:40 ↗ relationships with all of our

58:42 ↗ non-profits and all of that so from that

58:44 ↗ perspective great Pros

58:46 ↗ um cons are sometimes

58:49 ↗ um staff capacity uh we have so much

58:51 ↗ work to do that

58:53 ↗ um it's easy to say oh if we have time

58:56 ↗ we'll do another event but we don't

58:58 ↗ always have time so a capacity having

59:01 ↗ the being a smaller jurisdiction smaller

59:04 ↗ City we have staff who have multiple

59:07 ↗ roles whereas if you're in a larger

59:09 ↗ jurisdiction larger City you might have

59:11 ↗ multiple Staffing multi just

59:15 ↗ just smaller things so I think that's

59:16 ↗ the same with large organizations versus

59:18 ↗ smaller

59:20 ↗ so that is an opportunity again like for

59:23 ↗ the board at some point to make

59:25 ↗ recommendations if you know

59:27 ↗ that's a desire

59:31 ↗ great questions any other questions

59:32 ↗ about what we discussed so far is this

59:35 ↗ helpful so far oh absolutely yeah

59:39 ↗ kind of had to better understand where

59:40 ↗ we are and get us grounded yeah okay so

59:43 ↗ if I don't see any other questions I see

59:45 ↗ how when you turned your camera on do

59:47 ↗ you have a question

59:48 ↗ no

59:50 ↗ nice to see you

59:53 ↗ and yes board members would be great if

59:55 ↗ possible to also see on the screen we

59:57 ↗ can see on the big screen I don't know

59:59 ↗ how I hope the quality of the visual and

1:00:02 ↗ audio it's good for you all you can hear

1:00:05 ↗ us and see as well that's great

1:00:07 ↗ you have a good fancy owl here that's

1:00:09 ↗ very

1:00:10 ↗ very very helpful okay I'm gonna move us

1:00:13 ↗ along I don't know I'm better getting a

1:00:15 ↗ sidetracked

1:00:17 ↗ right okay so the next thing I was

1:00:19 ↗ hoping that we can dive a little bit

1:00:20 ↗ deeper and here I will use the link

1:00:22 ↗ because I would love to go into our city

1:00:25 ↗ code and and uh really look a little bit

1:00:28 ↗ at

1:00:29 ↗ um what was included when the board was

1:00:32 ↗ created

1:00:33 ↗ the one that I called on the screen is

1:00:35 ↗ really the the objective

1:00:37 ↗ um

1:00:38 ↗ and that is to support and cultivate the

1:00:41 ↗ voices of the diverse communities in

1:00:44 ↗ Issaquah by advising the mayor city

1:00:46 ↗ council others in the departments on

1:00:49 ↗ City plans policies regulation programs

1:00:52 ↗ relate to equity initiatives it's very

1:00:54 ↗ very broad it is a lot and can be feel

1:00:57 ↗ overwhelming and I can promise you this

1:00:59 ↗ is still much much narrowed from what

1:01:02 ↗ was the initial you know these are all

1:01:04 ↗ recommendations this was a community-led

1:01:06 ↗ effort these were all recommendations

1:01:08 ↗ from the community and this is what

1:01:11 ↗ ended up in the code so now I'm gonna

1:01:13 ↗ just open the code and also for those of

1:01:16 ↗ you who are interested

1:01:18 ↗ um by now I would hope that you are

1:01:19 ↗ familiar with the equity board web page

1:01:22 ↗ that we have

1:01:23 ↗ so you find it on the board there is a

1:01:25 ↗ link to the to the code uh

1:01:36 ↗ Okay so

1:01:44 ↗ so in terms of you know it starts the

1:01:47 ↗ code talks about the objective and we

1:01:49 ↗ just cover that

1:01:51 ↗ oh

1:01:54 ↗ education

1:01:57 ↗ thank you

1:01:58 ↗ I thought it was there for a moment but

1:02:00 ↗ maybe it was just for a moment

1:02:03 ↗ let me share and I need to share my

1:02:06 ↗ screen I believe so then you can see

1:02:08 ↗ whatever I see on my screen that's right

1:02:12 ↗ there we go thank you so much

1:02:15 ↗ okay so the first

1:02:18 ↗ um part of the study code is the

1:02:20 ↗ objective which you just covered and

1:02:23 ↗ next there's a quite a good description

1:02:25 ↗ of the membership of the board and that

1:02:28 ↗ talks about what are the qualifications

1:02:32 ↗ and so um we always looked for not

1:02:35 ↗ always we haven't been here for too long

1:02:37 ↗ but we looked for members who have lived

1:02:40 ↗ experience

1:02:42 ↗ um or professional experience or both

1:02:45 ↗ um community members with interest in

1:02:48 ↗ diversity Equity inclusion we also uh

1:02:51 ↗ the the community at that time felt

1:02:53 ↗ strongly about making sure that members

1:02:56 ↗ of diverse racial agricultural

1:02:59 ↗ backgrounds are included and then we

1:03:01 ↗ added the other

1:03:03 ↗ um

1:03:04 ↗ descriptions of age disability gender

1:03:07 ↗ sexual orientation but what the

1:03:09 ↗ Community Field really stand about was

1:03:10 ↗ that a majority of members on the equity

1:03:13 ↗ board will be representatives of the

1:03:16 ↗ black indigenous and people of color so

1:03:18 ↗ that is included in the code and that

1:03:20 ↗ that is how it is and how it will be

1:03:23 ↗ um then the the next are really

1:03:25 ↗ technicalities about the the terms this

1:03:28 ↗ is pretty typical for boards and

1:03:30 ↗ commissions we just had a staggered term

1:03:32 ↗ to make sure that you know board members

1:03:35 ↗ like terms expire at different times and

1:03:37 ↗ data don't feel like I need to go in in

1:03:39 ↗ detail about that

1:03:42 ↗ um again just some technicalities about

1:03:44 ↗ alternate members and how many up to

1:03:46 ↗ alternate members and when alternate

1:03:49 ↗ members can serve into regular positions

1:03:52 ↗ I'm gonna pause here just to just to

1:03:54 ↗ note that in case there's a Clarity we

1:03:57 ↗ always encourage on board them

1:03:58 ↗ commissions that alternate members

1:04:00 ↗ really are part of them they are not no

1:04:03 ↗ less than the regular members right if

1:04:06 ↗ it comes to voting on a major issue

1:04:08 ↗ that's when if we have Quorum of the

1:04:10 ↗ regular members uh alternate members do

1:04:12 ↗ not necessarily vote however we always a

1:04:16 ↗ staff we always again as as alternate

1:04:19 ↗ members voices are just as important as

1:04:21 ↗ the other ones

1:04:23 ↗ um we hope that by the time aboard goes

1:04:25 ↗ into voting that you heard enough the

1:04:28 ↗ voices of those alternate members that

1:04:29 ↗ you know know that those are elevated as

1:04:31 ↗ well so we just wanted to make that in

1:04:33 ↗ common that

1:04:35 ↗ um especially for a board that is an

1:04:37 ↗ equity related I want to make sure that

1:04:39 ↗ we are only close to as much as we can

1:04:41 ↗ right

1:04:43 ↗ um

1:04:45 ↗ appointments uh those are made by

1:04:48 ↗ um mayor and they are confirmed by city

1:04:51 ↗ council you all have been part of the

1:04:54 ↗ interview process the mayor was part of

1:04:56 ↗ the interview process for all of you at

1:04:58 ↗ the beginning moving forward as we go

1:05:00 ↗ through our annual membership for

1:05:01 ↗ recruitment typically staff and the

1:05:04 ↗ chair and vice chair are going to the

1:05:06 ↗ interview process then we make those

1:05:08 ↗ recommendations to the mayor and then

1:05:10 ↗ mayor confirms them with city council so

1:05:13 ↗ typically that's how the process goes

1:05:15 ↗ again I'm not going to go into detailed

1:05:18 ↗ removal and vacancies I feel like

1:05:21 ↗ they're just common sense

1:05:23 ↗ um

1:05:24 ↗ places but please stop me if you have

1:05:26 ↗ any questions about those

1:05:28 ↗ um meeting rules those are created by

1:05:31 ↗ the board we are going to go in details

1:05:32 ↗ on that so I'm not gonna go there that

1:05:34 ↗ you will have staff support this time

1:05:36 ↗ here I want to talk a little bit about

1:05:38 ↗ duties and responsibilities

1:05:41 ↗ um so you're gonna see again it can feel

1:05:43 ↗ a little bit overwhelming because there

1:05:45 ↗ are seven pretty large duties and

1:05:48 ↗ responsibilities on one end you provide

1:05:51 ↗ feedback on any City policies plans

1:05:53 ↗ regulations So based on anything that

1:05:56 ↗ the mayor city council May assign to you

1:05:59 ↗ but typically and they're just a broad

1:06:01 ↗ ones including not limited to the

1:06:03 ↗ Citywide strategic planning other City

1:06:05 ↗ Equity initiatives and then any City

1:06:08 ↗ Human Services strategic plan or funding

1:06:10 ↗ recommendations

1:06:11 ↗ then second you can make recommendations

1:06:14 ↗ on developing new programs for the city

1:06:18 ↗ services any practices

1:06:21 ↗ any priorities relating to equity

1:06:24 ↗ diversity and inclusion

1:06:27 ↗ next it's about developing and fostering

1:06:30 ↗ relationships with the community with

1:06:32 ↗ the different departments

1:06:35 ↗ um

1:06:36 ↗ so that that's three and four so three

1:06:38 ↗ it's internal with the community four

1:06:40 ↗ it's a external amount to its internal

1:06:43 ↗ with the city departments for external

1:06:45 ↗ with the community

1:06:47 ↗ um that you're gonna participate in an

1:06:49 ↗ annual and ongoing Equity training uh

1:06:52 ↗ you're gonna have a annual report so

1:06:54 ↗ mayor and City Council on Equity work

1:06:57 ↗ plan accomplishments and achievements uh

1:07:01 ↗ you will conduct a self-analysis of your

1:07:03 ↗ work and kind of like what's working

1:07:05 ↗ what's not working

1:07:07 ↗ um

1:07:08 ↗ and then any other basically do this uh

1:07:11 ↗ assigned by city council or mayor

1:07:16 ↗ so that was a lot

1:07:18 ↗ um so I'm gonna stop again for any

1:07:20 ↗ conversation discussion on what's clear

1:07:22 ↗ what's not clear in terms of

1:07:25 ↗ the boards duties responsibilities

1:07:29 ↗ get me started with the board it's an

1:07:31 ↗ Advisory Board to the mayor so you can

1:07:33 ↗ make recognition you advise the mayor

1:07:34 ↗ and city council can make

1:07:36 ↗ recommendations for policies can make

1:07:38 ↗ recommendations for different programs

1:07:40 ↗ to be implemented

1:07:42 ↗ and also if there are any timely

1:07:45 ↗ short-term or long term you already had

1:07:47 ↗ the experience right we had the cultural

1:07:49 ↗ calendar that was assigned by the city

1:07:51 ↗ Administration as a task you also had

1:07:54 ↗ the equity framework that was assigned

1:07:58 ↗ to you that where you provided input and

1:08:02 ↗ recommendations so you will have always

1:08:06 ↗ short-term one-time touch

1:08:09 ↗ um

1:08:11 ↗ initiatives that you're going to be

1:08:12 ↗ asked to provide input on and you are

1:08:16 ↗ going to have also longer term projects

1:08:18 ↗ that might take a couple of months or

1:08:20 ↗ several months

1:08:22 ↗ so on the

1:08:25 ↗ our mission statement of advising the

1:08:27 ↗ mayor and Advising city council it seems

1:08:30 ↗ to be of course since we've been our

1:08:33 ↗ happy group here that has been more of a

1:08:36 ↗ proactive maybe us reaching out versus

1:08:40 ↗ city council and mayor reaching out so

1:08:43 ↗ when I see certain things that occur in

1:08:45 ↗ the highlands where I live and I think

1:08:47 ↗ about

1:08:48 ↗ and basically go to the city council

1:08:50 ↗ meeting and talk about these things

1:08:51 ↗ what I kind of expect to see is that

1:08:55 ↗ okay we're gonna City's gonna implement

1:08:57 ↗ something like free Wi-Fi but a

1:08:59 ↗ Highlands like

1:09:01 ↗ most of us in Iowa don't need free Wi-Fi

1:09:03 ↗ but people down in the maybe in the

1:09:05 ↗ lowlands and you know the lower income

1:09:07 ↗ areas of the squad they need free Wi-Fi

1:09:09 ↗ and so what I would expect to see is

1:09:12 ↗ city council and mayor that hey this is

1:09:15 ↗ what we got what we're thinking about

1:09:16 ↗ doing like the whole street light or

1:09:19 ↗ painting the street lamps doesn't need

1:09:22 ↗ that like

1:09:23 ↗ other areas of disappointed that

1:09:25 ↗ Improvement so what I expect to see is

1:09:28 ↗ not what we're actually seeing and maybe

1:09:30 ↗ I feel that way I'm not sure if the rest

1:09:31 ↗ of the board goes that way but I'm

1:09:33 ↗ wondering is there a process for

1:09:35 ↗ employees to say hey we're going to do

1:09:37 ↗ these things we want to implement these

1:09:39 ↗ things let's talk to equity staff buy

1:09:43 ↗ you know from the City of Issaquah but

1:09:45 ↗ when are we

1:09:47 ↗ as a collective group kind of get

1:09:49 ↗ involved in that decision-making process

1:09:50 ↗ to run it by our lens

1:09:53 ↗ is it after we built our foundation

1:09:55 ↗ which I don't feel like we totally I

1:09:57 ↗ hate the foundation yeah but for your

1:10:00 ↗ thoughts so then help me uh let me make

1:10:03 ↗ sure that I understand because you say

1:10:05 ↗ that it's been proactive from the board

1:10:07 ↗ to the council like for example when

1:10:12 ↗ um

1:10:14 ↗ when it was assigned by the council

1:10:17 ↗ to for the equity board to weigh in on

1:10:20 ↗ the

1:10:22 ↗ um Equity toolkit

1:10:26 ↗ so that's like it's something like that

1:10:29 ↗ that you would like to see more yeah

1:10:30 ↗ right exactly right because like I said

1:10:32 ↗ like in my example about what's going on

1:10:34 ↗ the islands now it would have been nice

1:10:35 ↗ someone at the city made that decision

1:10:38 ↗ but from an equity lens

1:10:41 ↗ no offense I've lived no offense but

1:10:44 ↗ balances need free Wi-Fi we don't right

1:10:46 ↗ and so that's what I kind of expected to

1:10:49 ↗ see some of those decision making

1:10:51 ↗ processes we're going to do this in the

1:10:53 ↗ city so hey let's run this by the equity

1:10:55 ↗ board and see if what does the equity

1:10:57 ↗ board think about this right that's a

1:11:00 ↗ that's great and the typical process

1:11:02 ↗ that should be followed and you started

1:11:04 ↗ right

1:11:05 ↗ um after the budget process was adopted

1:11:07 ↗ last year but typically as the city-wide

1:11:11 ↗ work plan is being created during the

1:11:13 ↗ budget process and that's gonna start

1:11:15 ↗ now in September it's going to end in

1:11:16 ↗ November so in an ideal situation at the

1:11:19 ↗ end of the budget process we have now a

1:11:22 ↗ Citywide work plan for 2023. at that

1:11:25 ↗ time and I think that's where there's an

1:11:27 ↗ opportunity for us to inform somebody

1:11:29 ↗ should look at all the items that the

1:11:31 ↗ city is doing and we have that

1:11:33 ↗ opportunity to to review that and say

1:11:35 ↗ okay what's on the agenda for next year

1:11:37 ↗ for the entire city and which ones are

1:11:40 ↗ the agenda items where perhaps we as an

1:11:43 ↗ equity board can help weigh in a new

1:11:46 ↗ form right because realistically we are

1:11:48 ↗ not going to be able to do everything

1:11:49 ↗ but we can look at the city-wide work

1:11:52 ↗ plan and say maybe these are the items

1:11:55 ↗ where we could

1:11:58 ↗ way in yeah I just wanted to add to that

1:12:01 ↗ because I think that's also what the

1:12:03 ↗ equity framework is designed to do so

1:12:05 ↗ you know when things are being proposed

1:12:06 ↗ they do that analysis to determine you

1:12:09 ↗ know which communities are most impacted

1:12:11 ↗ the most and and I think the right posts

1:12:16 ↗ and those communities right so it's so

1:12:18 ↗ there's not I I could see that being a

1:12:21 ↗ natural part of the decision-making

1:12:22 ↗ process if it's implemented and

1:12:24 ↗ operationalized that way but I think

1:12:26 ↗ there could be some like bigger

1:12:27 ↗ decisions

1:12:28 ↗ Beyond like painting a white post back

1:12:31 ↗ right yeah it could come to us yeah

1:12:33 ↗ exactly yeah

1:12:42 ↗ so now that yes you're absolutely right

1:12:44 ↗ that's great

1:12:45 ↗ um that's a great example and yes we can

1:12:48 ↗ talk about that

1:12:49 ↗ and they see the Chris yeah you have a

1:12:51 ↗ question

1:12:53 ↗ let's see how I can

1:12:56 ↗ thank you yeah

1:13:01 ↗ thank you

1:13:03 ↗ um so my question is uh for

1:13:06 ↗ clarification to make sure that I

1:13:08 ↗ understood and if I misunderstood mine

1:13:11 ↗ and if I

1:13:12 ↗ said correctly I'd like to question

1:13:15 ↗ um anyway so the question is

1:13:18 ↗ you stated that

1:13:20 ↗ when we go to how you know replacements

1:13:24 ↗ for the board eventually when we timeout

1:13:26 ↗ our service

1:13:28 ↗ that it will be the chair in the vice

1:13:31 ↗ chair along with City staff but the

1:13:34 ↗ replacements

1:13:36 ↗ and I want to understand

1:13:39 ↗ um why that is the case because what I

1:13:42 ↗ served on

1:13:43 ↗ the commission I would lead our chair

1:13:46 ↗ nor Vice chair but I wasn't needed in

1:13:49 ↗ the interview process when we were

1:13:51 ↗ replacing uh Commissioners on that

1:13:55 ↗ Commission

1:13:57 ↗ so if you explain me why it's different

1:13:59 ↗ from this

1:14:00 ↗ [Music]

1:14:02 ↗ thank you lucrecia for that question so

1:14:05 ↗ as you may know Lucas has served on the

1:14:06 ↗ Human Services Commission as well prior

1:14:08 ↗ to this and so what happens with crazy

1:14:10 ↗ as so typically it's um we we like to

1:14:13 ↗ provide opportunities for the chair and

1:14:16 ↗ and vice chair to be part of the

1:14:18 ↗ interviews or any other members for that

1:14:20 ↗ reason but for example what happened in

1:14:22 ↗ that case if we we didn't have the the

1:14:25 ↗ chair revised chair did not have the

1:14:27 ↗ capacity to participate in interviews so

1:14:29 ↗ then we opened it and we asked the other

1:14:31 ↗ board members so that's what happens

1:14:33 ↗ typically

1:14:34 ↗ um or also like especially as your

1:14:37 ↗ um we wanted to provide more diversity

1:14:39 ↗ on um on um interview panel then then

1:14:43 ↗ also we invited other

1:14:45 ↗ um

1:14:47 ↗ Commissioners and not just you know a

1:14:51 ↗ group of so so that that's the reason

1:14:53 ↗ why you served on the Human Services

1:14:55 ↗ Commission and that's not a reason that

1:14:56 ↗ you cannot serve also on the equity

1:14:58 ↗ board interviews it's it's it's really

1:15:01 ↗ depends on

1:15:03 ↗ um time capacity and yeah making sure

1:15:07 ↗ that we do have but that's the that's

1:15:08 ↗ the intent all is to have a more diverse

1:15:11 ↗ um

1:15:12 ↗ interview panel

1:15:14 ↗ does that help

1:15:18 ↗ thank you

1:15:20 ↗ um it was unfortunate that we lost our

1:15:22 ↗ youth members so I think having

1:15:26 ↗ um that perspective on the sport is

1:15:28 ↗ going to be really key to our strategy

1:15:30 ↗ is there a timeline when um Jacob and

1:15:33 ↗ and join us so that's a great question

1:15:36 ↗ and I need to check with City Clerks

1:15:37 ↗ they're on my to-do list I do have

1:15:39 ↗ actually a youth uh member who's

1:15:42 ↗ interested that I just had a chance to

1:15:44 ↗ meet them at one of the our events and

1:15:46 ↗ they are interested in serving I just

1:15:48 ↗ need to ask permission to see if that's

1:15:50 ↗ something that we can fill mid-year

1:15:52 ↗ before the annual process start art so

1:15:55 ↗ our annual process typically starts in

1:15:57 ↗ January February and Depends in marches

1:15:59 ↗ in April as you know that all terms end

1:16:02 ↗ in April so typically it would be next

1:16:04 ↗ April May but I'm gonna ask and I don't

1:16:07 ↗ see any reasons why we couldn't do it

1:16:08 ↗ mid-year but I don't want to commit to

1:16:11 ↗ that because I know it depends on other

1:16:13 ↗ languages

1:16:21 ↗ oh okay so um I'm sure they have similar

1:16:25 ↗ types of work better than in high school

1:16:28 ↗ so I actually have done my notes when

1:16:31 ↗ you mentioned that Jacob and Megan will

1:16:33 ↗ leave me to ask our Equity person in our

1:16:36 ↗ district to reach out because we have a

1:16:39 ↗ group of students who have an Equity

1:16:42 ↗ Group yeah and so I'm going to ask her

1:16:44 ↗ to reach out share the fact that we have

1:16:46 ↗ this opening and see if anyone's

1:16:49 ↗ interested to reach out to Monica yeah

1:16:51 ↗ so we just need yeah we just need to

1:16:53 ↗ look into opening it mid mid-year and um

1:16:56 ↗ I can Advocate this the fact that it's

1:16:58 ↗ important to have a youth member and

1:17:00 ↗ hopefully we can open

1:17:02 ↗ um the

1:17:04 ↗ what's the process or the recruitment

1:17:06 ↗ process during mid-year instead of just

1:17:09 ↗ waiting until next year

1:17:12 ↗ sounds like that's something that

1:17:14 ↗ Imports interesting okay

1:17:17 ↗ okay great questions other Kelly so

1:17:22 ↗ I'm probably overthinking this I'll just

1:17:24 ↗ say that and it has to do with like

1:17:25 ↗ student engagement and my job so I hope

1:17:28 ↗ everything faces but the equity board

1:17:30 ↗ role

1:17:32 ↗ as far as I can tell you say this as

1:17:34 ↗ clearly as I can our role is both to

1:17:37 ↗ advise to the city so we are experts it

1:17:40 ↗ is also to go out and find out

1:17:43 ↗ information and bring it back and give

1:17:45 ↗ it to the city correct it is also to

1:17:49 ↗ participate in a smaller role in

1:17:53 ↗ community conversations which don't

1:17:55 ↗ necessarily go into the conversations

1:17:58 ↗ and it's also a part to be the face of

1:18:02 ↗ the equity committee publicly or part of

1:18:05 ↗ the face right that's a lot of roles

1:18:08 ↗ and this one's I could be totally wrong

1:18:12 ↗ off base so I'm just gonna I'm gonna

1:18:13 ↗ throw it out there because it's been

1:18:14 ↗ sitting in my stomach for the last week

1:18:16 ↗ as I was reading this

1:18:19 ↗ and that is every other committee is the

1:18:23 ↗ expert so the Planning Commission

1:18:26 ↗ is made up of experts and they

1:18:30 ↗ give advice

1:18:31 ↗ to whatever it is that they're asking

1:18:35 ↗ their tasked with

1:18:36 ↗ and I'm not saying I don't want to do

1:18:38 ↗ engagement I actually joined because I

1:18:39 ↗ like engagement so I'm not saying I

1:18:41 ↗ don't want to do it but I'm just one

1:18:43 ↗ about this is the only group that does

1:18:47 ↗ that and goes out

1:18:50 ↗ and talks to people and brings in

1:18:53 ↗ therefore we do work

1:18:55 ↗ and there's nothing

1:18:58 ↗ so I would love to speak to that

1:19:00 ↗ conversation

1:19:04 ↗ a little bit of clarification about my

1:19:06 ↗ grades thank you so much Kelly and I so

1:19:08 ↗ so appreciate the last year

1:19:12 ↗ so all boards and commissions are

1:19:15 ↗ volunteer boards and commissions right

1:19:16 ↗ right so um all that they represent

1:19:20 ↗ um the community right so that's that's

1:19:22 ↗ the entire goal right like to have

1:19:24 ↗ Community voice that informs the city so

1:19:28 ↗ the city does not take decisions in

1:19:30 ↗ Asylum right so great

1:19:33 ↗ when you say for example the planning

1:19:37 ↗ policy commission that they are experts

1:19:39 ↗ I'm not sure that anyone is an expert in

1:19:41 ↗ planning policy necessarily right they

1:19:44 ↗ need to have perhaps a passion or an

1:19:46 ↗ interest but unless I'm wrong teacher

1:19:49 ↗ I'm looking at you do you mind telling

1:19:50 ↗ me they are not professional planners

1:19:53 ↗ that's not what I'm implying sometimes

1:19:56 ↗ it can be just because there's criteria

1:19:58 ↗ that some of them might have a spirit of

1:19:59 ↗ experience

1:20:01 ↗ exactly so just like us we have criteria

1:20:03 ↗ we want more diversity and all of that

1:20:05 ↗ right so that's one on the other end but

1:20:07 ↗ you're right so that's why I like to to

1:20:09 ↗ some extent all words and commissions

1:20:11 ↗ are the experts the experts in the sense

1:20:14 ↗ of you represent the community right the

1:20:17 ↗ community boys with the equity board we

1:20:19 ↗ can keep it that way right to me the

1:20:22 ↗ conversation is

1:20:24 ↗ as an equity board and that's why it's a

1:20:26 ↗ new board everything's new we are still

1:20:28 ↗ trying to figure out how to best work

1:20:31 ↗ um you are the experts for the

1:20:34 ↗ communities that you represent if you

1:20:36 ↗ feel comfortable with that right right

1:20:37 ↗ but when we talk about equity and we

1:20:40 ↗ always talk about never taking a

1:20:42 ↗ decision without the community on behalf

1:20:44 ↗ of a community

1:20:46 ↗ then would we feel comfortable as an

1:20:48 ↗ equity board just taking the decisions

1:20:51 ↗ and making the recommendations as

1:20:53 ↗ experts without really taking a good

1:20:56 ↗ pause of the community and I'm going to

1:20:58 ↗ throw the example of let's say we have a

1:21:02 ↗ diversity of different ethnic and racial

1:21:04 ↗ um

1:21:05 ↗ um uh representation here but let's say

1:21:08 ↗ we had a few months ago

1:21:10 ↗ um

1:21:11 ↗ presentation on Ada right and someone

1:21:15 ↗ who's in a wheelchair if somebody comes

1:21:17 ↗ to us to ask for our expert opinion on

1:21:20 ↗ what do people in wheelchairs need to

1:21:22 ↗ have at the city do we feel comfortable

1:21:24 ↗ as an equity board at the city making

1:21:27 ↗ that recommendation as the expert board

1:21:29 ↗ without talking with the community right

1:21:32 ↗ so that's why I feel like yes our role

1:21:34 ↗ it's a little bit that we it's it's our

1:21:37 ↗ duty to build the relationship with the

1:21:39 ↗ community to always know what the

1:21:42 ↗ community issues are

1:21:44 ↗ um and so yes it's challenging because

1:21:46 ↗ it's more

1:21:48 ↗ and it feels like they're experts I'm

1:21:54 ↗ I'm just throwing this out there so we

1:21:55 ↗ talk about it I can totally offense it

1:21:58 ↗ feels like the Planning Commission I've

1:22:01 ↗ been to anything

1:22:02 ↗ the Planning Commission it's good enough

1:22:05 ↗ that those people in the room know stuff

1:22:07 ↗ I get that we want to go talk to people

1:22:10 ↗ I understand that

1:22:12 ↗ but isn't it true that they should be

1:22:14 ↗ talking to people too oh they're like a

1:22:16 ↗ problem absolutely right and so why are

1:22:21 ↗ we I'm trying to sort out if we're

1:22:24 ↗ really doing this if a city is really

1:22:26 ↗ doing this how do they do it and so the

1:22:29 ↗ another great question I would like to

1:22:31 ↗ open up for others for conversation

1:22:32 ↗ that's exactly and I had this

1:22:34 ↗ conversation internally with our Equity

1:22:36 ↗ team in an Ideal World when we feel that

1:22:38 ↗ we are close to arriving I'm never gonna

1:22:40 ↗ feel comfortable saying we arrived

1:22:43 ↗ we should not have an equity board so

1:22:45 ↗ just go with me and vision this down the

1:22:48 ↗ line I don't know when ideally sooner

1:22:50 ↗ than later but we should be able to work

1:22:52 ↗ ourselves out as of being needed right

1:22:55 ↗ because if we really got to a point

1:22:57 ↗ where everybody's gonna have that

1:22:59 ↗ thinking and Equity lens in everything

1:23:01 ↗ that they are doing every board and

1:23:03 ↗ commission they are going to be so

1:23:05 ↗ they're going to have Equity so much

1:23:07 ↗ embedded in what they do that that we

1:23:09 ↗ are not going to be needed anymore right

1:23:11 ↗ but we are not there yet okay so I think

1:23:14 ↗ that's why we are so unique and new and

1:23:18 ↗ I think yes yes I just wanted I I wrote

1:23:22 ↗ an expert because that word is

1:23:24 ↗ problematic right it's not inclusive it

1:23:28 ↗ excludes like huge swaths of the

1:23:31 ↗ population just by that word and

1:23:34 ↗ I think

1:23:36 ↗ being more future thinking and Equity

1:23:39 ↗ you know thinking

1:23:40 ↗ people with lived experience are experts

1:23:43 ↗ of their experiences and like you said

1:23:45 ↗ they need to be the closest to

1:23:47 ↗ co-creating Solutions and so obviously

1:23:51 ↗ we don't represent all of those

1:23:52 ↗ communities and so just to even what's

1:23:55 ↗ the word expert is problematic

1:23:59 ↗ I think it's important to recognize too

1:24:02 ↗ that Equity is always alone Equity a few

1:24:06 ↗ years ago doesn't look anything like it

1:24:08 ↗ does today

1:24:10 ↗ um and as a person who stays within the

1:24:14 ↗ loop of the hour

1:24:16 ↗ um

1:24:17 ↗ I would hope that we can get to a point

1:24:19 ↗ to where we're not meeting but I think

1:24:21 ↗ as things evolve there's always going to

1:24:24 ↗ be an opportunity for us to bring a new

1:24:27 ↗ land to what that's what it looks like

1:24:29 ↗ so I hope that we can um at least move

1:24:34 ↗ along with that concurrently with that

1:24:36 ↗ evolving so that we can provide

1:24:39 ↗ better information not necessarily

1:24:42 ↗ expert information because there is no

1:24:45 ↗ expert when it comes to this network

1:24:49 ↗ I'm just going to make wait until this

1:24:51 ↗ comment until we've talked about the

1:24:53 ↗ community engagement work and the one

1:24:55 ↗ resume to speak with that group is the

1:24:58 ↗ opportunity to go out there and talk to

1:25:01 ↗ people and um we've been sitting here

1:25:03 ↗ for eight months and not doing that so I

1:25:05 ↗ thought that was going to be a committee

1:25:07 ↗ that would go out there I'm ready to go

1:25:08 ↗ talk to that Indian grocery store in

1:25:11 ↗ Gilman that Teriyaki store up on

1:25:14 ↗ Lakemont and just get their feedback and

1:25:16 ↗ things what is going on in your world

1:25:18 ↗ that we should hear and we are your we

1:25:21 ↗ are your venue for addressing any

1:25:23 ↗ concerns that you have and that's dad to

1:25:26 ↗ me I'm just just doing that interview

1:25:28 ↗ and coming back and just sharing some of

1:25:30 ↗ the experiences and if that's

1:25:31 ↗ commonplace and it's problematic and you

1:25:33 ↗ need to escalate and if it's good work

1:25:35 ↗ and we need to share it so I I think

1:25:38 ↗ that's why I'm ready to kind of put some

1:25:41 ↗ um

1:25:42 ↗ um

1:25:43 ↗ action behind some of our words so I'm

1:25:46 ↗ hoping I don't know if we have to wait

1:25:47 ↗ for Shannon Kelly Ray's recommendations

1:25:49 ↗ or if we can do that with some of the

1:25:51 ↗ work we're doing and we should limit it

1:25:52 ↗ to our community I think that's that's

1:25:54 ↗ homework that we can do ourselves just

1:25:56 ↗ walking around our neighborhoods and

1:25:58 ↗ talking to that restaurant owner if

1:26:00 ↗ they're a minority and say how is your

1:26:02 ↗ world going right yeah and any other

1:26:04 ↗ opportunities with that thank you Ray

1:26:06 ↗ like you mentioned earlier like cultural

1:26:09 ↗ conversations that you just go there's

1:26:10 ↗ no action you just sit I I believe if I

1:26:13 ↗ may respectfully say I think you can

1:26:15 ↗ learn so much from every interaction

1:26:18 ↗ whether that's an event like welcoming

1:26:20 ↗ week is coming up this Friday hope many

1:26:23 ↗ of you can make it that but then just

1:26:25 ↗ getting the pulls of the community in

1:26:27 ↗ any any

1:26:28 ↗ um

1:26:30 ↗ um situation that you can I think that's

1:26:33 ↗ valuable information whether that is

1:26:35 ↗ attending another border commission

1:26:37 ↗ meaning whether that's going to a

1:26:39 ↗ farmer's market to a business right the

1:26:41 ↗ more you're out there the more you learn

1:26:43 ↗ about what's needed in the community

1:26:44 ↗ right I guess when I use talk about

1:26:47 ↗ Community conversations what's the

1:26:48 ↗ mechanism to bring that information back

1:26:51 ↗ right that's so that's right let's

1:26:52 ↗ continue because I wanted

1:26:57 ↗ to talk about 10 minutes

1:27:00 ↗ I can have you

1:27:03 ↗ ready

1:27:07 ↗ yes

1:27:08 ↗ tell us

1:27:11 ↗ do you have a question or comment

1:27:14 ↗ no I think they should just forgot to

1:27:16 ↗ take me out from the last time

1:27:22 ↗ you know what I I do have a question

1:27:24 ↗ Monica real quick

1:27:26 ↗ um

1:27:27 ↗ and I need to

1:27:29 ↗ [Music]

1:27:37 ↗ he's feel free to stop by if you want we

1:27:39 ↗ are planning not to stay much longer

1:27:41 ↗ after eight but we are here for the next

1:27:43 ↗ half hour

1:27:45 ↗ okay I'll show up we'll be very few

1:27:47 ↗ thank you that'll be great thank you

1:27:49 ↗ and then with that before moving uh for

1:27:52 ↗ or forward I want to ask Christina if

1:27:54 ↗ you have any questions or Helen if you

1:27:56 ↗ have any questions online

1:28:01 ↗ please raise your hand if you do

1:28:05 ↗ foreign

1:28:08 ↗ [Music]

1:28:14 ↗ okay so let's move forward

1:28:18 ↗ um

1:28:18 ↗ because we have a little bit to cover

1:28:20 ↗ and I'm gonna move a little bit faster

1:28:22 ↗ on this pen because we already talked

1:28:24 ↗ about the work plan development and how

1:28:25 ↗ uh so this is just a brief Visual and

1:28:28 ↗ usually you would always start with

1:28:30 ↗ Community input

1:28:32 ↗ um

1:28:33 ↗ including the Strategic plan elements

1:28:36 ↗ the city annual budget board plan that's

1:28:38 ↗ being done as I just mentioned earlier

1:28:40 ↗ and then

1:28:41 ↗ um your work plan gets developed from

1:28:44 ↗ from that City annual work plan

1:28:47 ↗ um and then you might get additional

1:28:49 ↗ direction from mayor and city council

1:28:52 ↗ um this is just a visual of the timing

1:28:54 ↗ on how the budget process goes in the

1:28:57 ↗ war plan

1:28:58 ↗ and

1:29:00 ↗ um

1:29:03 ↗ in case yeah I wanted to cover a little

1:29:05 ↗ bit here this is where it starts going

1:29:08 ↗ to

1:29:09 ↗ um Kelly's question so let's say we

1:29:12 ↗ start developing a work plan based on

1:29:15 ↗ input from layer and city council based

1:29:17 ↗ on the annual city-wide work plan and

1:29:20 ↗ mid-year or so you have a great idea

1:29:22 ↗ because you heard something perfect you

1:29:24 ↗ you know brought up earlier this year if

1:29:26 ↗ you remember Kelly if I'm not mistaken

1:29:29 ↗ into the team you said what about a

1:29:31 ↗ statement on the war award on Ukraine so

1:29:34 ↗ there are two ways you can either just

1:29:36 ↗ communicate with staff and say hey I

1:29:38 ↗ have this idea I can be added either to

1:29:40 ↗ the agenda or can we discuss it at the

1:29:42 ↗ next meeting or during the meeting we

1:29:45 ↗ always have at the end of the meeting

1:29:46 ↗ other business

1:29:48 ↗ and updates so under that section you

1:29:52 ↗ can always bring up and say hey board

1:29:53 ↗ members I went to this business of

1:29:56 ↗ mailman and I heard this great idea and

1:29:58 ↗ I think we might have an opportunity to

1:30:01 ↗ have a round table conversation or

1:30:03 ↗ training on perhaps customer service

1:30:06 ↗ because I think maybe what I'm noticing

1:30:09 ↗ that there's I don't know what I

1:30:11 ↗ was late I don't have the most

1:30:14 ↗ but that's where you can bring it up to

1:30:15 ↗ the board and say do we have capacity do

1:30:18 ↗ we have interest as a board can we add

1:30:21 ↗ it to our work plan can we do it now

1:30:24 ↗ because it's timely or can we do it

1:30:26 ↗ later down

1:30:27 ↗ does that answer your question yeah

1:30:30 ↗ okay so and again depending on capacity

1:30:34 ↗ depending on what we have we might

1:30:35 ↗ decide as a board to to take that on now

1:30:39 ↗ what I want to also add here because

1:30:41 ↗ it's important we now have a community

1:30:43 ↗ engagement committee right so I want to

1:30:45 ↗ talk a little bit about you as a board

1:30:48 ↗ may decide okay we have this great

1:30:50 ↗ opportunity I know it was a need for

1:30:52 ↗ example I'm going to use this example it

1:30:54 ↗ came up at events it came up in in other

1:30:56 ↗ conversations I had in the community

1:30:58 ↗ where

1:31:00 ↗ um black members of our community

1:31:01 ↗ sometimes feel

1:31:04 ↗ um not welcomed in certain grocery

1:31:06 ↗ stores and we heard that more than I

1:31:08 ↗ personally heard it more than once right

1:31:10 ↗ so that came out as a possible topic

1:31:12 ↗ perhaps that can be a training that can

1:31:14 ↗ be an event you as a board might say oh

1:31:17 ↗ that would be a great week we see we

1:31:18 ↗ heard this as a need we as a board might

1:31:21 ↗ not have right time now and we don't

1:31:23 ↗ know exactly what to do but hey

1:31:25 ↗ Community engagements have committee we

1:31:27 ↗ can assign this topic to you do you mind

1:31:30 ↗ doing more engagement perhaps develop a

1:31:32 ↗ survey perhaps go and visit all the

1:31:34 ↗ grocery stores or some grocery stores

1:31:37 ↗ just give us more data before we move

1:31:40 ↗ forward or can you just engage more with

1:31:42 ↗ the community find out more information

1:31:43 ↗ and bring it back to the board so as a

1:31:46 ↗ board you can assign certain things that

1:31:48 ↗ are more detailed to the community

1:31:50 ↗ engagement committee that can take that

1:31:53 ↗ on and and further and then perhaps make

1:31:56 ↗ a recommendation bring it back to you

1:31:57 ↗ for further discussion and then maybe

1:31:59 ↗ then you say you know what this would be

1:32:01 ↗ a great

1:32:02 ↗ recommendation for the mayor and city

1:32:04 ↗ council to be aware and we would like to

1:32:06 ↗ do X Y or Z maybe we want to have a

1:32:10 ↗ policy on recommending Equity training

1:32:13 ↗ to all businesses in Issaquah I don't

1:32:15 ↗ know I just said that as an example but

1:32:17 ↗ that's kind of like how that could go as

1:32:19 ↗ a recommendation for policy or it can

1:32:22 ↗ just stay for you as a work plan and say

1:32:24 ↗ how about we do part of our cultural

1:32:26 ↗ conversation in the next three months

1:32:28 ↗ it's going to be one with businesses

1:32:31 ↗ does that help a little bit as a process

1:32:33 ↗ okay

1:32:36 ↗ oh okay so this is where I might need a

1:32:39 ↗ little bit

1:32:39 ↗ um

1:32:40 ↗ um tisha's help

1:32:42 ↗ um and and um The Rose what are the

1:32:46 ↗ roles if you uh are representing

1:32:48 ↗ yourself or the equity board and is that

1:32:51 ↗ do you mind speaking a little bit to

1:32:53 ↗ that no I don't understand

1:33:00 ↗ um yeah so this this is

1:33:02 ↗ um always a little tricky when you serve

1:33:06 ↗ in a role

1:33:08 ↗ um in a group

1:33:10 ↗ um so when you're talking High I'm Tisha

1:33:12 ↗ I'm the city clerk I've seen you all

1:33:14 ↗ virtually it's so nice to see you in

1:33:15 ↗ person

1:33:16 ↗ um so when you are out in the community

1:33:20 ↗ and doing

1:33:22 ↗ um the work of the equity board which uh

1:33:24 ↗ that what we want to reflect here is

1:33:27 ↗ just be careful about how you are

1:33:30 ↗ becoming yourself so if you are engaging

1:33:33 ↗ with the resident and you have a

1:33:34 ↗ personal viewpoint on an issue related

1:33:36 ↗ to the equity board you know just couch

1:33:39 ↗ it as your perspective if the board

1:33:43 ↗ hasn't weighed in on it collectively

1:33:45 ↗ that's really what this is about is just

1:33:48 ↗ making sure that you are not

1:33:50 ↗ representing your group in a way that

1:33:52 ↗ they haven't made a formal

1:33:53 ↗ recommendation on and also it's helpful

1:33:56 ↗ to keep that in mind as it pertains to

1:33:58 ↗ the city so we the city has you know a

1:34:01 ↗ lot of complexity we have lots of

1:34:02 ↗ departments we have our city council we

1:34:04 ↗ have 13 advisory boards

1:34:07 ↗ um but we try and have a unified voice

1:34:10 ↗ we are all collectively working towards

1:34:13 ↗ the big The Big C city

1:34:16 ↗ um and so when it comes to weighing in

1:34:18 ↗ on and taking positions it's important

1:34:21 ↗ to be aware of and that's why that

1:34:23 ↗ checking in with Monica is important has

1:34:25 ↗ been there already issued a statement on

1:34:27 ↗ something has the city council issued a

1:34:29 ↗ statement has the city you know posted

1:34:31 ↗ something

1:34:33 ↗ um so just wanting you to be aware of

1:34:36 ↗ that and making sure you're connecting

1:34:37 ↗ with the rest of the city in certain

1:34:40 ↗ cases

1:34:42 ↗ you know pronouncing something or

1:34:45 ↗ um especially publicly so we're working

1:34:48 ↗ looking together

1:34:51 ↗ yes I think so thank you so much and

1:34:54 ↗ welcome to Christian

1:35:06 ↗ um okay so we are

1:35:08 ↗ um approaching the end of this uh

1:35:10 ↗ component so um I'm happy I want this to

1:35:13 ↗ keep us on track just wanted on the

1:35:15 ↗ screen you have just a brief list of the

1:35:16 ↗ accomplishment that we had uh so far

1:35:19 ↗ this year

1:35:20 ↗ um and I think I know that some of you

1:35:23 ↗ or maybe many of you feel like oh I want

1:35:25 ↗ to do more and I want to do it fast I

1:35:27 ↗ think I want to tell you that I think

1:35:29 ↗ what you experience when I was aboard I

1:35:30 ↗ think it's it's it's it's right I think

1:35:33 ↗ where you need to be it's it's okay to

1:35:35 ↗ feel I think it feels frustrating

1:35:37 ↗ because there's still many many new

1:35:39 ↗ things and there are also many things

1:35:41 ↗ that we need to figure out and we don't

1:35:44 ↗ have an experienced board that has been

1:35:46 ↗ around for 20 years and they have all

1:35:48 ↗ the very clear processes we are on the

1:35:50 ↗ Virgin Territory we are creating

1:35:52 ↗ processes we are trying to implement

1:35:54 ↗ things in the city so I think it's

1:35:56 ↗ natural for things

1:35:59 ↗ to not be figured out we are here to

1:36:01 ↗ figure it out and I think if you keep on

1:36:03 ↗ working on this we will figure it out

1:36:05 ↗ and we have the right people at the

1:36:07 ↗ table

1:36:08 ↗ um and online so

1:36:12 ↗ um I think what's coming up in the next

1:36:14 ↗ few months for us it's um I think as you

1:36:17 ↗ heard continuing

1:36:19 ↗ um and expanding really working on the

1:36:21 ↗ needs assessment as I mentioned earlier

1:36:23 ↗ in the meeting we will be moving quite

1:36:25 ↗ at a fast pace in the upcoming months

1:36:28 ↗ you will see Channel Ray come at most of

1:36:31 ↗ our meetings in the upcoming meeting so

1:36:33 ↗ then we can focus on the needs

1:36:34 ↗ assessment and that's also going to help

1:36:36 ↗ us develop our work plan for 2023. my

1:36:40 ↗ guess is that probably are going to have

1:36:42 ↗ a midterm plan uh and some of the work

1:36:44 ↗ that she's doing with the city it's

1:36:46 ↗ gonna go more far Advanced into next

1:36:49 ↗ year so then once that's completed we

1:36:51 ↗ are going to have a longer term plan

1:36:54 ↗ um but so a little bit of that

1:36:56 ↗ um also I would want for us to figure

1:36:58 ↗ out

1:36:59 ↗ an extended way of building

1:37:02 ↗ relationships with our communities you

1:37:04 ↗ know having people more than our you

1:37:06 ↗ know friends from the bahas of Issaquah

1:37:09 ↗ more than just attending meetings how

1:37:11 ↗ can we involve more that you can and be

1:37:14 ↗ with the community right and then any

1:37:16 ↗ other initiatives that are going to be

1:37:18 ↗ proposed I know that I had a great

1:37:20 ↗ chance to hear from some of you I have a

1:37:22 ↗ running list of some of the initiatives

1:37:23 ↗ that you have in mind let's look at

1:37:25 ↗ those prioritize again here from the

1:37:28 ↗ community and so forth so

1:37:30 ↗ for that

1:37:31 ↗ I think that concludes this portion for

1:37:33 ↗ us tonight was this helpful do we have

1:37:35 ↗ other things that we want to discuss

1:37:38 ↗ clarify questions

1:37:42 ↗ [Music]

1:37:45 ↗ so proud of everyone in this world

1:37:50 ↗ because this is like I I think that many

1:37:54 ↗ of you know that the work of everybody

1:37:57 ↗ is not I often have to tell my group we

1:38:01 ↗ Campbell at the ocean we have to take

1:38:03 ↗ our time and we have to ease into this

1:38:05 ↗ and that's not my choice

1:38:07 ↗ and I'm so proud that we want to deliver

1:38:10 ↗ on our commitment so oh I just wanted to

1:38:13 ↗ tell you about that

1:38:15 ↗ yeah I wanted to thank Monica and as

1:38:19 ↗ well as our our leader here

1:38:22 ↗ um because it it it it can feel very

1:38:25 ↗ frustrating it can feel that we're not

1:38:28 ↗ moving forward at the rate that we would

1:38:31 ↗ like as individuals

1:38:34 ↗ um and I think this public recognition

1:38:36 ↗ from the two of you is important also

1:38:38 ↗ because

1:38:39 ↗ whoever in the community is watching

1:38:41 ↗ whoever's holding us accountable also

1:38:44 ↗ need to be aware that what we have

1:38:46 ↗ accomplished is enough right

1:38:48 ↗ um because I do feel pressure I don't

1:38:50 ↗ know if you all feel pressure from from

1:38:52 ↗ Mark is it fair to say constituents the

1:38:54 ↗ people that you know we're here to

1:38:57 ↗ represent I feel like there is a level

1:38:59 ↗ of pressure whether it's articulated or

1:39:01 ↗ not

1:39:03 ↗ um and so I'm just grateful to hear that

1:39:06 ↗ we're actually moving forward at the

1:39:09 ↗ right rate

1:39:17 ↗ ideas on and I know and we want to start

1:39:20 ↗ having those conversations not only on

1:39:22 ↗ things that need to be changed in the

1:39:24 ↗ community of the city but also process

1:39:27 ↗ wise right and so I think

1:39:30 ↗ there's a lot of many opportunities and

1:39:33 ↗ there's not necessarily a wrong starting

1:39:36 ↗ point right and if this is not a

1:39:40 ↗ step-by-step process that you started

1:39:42 ↗ number one and you get the number ten

1:39:43 ↗ you can start in many areas and tackle

1:39:46 ↗ it from that's why it's such a complex

1:39:48 ↗ issue

1:39:50 ↗ um so

1:39:53 ↗ foreign

1:39:56 ↗ all right so thank you Monica for that

1:39:58 ↗ wonderful presentation I feel like we

1:40:00 ↗ got a lot a lot of really good

1:40:02 ↗ information

1:40:04 ↗ um we'll move on to our community

1:40:05 ↗ engagement with Kelly I'm so excited to

1:40:08 ↗ hear about this so please share with us

1:40:11 ↗ as well we didn't meet last week last

1:40:14 ↗ month we are meeting next week yeah you

1:40:17 ↗ are our newest member Megan is gone so

1:40:20 ↗ that's Monica Ray Shay and myself in the

1:40:24 ↗ and we are trying to figure out what

1:40:26 ↗ we're doing right that is literally it

1:40:28 ↗ and so I look forward to us I'm trying

1:40:30 ↗ to figure out ways to have that

1:40:32 ↗ conversation creatively so because

1:40:36 ↗ in any direction you have we would love

1:40:38 ↗ to hear all right and so thank you for

1:40:40 ↗ bringing that up I think even more so

1:40:42 ↗ it's also not fair for the committee to

1:40:45 ↗ feel that pressure like we need to

1:40:46 ↗ figure it out like it also should be a

1:40:48 ↗ board conversation and if you as a board

1:40:50 ↗ I think when the board let's go back to

1:40:52 ↗ to to the source also because when the

1:40:54 ↗ board industry was created I believe the

1:40:57 ↗ initial the initial task was let's

1:41:00 ↗ create a board that's going to be in

1:41:01 ↗ charge of

1:41:04 ↗ um

1:41:05 ↗ organizing community events right and

1:41:08 ↗ then since then though the community

1:41:10 ↗ engagement committee said well but we

1:41:12 ↗ can be so much more than events and so I

1:41:14 ↗ think this is where the time is either

1:41:15 ↗ the committee can have a discussion and

1:41:18 ↗ say okay what's our capacity or what are

1:41:21 ↗ what can we do and let's pick something

1:41:24 ↗ and bring it back to the board and say

1:41:26 ↗ board members we discussed and this is

1:41:28 ↗ what we believe we can do and we can

1:41:30 ↗ make a difference this is our

1:41:32 ↗ recommendation we just supported it so

1:41:34 ↗ that's one option that can be done as

1:41:35 ↗ you said next week we are meeting

1:41:38 ↗ um

1:41:38 ↗ so that's one option maybe we can

1:41:40 ↗ discuss that or if not at the next board

1:41:42 ↗ meeting as a board all of you would like

1:41:44 ↗ to encourage you and say what's our task

1:41:47 ↗ for the committee we created a committee

1:41:49 ↗ how can we best utilize their expertise

1:41:52 ↗ their time what can we delegate to them

1:41:55 ↗ to begin with and again it doesn't have

1:41:57 ↗ to be they're going to do this for the

1:41:58 ↗ next 20 years but perhaps okay we have

1:42:01 ↗ an opportunity for the next three months

1:42:02 ↗ we would like to go and engage with the

1:42:05 ↗ committee and find out more on

1:42:09 ↗ certain needs right so let's start

1:42:10 ↗ thinking about that and I bet also as

1:42:12 ↗ Channel Ray will come and have a

1:42:15 ↗ conversation with us I think she's going

1:42:17 ↗ to share and I'm going to share via

1:42:19 ↗ email a survey that you put together and

1:42:21 ↗ encourage you to look at that and also

1:42:22 ↗ think about okay what can now we have a

1:42:25 ↗ community engagement how can they help

1:42:28 ↗ with Gathering the data that you need

1:42:30 ↗ from the community okay so those you

1:42:33 ↗ have those options

1:42:35 ↗ now we can talk about that but I think

1:42:37 ↗ that that's probably the direction right

1:42:39 ↗ it's just built in and it clearly gets

1:42:41 ↗ back right exactly

1:42:46 ↗ but you know that people have ideas

1:42:51 ↗ and we can bring it to there you know

1:42:53 ↗ I'm happy to do like brainstorming ideas

1:42:57 ↗ type things with the group about it once

1:43:00 ↗ we come up with some framework for us

1:43:02 ↗ first we gotta get to know each other

1:43:03 ↗ [Laughter]

1:43:11 ↗ let's pause and acknowledge like he

1:43:14 ↗ never met in person yeah it's not this

1:43:16 ↗ year and most of the boards

1:43:19 ↗ in unlikely places but yeah

1:43:22 ↗ that was fantastic

1:43:27 ↗ Barcelona

1:43:31 ↗ um I guess I'm gonna jump in and say

1:43:34 ↗ that one of the things that has

1:43:36 ↗ concerned me in terms of like

1:43:38 ↗ um the committee is what I don't want to

1:43:41 ↗ see is the committee be something like

1:43:44 ↗ uh uh what would you call like a

1:43:47 ↗ multicultural events committee right

1:43:49 ↗ because

1:43:51 ↗ we've come from that we know that that's

1:43:53 ↗ not necessarily what works right

1:43:56 ↗ um and one of the things that I shared

1:43:57 ↗ with Monica when we when we met one on

1:44:00 ↗ one was that there are some very

1:44:03 ↗ difficult conversations that are taking

1:44:05 ↗ place out in the community that are not

1:44:07 ↗ Community Building they're actually uh

1:44:10 ↗ Community destroying in my opinion and I

1:44:13 ↗ feel like we

1:44:14 ↗ we could be that platform to have those

1:44:19 ↗ difficult discussions right about bias

1:44:21 ↗ that exists about

1:44:23 ↗ um in my opinion bordering on on hate

1:44:27 ↗ speech right

1:44:29 ↗ um and I would like for us to consider

1:44:31 ↗ are we equipped for that do we have

1:44:34 ↗ access to professionals who can help us

1:44:36 ↗ have those difficult discussions right

1:44:38 ↗ because they have it has to be maybe a

1:44:41 ↗ little both right it's great to reach

1:44:44 ↗ out to the community and create

1:44:45 ↗ Community but also we need to address

1:44:47 ↗ some of the underlying issues

1:44:50 ↗ that are also in existence as we speak

1:44:55 ↗ yeah one thing you know I've been

1:44:57 ↗ thinking

1:45:03 ↗ um

1:45:04 ↗ I'm thinking you know if

1:45:06 ↗ if we want to send send her this work on

1:45:09 ↗ some black indigenous and people of

1:45:12 ↗ color and I would say probably black and

1:45:15 ↗ Indigenous folks more

1:45:17 ↗ um I think having difficult

1:45:18 ↗ conversations also involves having

1:45:21 ↗ relationships and having so it's not

1:45:24 ↗ just a one-off event in the community or

1:45:28 ↗ um maybe it's less about you know

1:45:30 ↗ interviewing someone or a focus group

1:45:32 ↗ but it's like establishing a table

1:45:35 ↗ and having

1:45:38 ↗ enough connection

1:45:40 ↗ at a certain Cadence so and

1:45:43 ↗ understanding what the priorities of

1:45:45 ↗ those communities are what are the

1:45:46 ↗ priorities what are the services they

1:45:49 ↗ need and

1:45:51 ↗ using those conversations and repeat

1:45:54 ↗ engagements as a way to elevate those

1:45:56 ↗ voices and to

1:45:59 ↗ to advise you know and use that as the

1:46:01 ↗ vehicle to advise cancer Council you

1:46:03 ↗ know departments the mayor

1:46:06 ↗ um

1:46:07 ↗ that could be one approach to think

1:46:09 ↗ about

1:46:11 ↗ your points there are people asking for

1:46:15 ↗ community and this is something that

1:46:18 ↗ obviously if we are in a community but

1:46:21 ↗ when I hear that I need to find my

1:46:24 ↗ community in Issaquah that normally

1:46:27 ↗ indicates to me that there's an

1:46:29 ↗ opportunity for us to bring more people

1:46:31 ↗ in and extend our table a little bit

1:46:34 ↗ more so

1:46:36 ↗ it is my hope that we can bridge that

1:46:40 ↗ Gap to where people can easily find the

1:46:43 ↗ community and much like they would in

1:46:45 ↗ the school district where they make room

1:46:47 ↗ for people to find where their place not

1:46:51 ↗ necessarily likes but maybe where they

1:46:54 ↗ can relate

1:46:55 ↗ um and surprisingly enough any of us

1:46:58 ↗ relate to a whole lot of different

1:46:59 ↗ levels and just don't know it so um

1:47:03 ↗ I I think that

1:47:06 ↗ we have to eat the elephant one bite at

1:47:09 ↗ a time and then we'll move into that

1:47:13 ↗ action quickly because because again you

1:47:15 ↗ cannot boil the ocean we have to just

1:47:17 ↗ try to move

1:47:19 ↗ one step at a time to put one foot in

1:47:21 ↗ front of the other every day

1:47:29 ↗ all right we'll kill anything we have

1:47:31 ↗ any more information about the community

1:47:33 ↗ engagements no not at this point all

1:47:35 ↗ right we are moving right along and

1:47:38 ↗ Monica how are we doing

1:47:41 ↗ um

1:47:50 ↗ thank you so board members just for a

1:47:53 ↗ few minutes on a staff report and some

1:47:56 ↗ updates for you as you might have heard

1:47:58 ↗ me quite a few times so far I'm gonna

1:48:00 ↗ start with the welcoming week event

1:48:03 ↗ um it is an annual event that our city

1:48:06 ↗ staff and in collaboration with the King

1:48:08 ↗ County Library uh businesses and

1:48:11 ↗ Community groups in Issaquah have been

1:48:13 ↗ working on

1:48:15 ↗ um Tisha is also part of the Planning

1:48:17 ↗ Group here is our city clerk in addition

1:48:20 ↗ to some other staff so people have

1:48:22 ↗ worked really hard it is an event that

1:48:24 ↗ we are proud of and we hope that he can

1:48:26 ↗ join but more but I think for Equity

1:48:29 ↗ board we do have a city table if

1:48:31 ↗ anyone's interested in connecting with

1:48:33 ↗ people in the community I think there

1:48:34 ↗ would be a great opportunity to meet

1:48:36 ↗ folks interact with LED as many people

1:48:40 ↗ know as possible that the board exists

1:48:42 ↗ and invite them to engage with us so the

1:48:46 ↗ event is on Friday from 5 00 pm to 8 P.M

1:48:50 ↗ right here on the line behind us at the

1:48:52 ↗ community center by the stages and some

1:48:54 ↗ of you if

1:48:55 ↗ you have a

1:48:59 ↗ Italian I have food trucks

1:49:01 ↗ mariachi bands several dance groups

1:49:05 ↗ steel pen

1:49:07 ↗ drummers so very excited about that

1:49:11 ↗ so that's one pickup days uh some

1:49:15 ↗ updates from uh Council and mayor last

1:49:18 ↗ night as you heard council member di

1:49:20 ↗ Michelle city council

1:49:23 ↗ um adopted the cultural and religious

1:49:26 ↗ calendar that you worked on several

1:49:28 ↗ months ago

1:49:30 ↗ um Tisha and I have been on the team

1:49:31 ↗ working to operationalize uh the

1:49:34 ↗ calendar so as you might have seen and

1:49:37 ↗ you heard from me we are looking at just

1:49:40 ↗ some of this initial things we are very

1:49:43 ↗ the task oriented we are looking at the

1:49:46 ↗ calendar for the remaining of the year

1:49:48 ↗ and when they are Community meetings and

1:49:50 ↗ public meetings that are impacted by

1:49:53 ↗ those holidays that we observed and we

1:49:57 ↗ are rescheduling so please I know you

1:49:59 ↗ all heard from me next month's meeting

1:50:01 ↗ uh it's not going to be on our regular

1:50:03 ↗ first month's day of the month it's

1:50:04 ↗ going to be on the first Thursday of the

1:50:06 ↗ month so we are meeting on October 6th

1:50:08 ↗ instead of fifth you will get reminders

1:50:11 ↗ from me I'm getting too annoying with

1:50:13 ↗ reminders please let me know

1:50:16 ↗ but please do read my emails and get

1:50:19 ↗ back with me you meet me then because

1:50:20 ↗ I'm trying to just send you the absolute

1:50:22 ↗ important information

1:50:25 ↗ um so we are operationalizing that in

1:50:27 ↗ addition to just looking at um it's been

1:50:30 ↗ doing a lot of work with also Council

1:50:31 ↗ meetings and boards and commission

1:50:32 ↗ meeting and updating those calendars we

1:50:35 ↗ are really working also internally with

1:50:37 ↗ our I.T department and as promised we

1:50:39 ↗ want to use that as an educational tool

1:50:41 ↗ for City staff so um we are going to

1:50:44 ↗ work on that as well and then last but

1:50:47 ↗ not least just keep on inviting the

1:50:49 ↗ community we are looking at posting on

1:50:51 ↗ their calendar on the website and then

1:50:54 ↗ inviting the community to update that

1:50:57 ↗ calendar since it's we we think and hope

1:50:59 ↗ it's a live document so for that yes

1:51:01 ↗ other

1:51:03 ↗ um really quick Council updates last

1:51:05 ↗ night

1:51:05 ↗ city council also adopted an ordinance

1:51:09 ↗ um for um tenants protections

1:51:13 ↗ um it's it's Human Services related but

1:51:15 ↗ it focuses on on tenants and those who

1:51:19 ↗ are vendors

1:51:21 ↗ um the ordinance requires that

1:51:24 ↗ um landlords provide 120 days

1:51:28 ↗ um notice for any residential rent

1:51:31 ↗ increases that are over three percent

1:51:35 ↗ um and this applies for non-subsidized

1:51:38 ↗ tenancies the typical the state

1:51:41 ↗ requirements is 60 days so now with the

1:51:43 ↗ ordinance they are going to require be

1:51:45 ↗ required to provide 120 days notice

1:51:49 ↗ um so that's that

1:51:52 ↗ I think that covers

1:51:54 ↗ my updates the main updates

1:51:57 ↗ right

1:51:58 ↗ can I share something anecdotally really

1:52:01 ↗ quick okay well just a good question do

1:52:03 ↗ we have a November date because I think

1:52:05 ↗ the last time I talked to you yes so the

1:52:08 ↗ tentative November they put in checking

1:52:09 ↗ with all of you it seems like the

1:52:11 ↗ tentative the November dates did not

1:52:13 ↗ work and so one of my emails

1:52:16 ↗ um so the data that I was proposing

1:52:19 ↗ thank you so much Lorna for bringing

1:52:20 ↗ that up the day that I was proposing for

1:52:22 ↗ November was

1:52:25 ↗ um November 10th and that was not

1:52:27 ↗ working for quite a few of you another

1:52:29 ↗ possible date could be the 17th I just

1:52:32 ↗ did not have a chance to to check if

1:52:34 ↗ that uh we are okay for grown if you

1:52:37 ↗ have

1:52:39 ↗ um access to your calendars let me know

1:52:41 ↗ if the 17th would work let me know if

1:52:43 ↗ not I'll follow up with an email and

1:52:45 ↗ then just please respond if you don't

1:52:46 ↗ mind

1:52:47 ↗ at the other country

1:52:50 ↗ so maybe I can provide some a few

1:52:52 ↗ different options for November but at

1:52:56 ↗ least I know we have October I'm taking

1:52:57 ↗ it a little bit step by step we have

1:52:59 ↗ October figured out we will figure out

1:53:02 ↗ November as well but yes you're right

1:53:13 ↗ yes I was proposing when we discussed

1:53:16 ↗ that we should have a special session I

1:53:18 ↗ was proposing the 17th as a special

1:53:20 ↗ session but again it's like we didn't

1:53:22 ↗ land firmly just because we don't have

1:53:24 ↗ yet

1:53:26 ↗ um something that works for most

1:53:29 ↗ I'll try to look for some new dates and

1:53:31 ↗ confirm room availability

1:53:35 ↗ yeah so what I wanted to share

1:53:37 ↗ anecdotally was that the other day I was

1:53:39 ↗ volunteering at the food bank and one of

1:53:43 ↗ the

1:53:44 ↗ Shopper their Shoppers right one of the

1:53:47 ↗ ascent participants attendees shared

1:53:50 ↗ with me that her rent had gone up by

1:53:53 ↗ four hundred dollars and that they were

1:53:55 ↗ given literally like a one month

1:53:58 ↗ notice for that and she was just like

1:54:01 ↗ you know we can't afford to move and we

1:54:03 ↗ can't afford the 400 a month of rent and

1:54:06 ↗ we don't know what we're gonna do

1:54:08 ↗ and that was shocking to me because I

1:54:11 ↗ mean I can't begin to imagine if my

1:54:13 ↗ mortgage went up by 400 like what we

1:54:16 ↗ would need to do I mean we would have to

1:54:17 ↗ shift stuff around but

1:54:19 ↗ our realities are also different right

1:54:22 ↗ yeah I just could not believe that

1:54:24 ↗ someone could be

1:54:25 ↗ charged 400 within 30 days notice yeah

1:54:29 ↗ and that's actually a lower number

1:54:32 ↗ um

1:54:32 ↗ Discovery Heights has had

1:54:35 ↗ um increases up to seven hundred dollars

1:54:52 ↗ is 80 years

1:54:54 ↗ so wow

1:54:56 ↗ what will your pain from eight years to

1:55:00 ↗ now is still less than what the market

1:55:02 ↗ rate is currently in this area

1:55:06 ↗ yeah

1:55:08 ↗ so yes thank you so much for that

1:55:11 ↗ um also

1:55:12 ↗ um definitely we we hear and we heard

1:55:15 ↗ some of that information as well always

1:55:18 ↗ um looking forward to hearing more

1:55:20 ↗ information city council last night also

1:55:24 ↗ um assigned the council services safety

1:55:27 ↗ and Parks committee

1:55:28 ↗ um and City staff our human services

1:55:30 ↗ staff um the

1:55:33 ↗ they cast us to continue to work on

1:55:35 ↗ finding other mechanisms to to support

1:55:39 ↗ the community

1:55:40 ↗ so

1:55:43 ↗ hope you come on that so any any other

1:55:45 ↗ information we have definitely happened

1:55:47 ↗ so that concludes I think

1:55:49 ↗ all right wonderful well if no one else

1:55:52 ↗ has a comment we are actually ending two

1:55:55 ↗ minutes early

1:55:56 ↗ so

1:55:57 ↗ um

1:55:59 ↗ um do we have any questions with the

1:56:01 ↗ people online or any comments

1:56:09 ↗ all righty I'm gonna just say something

1:56:10 ↗ quick uh one of our meetings

1:56:14 ↗ comment and wanted to have questions or

1:56:16 ↗ have questions regarding the school

1:56:18 ↗ district's Equity uh program and they

1:56:22 ↗ wanted to share some ideas with a school

1:56:24 ↗ district and so I've spoken to the

1:56:25 ↗ executive director of equity and we're

1:56:28 ↗ trying to set up a meeting the a lot of

1:56:31 ↗ people in and out of town so far and

1:56:33 ↗ Sabo will be invited to talk to Elena

1:56:36 ↗ the director executive director and

1:56:39 ↗ hopefully and mutual time that works for

1:56:43 ↗ all of us we know sometimes it's hard

1:56:45 ↗ but hopefully the next two attribute

1:56:47 ↗ outside

1:56:50 ↗ good stuff there alrighty well if we

1:56:54 ↗ don't have any other questions comments

1:56:56 ↗ or announcements then our meeting is

1:56:58 ↗ adjourned here at 804. thank you

1:57:04 ↗ okay thank you

1:57:11 ↗ hi everyone

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