Equity Board · Wednesday, June 7, 2023 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of April 26, 2023 meeting

packet pp.3–6

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 04-26-23 Equity Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Equity Board 6:00 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave. April 26, 2023 MINUTES SE, Issaquah

Minutes of May 3, 2023 meeting

packet pp.7–10

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES b) 05-03-23 Equity Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Equity Board 6:00 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave. May 3, 2023 MINUTES SE, Issaquah

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Equity Framework Implementation: Updates & Next Steps

Director · 45 min · Stephanie Johnson, Human Resources

Topics: Equity

▶ Watch from 1:46:58

Pride Month: Event Updates

15 min · Ray Manahan, Equity Board Member

▶ Watch from 1:59:05

Juneteenth: Event Updates

15 min · Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager Priti Mody-Pan, Equity Board Chair

▶ Watch from 2:03:07

5. STAFF REPORT

Equity Board Meetings Schedule

packet pp.15–18

Topics: Equity

Open packet at p.15 ↗

Staff report:

This is an active document that will be updated with more specific timelines and details.

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0:01 ↗ I call the meeting to order at 604 pm

0:05 ↗ and due to the hybrid format of today's

0:07 ↗ meeting I'd like to start by providing

0:10 ↗ some guidelines and this is a reminder

0:12 ↗ that the meeting is being reported and

0:15 ↗ that we have live Spanish interpretation

0:17 ↗ happening in the background we have

0:19 ↗ participants attending in person and

0:22 ↗ others who may be attending by computer

0:24 ↗ or by phone for all meeting attendees

0:27 ↗ please speak clearly and pause

0:30 ↗ frequently state your name each time

0:32 ↗ before speaking hit the clickable mute

0:35 ↗ your microphone when not speaking having

0:38 ↗ technical issues try joining the meeting

0:40 ↗ using a different device like a

0:42 ↗ smartphone or tablet or use the call-in

0:45 ↗ information in the meeting invite to

0:47 ↗ call into the meeting

0:49 ↗ and now we will go into attendance

0:54 ↗ and Monica do we have any excused

0:57 ↗ absences uh we have Helen who is excused

1:01 ↗ she has an excuse absence for tonight

1:04 ↗ she's unable to attend

1:06 ↗ and I know Christina was planning to

1:09 ↗ join but I don't see her yet on the

1:11 ↗ screen she's planning to join virtually

1:13 ↗ and that's it I don't see yet Lorna here

1:17 ↗ and then that's we do have Quorum and uh

1:20 ↗ we also have for the first time

1:22 ↗ attending our youth representative Nima

1:25 ↗ Colleen is with us tonight for the first

1:27 ↗ time for our numbers hello welcome Nema

1:30 ↗ um so I think as we do roll call maybe

1:33 ↗ let's take a moment to introduce

1:34 ↗ ourselves

1:36 ↗ um really quickly so uh Nema can have a

1:38 ↗ chance to meet us virtually

1:42 ↗ um so if we want to go bring your book

1:44 ↗ soon yes

1:48 ↗ after

1:53 ↗ yeah

1:54 ↗ okay yes I'm so sorry I I will be more

1:57 ↗ present right now um my name is

2:00 ↗ and I uh serve as a general board member

2:04 ↗ I do have voting rights

2:07 ↗ um I have lived in Issaquah for almost

2:09 ↗ five years this coming summer and I I

2:13 ↗ have two teenage children young adults

2:16 ↗ that I am older and that's about it

2:20 ↗ and four numbers would you like to go

2:22 ↗ around the room so

2:24 ↗ okay my name is Tony Curry I am the

2:27 ↗ co-chair of the equity board uh coach

2:30 ↗ hearing at creepy leadership

2:33 ↗ um let's see I've lived in Issaquah for

2:36 ↗ just about I want to say seven to eight

2:39 ↗ years

2:40 ↗ um and I'm just happy to be here to be a

2:43 ↗ part of our community to be a part of uh

2:45 ↗ where we're taking equity

2:51 ↗ I'm one of the new board members who

2:54 ↗ started last month

2:55 ↗ uh yeah pleasure the privilege to be

2:58 ↗ part of this group uh less than a year I

3:00 ↗ support resident

3:02 ↗ um came came into the squad in July

3:04 ↗ 2022.

3:07 ↗ welcome

3:08 ↗ thank you and board members and Karthik

3:11 ↗ it's it feels very awkward so I

3:14 ↗ understand if you don't want to do it

3:15 ↗ but the video and the microphone are

3:17 ↗ actually in this hour so

3:20 ↗ if you want if you want the screen to

3:23 ↗ see your face

3:29 ↗ it is

3:31 ↗ awkward thank you yeah that's good to

3:33 ↗ know hi Nemo Rayman ever since the

3:36 ↗ onsets I've lived in Issaquah it'll be

3:38 ↗ three years in August

3:39 ↗ when I moved out here from Seattle we

3:41 ↗ have a teenage daughter she's 16

3:43 ↗ sophomore and supply high school and

3:46 ↗ um first of all thank you for being part

3:47 ↗ of our group we've been needing a team

3:49 ↗ team representative is critical to help

3:52 ↗ Congress so thank you for being part of

3:53 ↗ us

3:55 ↗ hi Nema my name is Kelly Munn and I am

3:58 ↗ an alternate this is my second term as

4:01 ↗ an alternate for the equity board and I

4:04 ↗ have three kids I've lived in issacon

4:06 ↗ for four years but it is namish for 28

4:09 ↗ years before that so welcome we're

4:13 ↗ excited to have you

4:15 ↗ and Lorna yes

4:18 ↗ we presented

4:20 ↗ hi Nima my name is Laura Gilmore and I

4:24 ↗ have been a 23 year resident of the Isco

4:27 ↗ area I am a teacher and now I I still

4:32 ↗ work in this gospel District

4:34 ↗ and I have two children one invincible

4:39 ↗ thank you you know me we've been meeting

4:43 ↗ and chatting and the staff is on uh

4:46 ↗ and then I came out in pretty mode you

4:48 ↗ can

4:49 ↗ um as of last month the board chair of

4:52 ↗ the equity board so this is the first

4:54 ↗ official meeting that I'm sharing so I

4:56 ↗ have patience with me and I'm taking

4:58 ↗ over from uh Shea who's on um the zoom

5:02 ↗ with us

5:03 ↗ um and so I've been in Issaquah for

5:05 ↗ about 11 years now and I have two

5:08 ↗ teenagers at Issaquah High welcome

5:12 ↗ dimension

5:14 ↗ all right hi Nema um my name is Shea um

5:18 ↗ as Preeti mentioned I am the former

5:20 ↗ Issaquah Equity board chair

5:24 ↗ um however I'm going out on maternity

5:26 ↗ leave and she graciously accepted our

5:29 ↗ nomination for the spot

5:32 ↗ um but uh I have been in Issaquah for

5:35 ↗ almost five years now and

5:38 ↗ um I have two kids in this quad School

5:40 ↗ District so my daughter goes to gibsonic

5:43 ↗ and my son will be going to hisqua

5:45 ↗ middle next year

5:47 ↗ um so we are still very excited about

5:49 ↗ being here

5:56 ↗ yes

6:01 ↗ um hello my name's uh Nema this is

6:04 ↗ obviously my first uh meeting here

6:08 ↗ um I've lived in Issaquah for I think

6:10 ↗ you know seven years

6:12 ↗ um so I'm glad to be part of this like

6:15 ↗ opportunity to be part of this uh group

6:19 ↗ um

6:20 ↗ I'm currently in running a running Start

6:23 ↗ program at Bellevue College

6:26 ↗ um by attend Issaquah High School

6:30 ↗ um and I'm in senior so

6:33 ↗ yeah that's it

6:36 ↗ yeah Christina we're doing a quick roll

6:39 ↗ call and introduction to our youth uh

6:43 ↗ board member Nima who's on the um Zoo

6:45 ↗ meeting with you so if you could just

6:47 ↗ introduce yourself to Nina

6:52 ↗ hi everybody good afternoon my name is

6:55 ↗ Christina Bonsai I'm living here since

6:57 ↗ 2019.

6:59 ↗ and I have two kids in the district and

7:03 ↗ well

7:05 ↗ I'm happy to meet you and welcome Nima

7:10 ↗ okay okay so now we're moving on to

7:13 ↗ public comments and so public comments

7:15 ↗ can you tell I'm reading Aqua script

7:17 ↗ here

7:19 ↗ so public comments are an important part

7:22 ↗ of the public process and we take them

7:24 ↗ seriously and Factor them into decisions

7:27 ↗ we make and I know we have one resident

7:31 ↗ making public comments yes

7:37 ↗ oh and then in addition my Connie comes

7:40 ↗ please join us honey um I know we also

7:42 ↗ have another Community member Lindsay

7:44 ↗ Pinkston from uh the highlands council

7:46 ↗ is here on the screen

7:48 ↗ um I checked in with Lindsay hi Lindsay

7:50 ↗ earlier today um I know you mentioned

7:52 ↗ that you're not interested in making a

7:53 ↗ public comments but just checking back

7:55 ↗ with you if you're interested definitely

7:57 ↗ you're welcome to make a public comment

7:58 ↗ after Connie but if not we love to have

8:01 ↗ you here no matter what

8:04 ↗ thank you

8:05 ↗ [Music]

8:06 ↗ so I'm Connie Marsh I have I live on

8:09 ↗ squawk I have spoken here before to some

8:12 ↗ of you but

8:14 ↗ um I've been in Issaquah for

8:17 ↗ coming up on 30 years

8:21 ↗ owned a small business for 25 of those

8:24 ↗ years friends went up now Excel online

8:27 ↗ oh it's so much better but anyway so

8:30 ↗ I've gotten to see the transition that I

8:34 ↗ don't know that anybody else

8:36 ↗ has gotten to see so I wanted to share a

8:39 ↗ smidge of that right when I moved here

8:42 ↗ it was like blankety white all white and

8:46 ↗ as a matter of fact the history of

8:48 ↗ Issaquah was so white except for when we

8:50 ↗ killed off the Native Americans and the

8:52 ↗ Chinese and the black people that came

8:54 ↗ over on the train we just killed off

8:56 ↗ each other because of religion we had

8:58 ↗ the KKK and they went after the

9:01 ↗ Catholics because it seems like Humanity

9:03 ↗ needs to hate somebody even if they are

9:06 ↗ their friends and neighbors it's anyway

9:08 ↗ I don't understand it but then boom boom

9:11 ↗ boom We Come forward

9:13 ↗ 60s 70s 80s pily little town growth

9:16 ↗ management act because we have to grow

9:18 ↗ and what we ended up with was the

9:21 ↗ Issaquah Highlands Urban Village taking

9:23 ↗ the place of high-end housing and it was

9:28 ↗ going to be dense and walkable and all

9:31 ↗ of this and it soon became clear that

9:34 ↗ and this was a bunch of super wealthy

9:36 ↗ white guys warehouser and and all of

9:40 ↗ this creating this new form of living

9:42 ↗ for Issaquah this was going to break

9:46 ↗ totally break the concept of the

9:49 ↗ all-white Issaquah and I thought that

9:51 ↗ was really ironic and I said that to the

9:53 ↗ leaders at the time it says you know

9:54 ↗ you're getting something really awesome

9:56 ↗ now that you could never have done any

9:59 ↗ other way but they were just doing it

10:00 ↗ for money right they have no concept

10:02 ↗ they were creating a social shift and so

10:05 ↗ that continued on with some affordable

10:07 ↗ housing and then we had Talus with the

10:10 ↗ same thing happening because this was

10:11 ↗ the first time ever that affordable

10:13 ↗ housing was required in development in

10:15 ↗ Issaquah and so this is the start of

10:20 ↗ change in Issaquah and I have to say to

10:23 ↗ issaquah's credit

10:25 ↗ I don't really perceive that most people

10:27 ↗ cared at all they cared more about the

10:29 ↗ trees being taken down than they cared

10:31 ↗ about different people coming into the

10:34 ↗ community as a matter of fact it was

10:36 ↗ it's more interesting you got more going

10:39 ↗ on you have different cultures and more

10:40 ↗ to celebrate right so

10:43 ↗ um I I

10:47 ↗ come to this moment with that little

10:50 ↗ history and I read your agenda and I

10:52 ↗ become confused

10:54 ↗ because there's words that I keep seeing

10:57 ↗ underserved marginalized bias as

11:01 ↗ compared to racial bias which I see a

11:03 ↗ little bit further on and so okay I have

11:06 ↗ this conversation with my white husband

11:08 ↗ who is clearly privileged and has no

11:11 ↗ excuse for anything right me I'm female

11:14 ↗ am I

11:15 ↗ am I privileged and marginalized that's

11:18 ↗ how I feel but not because I'm female

11:20 ↗ just because

11:21 ↗ often in my government interactions I am

11:25 ↗ marginalized because they don't really

11:27 ↗ like what I have to say and I came to

11:29 ↗ this board not too long ago and we

11:31 ↗ talked about the community the the

11:33 ↗ toolkit the community toolkit and you

11:36 ↗ all ask for that toolkit to come back to

11:39 ↗ you it never did it spat out to counsel

11:43 ↗ for their approval as if that

11:45 ↗ conversation never happened and so I

11:48 ↗ felt marginalized and I felt that you

11:53 ↗ all were marginalized because your

11:57 ↗ thoughts and Care disappeared Into The

12:00 ↗ Ether and so for me

12:03 ↗ um

12:04 ↗ I'm not sure that this language

12:07 ↗ resonates with me

12:12 ↗ um my mother lives in Bellevue we go to

12:15 ↗ Crossroads we go to Factoria mom is the

12:17 ↗ only

12:19 ↗ white person over the age of 90.

12:21 ↗ anywhere

12:23 ↗ right she is treated like gold I swear

12:27 ↗ that woman gets so much privilege except

12:31 ↗ for when it comes to the fact that she

12:33 ↗ needs to be able to use a computer and

12:35 ↗ they sometimes don't have a role in

12:37 ↗ faith right but people treat her like

12:40 ↗ old me I'm invisible

12:42 ↗ which I think is fascinating

12:44 ↗ but

12:45 ↗ Issaquah is somewhere in between we

12:48 ↗ don't yet have the uh incredible

12:52 ↗ I'm gonna I'm gonna use the word ethnic

12:54 ↗ because I don't want to know what to

12:55 ↗ call this multitude of varying people

12:58 ↗ that that part of Bellevue does it's

13:00 ↗ astounding and that is only in the last

13:03 ↗ 20 years so when you look at the future

13:06 ↗ of Issaquah I'm not sure that this is

13:10 ↗ the language that I want to base it on

13:12 ↗ Bellevue wasn't using this language to

13:15 ↗ get to where it was and this seems

13:19 ↗ now maybe it's it's me because I'm

13:22 ↗ obviously privileged to go marginalized

13:24 ↗ I don't know if I'm underserved so I

13:26 ↗ don't know what it means so there is my

13:28 ↗ story and there are my concerns and I

13:30 ↗ thought I was Brave today to come and

13:33 ↗ say you know what I don't get it you

13:34 ↗ guys I I don't get it and it feels like

13:37 ↗ I could be pummeled for somehow being

13:39 ↗ bad having that confusion but because I

13:42 ↗ don't mind being marginalized I'm here

13:44 ↗ doing it again and then if you read the

13:46 ↗ community survey that just came out

13:49 ↗ um that you should have gotten it does

13:51 ↗ have some information on what certain

13:54 ↗ community members feel about how

13:55 ↗ accepted they are within the communities

13:57 ↗ and I thought it was sort of interesting

13:59 ↗ information I don't know if it's true in

14:01 ↗ reality or they just you know so I

14:04 ↗ thought it would be a good conversation

14:06 ↗ pretty well

14:07 ↗ that's it

14:09 ↗ thank you thank you thank you very much

14:12 ↗ thank you Connie for your courage

14:14 ↗ incoming years today and um I think your

14:17 ↗ point is noted on how we use I gotta

14:19 ↗ face the mic yes on how we use the

14:21 ↗ language and maybe starting to uh

14:25 ↗ fine-tune and sharpen up how we uh talk

14:27 ↗ about different groups

14:30 ↗ appreciate it thank you

14:35 ↗ [Music]

14:37 ↗ I don't see anyone else online or in the

14:41 ↗ public online you also have the

14:43 ↗ interpreters if you see other names

14:45 ↗ online

14:48 ↗ okay so then are we ready to move on to

14:50 ↗ the approval of minutes

14:53 ↗ okay

14:54 ↗ so yes so it's Kelly speaking

14:58 ↗ um

15:00 ↗ so I've attended a lot of different

15:02 ↗ board meetings for many many years and

15:05 ↗ one of the things that I found very

15:06 ↗ disconcerting for myself was uh giving

15:09 ↗ public input and then the board doesn't

15:11 ↗ talk about it

15:12 ↗ I would like us to talk about it I know

15:15 ↗ it blows out much of that

15:18 ↗ oh

15:20 ↗ all right thank you so much for bringing

15:21 ↗ it up

15:22 ↗ um Kelly

15:24 ↗ um I was told that you as a board this

15:28 ↗ is not you I think that I'm not sure

15:30 ↗ what rules or regulations there are but

15:32 ↗ I'm told that you just accept public

15:35 ↗ comments and you can follow up later but

15:37 ↗ if you as a board decide I think you can

15:39 ↗ change your rules to where but I don't

15:41 ↗ need permission from City Clerks to see

15:43 ↗ what channel can you not do but I do

15:46 ↗ understand it is a struggle you would

15:48 ↗ want to now we acknowledge the public

15:50 ↗ comment but talk about it and and try to

15:52 ↗ solve it so um

15:54 ↗ if you would like between now and next

15:57 ↗ meeting I would like to reach out to see

15:59 ↗ where do we stay within guidelines and

16:01 ↗ what can you do and if you need to

16:03 ↗ change your regular rules and

16:04 ↗ regulations then you can do that

16:06 ↗ um

16:09 ↗ so awesome yes this is Kelly and I and

16:13 ↗ can we put on the agenda for next month

16:15 ↗ yes yes

16:17 ↗ thank you

16:18 ↗ you're okay with that absolutely I agree

16:20 ↗ um and if I may ask kind of would you be

16:22 ↗ willing to come back or next so that we

16:25 ↗ may be able to engage with you you're

16:27 ↗ fun if

16:30 ↗ there's no guarantee well it's a private

16:33 ↗ camera I have no idea I mean

16:35 ↗ even virtually we'll be okay but having

16:38 ↗ your questions here would be very

16:39 ↗ helpful

16:45 ↗ okay so we will have hopefully very

16:48 ↗ engaging agenda topic next month to talk

16:51 ↗ about how we use words like marginalized

16:54 ↗ and uh underserved for things like that

17:01 ↗ so now moving us on to the approval of

17:04 ↗ the minutes

17:05 ↗ um I'd like to so we have two sets of

17:07 ↗ minutes on our agenda because Steve had

17:09 ↗ meetings fairly close together and so um

17:13 ↗ if you are comfortable with them it can

17:16 ↗ take a couple of minutes to jail puts

17:18 ↗ review a couple minutes and then if I

17:20 ↗ will pass for uh a decision to

17:29 ↗ Monica is there not known for the main

17:33 ↗ minutes

17:34 ↗ and we'll see that April minutes

17:41 ↗ oh

17:45 ↗ it's after the Spanish section yes oh

17:48 ↗ okay got it yeah so you should have the

17:50 ↗ April event it's in English April and

17:52 ↗ it's in Spanish then maybe it's in

17:54 ↗ English and maintenance in Spanish you

17:56 ↗ got it okay sorry I thought it was like

17:59 ↗ English and Spanish yes I didn't realize

18:01 ↗ it was yeah okay got it sorry thank you

18:04 ↗ no yeah

18:20 ↗ okay

18:24 ↗ trying to mute my watch

18:52 ↗ es her best foot up

18:55 ↗ um let's see

18:58 ↗ does

18:59 ↗ Ellen uh would anyone like to make a

19:02 ↗ motion to upload

19:12 ↗ am I supposed to see if there's any does

19:15 ↗ anyone have any edits to suggest

19:18 ↗ okay

19:20 ↗ so I think that we approved the April

19:22 ↗ minutes

19:23 ↗ and then uh do we have a motion to

19:26 ↗ approve the maintenance

19:28 ↗ I actually have a question sorry because

19:30 ↗ how does it work Monica do we have

19:32 ↗ questions before we approve so what you

19:35 ↗ can do uh very good question so what you

19:37 ↗ can do you can have a motion to approve

19:39 ↗ second and then you have discussion

19:41 ↗ before you approve them

19:43 ↗ does that make sense right but if we

19:45 ↗ would like to change something yes you

19:47 ↗ still you but you approve so you make a

19:49 ↗ motion to approve the minutes you second

19:51 ↗ that you discussed you make edits and

19:54 ↗ then at the end you vote either to

19:55 ↗ approve the minutes as proposed or with

19:58 ↗ edits okay thank you yeah

20:09 ↗ it's just a little counter-intuitive for

20:11 ↗ me right to like approve something and

20:13 ↗ then disapprove it out moving on so I

20:16 ↗ have a motion to approve

20:24 ↗ [Music]

20:26 ↗ I have a question

20:29 ↗ um so if you all recall the mayor made a

20:33 ↗ proposal to revisit the way that we

20:36 ↗ handle the attendance virtual hybrid Etc

20:40 ↗ and then I said that I would like for us

20:43 ↗ to actually consider the way that we run

20:45 ↗ our board

20:46 ↗ to be presented to other boards to see

20:50 ↗ if they would change their Theirs to

20:53 ↗ actually mimic ours so just for us to

20:57 ↗ serve as a model and I don't see that

20:59 ↗ anywhere in the minutes and I just don't

21:01 ↗ want that to to not to be lost okay like

21:04 ↗ if I were to you know drop dead or

21:07 ↗ something it would be no record of that

21:09 ↗ so you would like to have reflected in

21:11 ↗ the minutes

21:13 ↗ um under the virtual attendance policy

21:16 ↗ correct that you request the idea that

21:24 ↗ um that the way that we run our board be

21:27 ↗ considered for the way that other boards

21:29 ↗ run their meetings without and that's

21:32 ↗ the virtual meeting so I did the policy

21:33 ↗ on Virtual meetings were considered by

21:35 ↗ other boards correct right right

21:39 ↗ because I do believe that it is a way to

21:42 ↗ be more inclusive of a wider variety of

21:45 ↗ people

21:56 ↗ here's the edit that I'm writing so

22:00 ↗ um member board member lucasia chole

22:02 ↗ proposed that the policy on Virtual

22:04 ↗ meetings proposed by the equity board be

22:06 ↗ considered by all other boards and

22:08 ↗ commissions

22:10 ↗ does that sound good as an edit for

22:12 ↗ everyone else

22:13 ↗ yes

22:15 ↗ because everyone else have any edits to

22:17 ↗ propose

22:22 ↗ I just have a clarifying question

22:25 ↗ um it's actually about your last name I

22:27 ↗ see it in three different forms

22:30 ↗ um

22:30 ↗ [Laughter]

22:38 ↗ and then under second page it's mod

22:42 ↗ umwater.com

22:52 ↗ yeah

22:56 ↗ so I'm just curious which one's the

22:58 ↗ right one

23:00 ↗ mod okay yes

23:05 ↗ so I'm hearing Okay so

23:08 ↗ two sets of edits one is the edit to the

23:12 ↗ virtual policy and the other one is

23:15 ↗ headed to

23:17 ↗ appropriately spell my last signal

23:21 ↗ um

23:25 ↗ all you have to do is do a fine monogram

23:28 ↗ in the document and then replace so that

23:30 ↗ it the machine will look where it is

23:34 ↗ okay so I think with the noted thank you

23:36 ↗ questions yeah and I apologize

23:40 ↗ with the noted edits um we will proceed

23:43 ↗ to consider that it's minutes approved

23:46 ↗ with the edits presented

23:49 ↗ all right

23:50 ↗ I think we've cleared back item off the

23:53 ↗ agenda again

23:56 ↗ okay so now moving us on

24:01 ↗ to the next project

24:04 ↗ is uh so the first uh sophisticated

24:07 ↗ agenda topic for today is the equity

24:09 ↗ implementation Equity framework

24:11 ↗ implementation updates the next steps

24:14 ↗ here

24:39 ↗ hi everybody

24:42 ↗ I guess I forget to talk here too

24:45 ↗ I agree it's kind of a little bit

24:48 ↗ awkward right talking to Diablo yeah

24:51 ↗ yeah

24:53 ↗ um well I just want to thank all of you

24:55 ↗ for having me back I wanted to say

24:59 ↗ um first and foremost

25:01 ↗ um I heard you uh at the April meeting

25:05 ↗ um the feedback that you gave around the

25:08 ↗ city's efforts to advance internally

25:11 ↗ um the equity framework we have a good

25:13 ↗ robust discussion there

25:15 ↗ um two of my biggest takeaways

25:18 ↗ um you know were one that I heard you

25:20 ↗ but then too um that you wanted to

25:22 ↗ really partner

25:24 ↗ um with us and how we advance that

25:26 ↗ conversation if we were struggling to do

25:28 ↗ so

25:30 ↗ um and maybe just a little bit of just

25:32 ↗ first first thoughts of our you know

25:34 ↗ some analysis paralysis going on

25:36 ↗ internally that you know what you could

25:38 ↗ help us work through

25:40 ↗ um ironically uh

25:44 ↗ in just right after that meeting

25:47 ↗ um we have quarterly or a couple times a

25:50 ↗ year uh what we call SLT senior

25:53 ↗ leadership team and direct reports

25:56 ↗ meetings

25:57 ↗ um it's an opportunity you know the

25:59 ↗ senior leadership team made up of the

26:01 ↗ department directors and a few extra

26:03 ↗ individuals get together

26:05 ↗ um every Tuesday but then that bigger

26:08 ↗ group of managers throughout the city

26:10 ↗ that the the direct reports of the SLT

26:13 ↗ get together as the core manager group

26:15 ↗ and talk about uh various things going

26:18 ↗ on in the city and so

26:20 ↗ um I went to City administrator Bob

26:22 ↗ quits and gave some of the feedback from

26:24 ↗ the meeting that occurred and I said I

26:26 ↗ think we have a prime opportunity here

26:28 ↗ in a couple of weeks to really have a

26:31 ↗ robust conversation about advancing the

26:33 ↗ equity framework and some buy-in at that

26:36 ↗ manager group to do that

26:38 ↗ um I he said great let's do it so uh I

26:43 ↗ asked him how much time I had and he

26:45 ↗ said you can have the whole agenda if

26:47 ↗ you want which

26:48 ↗ um uh so that uh became the formation of

26:52 ↗ a conversation slash training and one if

26:56 ↗ you will

26:57 ↗ um I reached out because we were on

26:59 ↗ short time to get together

27:01 ↗ um you know uh curriculum

27:04 ↗ um to actually first and foremost Dale

27:06 ↗ Marquis crimp is a management analyst in

27:09 ↗ the city I think you've all met Dale at

27:12 ↗ some point I've been to the board before

27:15 ↗ but virtually okay this is my first time

27:18 ↗ okay great

27:20 ↗ um I reached out to Dale uh for a couple

27:22 ↗ of different reasons um Dale has some

27:24 ↗ really great facilitation skills

27:27 ↗ um she actually just in May uh helped

27:29 ↗ facilitate uh uh Capital Improvement uh

27:34 ↗ tour with the city council

27:36 ↗ um she also one of her main hats in the

27:39 ↗ city is uh data and Metric work for the

27:43 ↗ city and so when we advance such a

27:45 ↗ conversation around equity and we're

27:48 ↗ using a framework

27:50 ↗ um you know data is really important in

27:52 ↗ that conversation and so I called up

27:54 ↗ Dale and said hey I have an idea and a

27:57 ↗ plan energy partner um with me on it

28:00 ↗ um that started to formulate

28:02 ↗ um uh this this SLT direct reports

28:05 ↗ conversation so the next thing

28:07 ↗ um I uh reached out to Tony and creaky

28:10 ↗ saying hey last minute opportunity here

28:13 ↗ but I heard you you know would you like

28:16 ↗ to come and uh be a part of this this

28:20 ↗ conversation and so uh preethi was able

28:23 ↗ to move her schedule around a bit and

28:25 ↗ attend

28:27 ↗ um three hour training nine to noon

28:31 ↗ um on May 16th and so

28:34 ↗ um largely what I want to talk to you

28:36 ↗ tonight

28:37 ↗ um is about

28:38 ↗ um that conversation and what occurred

28:40 ↗ and then kind of next steps with a plan

28:43 ↗ that we have moving forward if that's

28:46 ↗ okay with you okay

28:48 ↗ um Monica I haven't even had a chance to

28:51 ↗ tell you but I realized I don't have an

28:53 ↗ invite to the meeting and I didn't give

28:55 ↗ you Advanced Materials but do you see an

28:56 ↗ email from me okay I I thought I would

29:00 ↗ at least just preview you know we won't

29:02 ↗ go through the whole training but at

29:04 ↗ least give you a visual of some of the

29:06 ↗ contents of what we talked about at the

29:08 ↗ senior leadership and direct reports

29:10 ↗ meeting at least the agenda so you can

29:12 ↗ see what the flow of that was so Monica

29:15 ↗ that link

29:16 ↗ um to the uh

29:18 ↗ uh PowerPoint is in the email

29:21 ↗ that's the word doc but I think that's

29:25 ↗ what I had even the attachment

29:27 ↗ it's in it's in the actual body of the

29:30 ↗ email it's a um a link okay

29:34 ↗ we're going to look at that too but

29:39 ↗ I had Dale turn my heat down are you

29:42 ↗ guys flushed or warm we appreciate it

29:45 ↗ because it's toasty though right yeah

29:50 ↗ in the back it's a lot of the fan is

29:52 ↗ really really loud so it's gonna be hard

29:54 ↗ to hear one of them I think it's

29:55 ↗ actually warmer outside more it is

30:01 ↗ out there oh really yeah

30:06 ↗ yeah

30:10 ↗ maybe yeah

30:14 ↗ okay

30:16 ↗ yes thank you

30:19 ↗ I'm gonna just kind of quickly go

30:21 ↗ through this but

30:23 ↗ um you know one thing we did

30:25 ↗ introductions around the room because

30:27 ↗ not all the managers get together at the

30:29 ↗ same time right we also have a stage two

30:32 ↗ uh introduce pre-key

30:35 ↗ um we went you know really kind of we

30:38 ↗ started to talk about the conversation

30:39 ↗ of what does equity mean to each of us

30:43 ↗ because I think if we were to just teach

30:45 ↗ ask the question we all have very

30:46 ↗ differing ideas and answers about what

30:49 ↗ that means and we wanted to shake what

30:51 ↗ it meant for us you know to guide that

30:54 ↗ conversation as a whole

30:56 ↗ um we also shared um you know kind of

31:00 ↗ some conversation about the difference

31:01 ↗ between equity versus equality

31:05 ↗ um and we and

31:06 ↗ um actually Monica will you go out of uh

31:09 ↗ uh presentation mode so we can kind of

31:12 ↗ see the next slide there we go so

31:16 ↗ um uh

31:18 ↗ I guess I I guess I do want to see both

31:20 ↗ at the same time so these are my double

31:22 ↗ screens are so uh sorry so

31:25 ↗ um if you go down just uh a slide there

31:29 ↗ um uh we we gave this visual

31:31 ↗ um an equity versus equality I think all

31:34 ↗ of us have seen this at one one time or

31:37 ↗ another and actually preethi gave us

31:39 ↗ some input to this

31:41 ↗ um as well

31:43 ↗ um we then uh talked uh if you go down a

31:46 ↗ slide I wanted to talk about uh

31:49 ↗ marginalized groups and this certainly

31:50 ↗ isn't all of them but uh you know a

31:53 ↗ representation of what a margin Alliance

31:56 ↗ Group is

31:58 ↗ um

31:59 ↗ we then had Dale give a portion of the

32:03 ↗ presentation in the next two slides

32:06 ↗ um we wanted to talk about some of the

32:09 ↗ the demographic of Issaquah so that

32:12 ↗ individuals even kind of you know many

32:15 ↗ probably didn't haven't even seen some

32:17 ↗ of this data that we did that as a group

32:20 ↗ so Dale took us through a few different

32:23 ↗ slides on uh data that would help

32:27 ↗ contribute to the conversation as part

32:29 ↗ of you know a part of our why right

32:35 ↗ um they all any comments about data that

32:37 ↗ you wanna

32:38 ↗ I I believe I'll be back soon for a

32:41 ↗ larger data conversation with this group

32:43 ↗ so I won't I won't belabor that right

32:45 ↗ now but we you'll notice there were

32:47 ↗ three really basic categories and I

32:50 ↗ think also you'll notice I only talk we

32:51 ↗ only looked at 2010 to 2020 and we use

32:54 ↗ Census Data you know that's just one

32:57 ↗ time period even that's just one type of

32:58 ↗ data I could or I could have gone back

33:00 ↗ to 2000 I'm trying even bigger change

33:03 ↗ um but really what we I feel like

33:06 ↗ supported our our leadership in doing

33:08 ↗ was looking at these specific

33:10 ↗ opportunities so there's an extra slide

33:12 ↗ 11 that you were on that

33:14 ↗ um taking some time so we gave them time

33:16 ↗ to just explore we said here's a taste

33:18 ↗ but now take 15 minutes and go look at

33:21 ↗ some of this yourself because if we're

33:23 ↗ going to be making

33:25 ↗ Equitable policy and programs

33:29 ↗ we need to do the exploration on the

33:32 ↗ front end to get a better sense of who

33:33 ↗ who is our community so we took some

33:36 ↗ time and use just again just some other

33:38 ↗ resources to support that conversation

33:41 ↗ which actually moves us into the next

33:43 ↗ slide Monica

33:45 ↗ um that we actually gave them that time

33:48 ↗ um to consider you know these questions

33:52 ↗ um as a result of looking at that data

33:54 ↗ and then if you go down the side come

33:57 ↗ back and share as a group

33:59 ↗ um what what we thought okay or what

34:01 ↗ everyone thought

34:03 ↗ um the next part

34:05 ↗ um after a break uh you know we talked

34:08 ↗ just really kind of what is an equity

34:10 ↗ framework and uh we also Blended in I

34:14 ↗ think I shared here in the conversation

34:16 ↗ about our uh our core values in the city

34:19 ↗ the salmon values and how you know this

34:23 ↗ is a good representation of exactly what

34:26 ↗ the framework is also uh meant to embed

34:30 ↗ into our organization that we live by

34:32 ↗ these things and eventually we hope you

34:34 ↗ know we don't need this framework but

34:36 ↗ that our culture has changed that we are

34:39 ↗ just simply bringing these questions to

34:42 ↗ the conversation much like in the way

34:44 ↗ that we we do our salmon values in the

34:47 ↗ organization

34:48 ↗ and then uh you know this is

34:52 ↗ questions one through five of the 13

34:55 ↗ which are the next two slides the 13

34:58 ↗ questions of the framework

35:00 ↗ and we actually uh went through a case

35:04 ↗ study as a group and so

35:07 ↗ um we use the framework as a as a a team

35:11 ↗ and

35:13 ↗ um did a group exercise there was

35:16 ↗ approximately 25 to 30 of us there just

35:19 ↗ so you understand the group size as well

35:23 ↗ um we started to run out of time because

35:25 ↗ we were really having some good

35:27 ↗ conversation we had intended to do you

35:29 ↗ know a case study together and then

35:31 ↗ break out into teams and do a case study

35:34 ↗ we didn't you know get to that place

35:36 ↗ that we were able to do that

35:39 ↗ um but we had some really good

35:41 ↗ conversation going in

35:43 ↗ um I I was I was so pleased to see that

35:46 ↗ everyone was actually using the tool and

35:48 ↗ working through it and didn't feel so so

35:51 ↗ tough right you know that analysis

35:53 ↗ paralysis piece

35:56 ↗ um I think

35:57 ↗ you know then let's uh go through these

36:02 ↗ next few slides uh Monica because the

36:06 ↗ sum of this actually if you could go

36:07 ↗ back up to that Equity board one

36:10 ↗ um those next slides were other case

36:11 ↗ studies that we just didn't get to

36:13 ↗ they're still embedded into the

36:14 ↗ PowerPoint

36:16 ↗ but what we what we started to uh

36:20 ↗ formulate is this idea that we would

36:24 ↗ have every Department break into groups

36:27 ↗ and start to have a conversation about

36:29 ↗ what program project policy uh is

36:35 ↗ happening already in their department

36:37 ↗ and strategize as a team real quickly on

36:40 ↗ identifying something and being able to

36:43 ↗ come back to this board and talk about

36:45 ↗ what that project or program or policy

36:48 ↗ is and use the framework where Dale and

36:51 ↗ I would help facilitate a conversation

36:53 ↗ and then that each department and we

36:57 ↗ happen to have 12 of them

36:59 ↗ this only shows that we have some

37:02 ↗ divisions that make up um I think that

37:04 ↗ shows nine I do realize that

37:08 ↗ yeah so

37:11 ↗ um so uh that every Department over the

37:14 ↗ course of the Year could come to you all

37:17 ↗ and talk about

37:19 ↗ um their project or program or policy

37:21 ↗ and the use of the framework and what

37:23 ↗ worked well or where they struggled

37:25 ↗ struggled or how they could partner with

37:27 ↗ you to advance the conversation

37:30 ↗ um so Monica if you would be willing to

37:34 ↗ pull up the word document now

37:40 ↗ don't totally close that please because

37:42 ↗ I actually wanna I don't want to come

37:44 ↗ back around to kind of the last

37:46 ↗ commitment piece that I want to share

37:47 ↗ too

37:49 ↗ um with sweet wow

37:52 ↗ oh when you have so many things

37:58 ↗ okay so uh after everyone had their time

38:03 ↗ to go to break into their departments

38:05 ↗ and have a small group conversations

38:09 ↗ um they came back and we did an info

38:10 ↗ share on something that they believe

38:12 ↗ that is you know happening right now

38:14 ↗ that they could bring back to the equity

38:16 ↗ board and and share with you all so this

38:19 ↗ is the list of what we uh you know

38:23 ↗ preliminarily came up with police talked

38:26 ↗ about the new body camera policy public

38:29 ↗ works a lot of shut off Parks uh

38:31 ↗ Recreation program registration

38:33 ↗ procedure that they need to work through

38:36 ↗ facilities uh uh City Hall space

38:39 ↗ planning that is underway in terms of

38:42 ↗ community input

38:45 ↗ um Economic Development I believe is

38:47 ↗ actually already on the agenda for July

38:49 ↗ in some fashion for you

38:52 ↗ um uh to talk about their strategic plan

38:56 ↗ um there's also uh right now an

38:58 ↗ independent salary commission that's

39:00 ↗ looking at the salaries

39:02 ↗ um of the council members and uh how um

39:06 ↗ how to use the tool there uh David Reedy

39:10 ↗ came to you once and talked about the

39:12 ↗ sustainable purchasing policy but that

39:15 ↗ is something they'd like to continue to

39:16 ↗ have the conversation with you around

39:19 ↗ the Municipal Court uh identified the

39:23 ↗ therapeutic Court grant that they are

39:25 ↗ working on finance

39:28 ↗ approach to community engagement related

39:31 ↗ to the budget and particularly utility

39:34 ↗ billing process

39:36 ↗ Human Resources uh we are the staff

39:40 ↗ liaison to the Civil Service Commission

39:42 ↗ um and uh I have identified that the

39:46 ↗ Civil Service rules are a good place

39:48 ↗ where we could use

39:49 ↗ um I can't actually participated on a

39:53 ↗ commander process with us recently and

39:56 ↗ so I think there's an opportunity there

39:59 ↗ um CPD Community Planning and

40:01 ↗ Development

40:02 ↗ um they were going to identify and kind

40:04 ↗ of take it down to something related to

40:06 ↗ you know Community info sharing and

40:09 ↗ engagement and then fire fire is kind of

40:12 ↗ a wild card because you know I mean we

40:14 ↗ can certainly have them come and we want

40:16 ↗ to um you know we wanted them to address

40:19 ↗ something you know they are uh

40:21 ↗ contracted with the city so they

40:23 ↗ certainly they were there and they were

40:24 ↗ a part of the conversation we have to

40:27 ↗ um uh we felt like with that facility

40:30 ↗ space planning and the facilities

40:33 ↗ assessment related to fire could be also

40:35 ↗ a good topic area for discussion

40:37 ↗ we did tell every department just

40:40 ↗ because you put this down here doesn't

40:42 ↗ mean that has to be the one thing you

40:45 ↗ know and we hope that you don't just

40:47 ↗ identify just one thing that your work

40:49 ↗ you're you're comfortable Now using it

40:51 ↗ more

40:53 ↗ um and that we're going to continue the

40:54 ↗ conversation

40:55 ↗ but this was you know a commitment from

40:58 ↗ the senior leadership team and the

41:00 ↗ managers to identify projects and come

41:03 ↗ back and work with you all and share

41:06 ↗ with you what worked well what didn't

41:07 ↗ and that we could partner together in a

41:10 ↗ meaningful way

41:12 ↗ um so I'm gonna pause there for a minute

41:14 ↗ because Dale and Creasy who pre you know

41:18 ↗ certainly represents your board

41:20 ↗ um anything that you'd like to offer as

41:23 ↗ a part of you know what occurred there

41:26 ↗ um you know I think it would be valuable

41:28 ↗ to hear

41:30 ↗ um

41:33 ↗ um I

41:34 ↗ I found the conversation on the training

41:37 ↗ to be really helpful and especially like

41:39 ↗ the the data to set it up because it it

41:42 ↗ enables folks to like grasp on some

41:45 ↗ information as they started thinking

41:47 ↗ through even though the case study was

41:49 ↗ very different

41:51 ↗ um I was impressed with some of the

41:53 ↗ insights that they were just Gathering

41:55 ↗ from those three points that data on the

41:57 ↗ census around language

41:59 ↗ uh income income

42:02 ↗ yeah like some of the obvious things

42:05 ↗ that I've started thinking about this

42:06 ↗ opposing to start translating more of

42:08 ↗ our materials and stuff like that so it

42:11 ↗ was really nice to see some like in the

42:12 ↗ kind of actions come to mind and um

42:16 ↗ there was this like

42:19 ↗ real concern around well we can't really

42:21 ↗ answer all of the questions or you know

42:23 ↗ so it's like maybe not all uh like all

42:27 ↗ of those uh programs are well suited for

42:30 ↗ every question but I think we tried to

42:32 ↗ reiterate it's okay we can skip a

42:34 ↗ question yeah just keep going and this

42:37 ↗ is an opportunity to test out the tools

42:39 ↗ so we can refine the tools so I think uh

42:42 ↗ I hope that message

42:45 ↗ um they need to take care of a few times

42:46 ↗ but I appreciated their level of on

42:48 ↗ YouTube

42:50 ↗ yeah this is this is Dale I'm not sure

42:52 ↗ there's too much I would add

42:55 ↗ um I did share in the moment how excited

42:57 ↗ I was to have that room full of people

42:58 ↗ just looking at the data in the first

43:00 ↗ place yeah um I believe my words were I

43:03 ↗ could die happy today and I was told you

43:05 ↗ know these days

43:07 ↗ but I I would reiterate what Britney

43:10 ↗ just shared I think there there was a

43:12 ↗ immediate gut concern from a lot of

43:15 ↗ Staff members that they're going to get

43:16 ↗ it wrong

43:18 ↗ um and that that was a worry that we're

43:19 ↗ gonna we're gonna get these 13 we don't

43:21 ↗ we don't know the answer and so we can't

43:23 ↗ use the tool and it's like well that's

43:24 ↗ the point the point is that you don't

43:25 ↗ know the answer and now you got to

43:26 ↗ figure out what the answer is or how how

43:28 ↗ we would pursue finding the answer and

43:31 ↗ so I think it was a really helpful First

43:33 ↗ Step

43:34 ↗ um and we're excited I think Stephanie

43:36 ↗ are very excited for even if it's not

43:38 ↗ the project program policy process they

43:40 ↗ named there for each of these teams to

43:42 ↗ come to this space and bring something

43:44 ↗ and bring bring their wrestlings

43:47 ↗ to you all right um if I I mean maybe

43:51 ↗ hopefully more than once too yeah to

43:53 ↗ come for a consult on something that's

43:55 ↗ in the works and then to come back and

43:57 ↗ be able to say and this is how it's

43:58 ↗ going

43:59 ↗ for a question I always ask people which

44:01 ↗ is how do you know it's working

44:03 ↗ um it's great to go through the 13

44:04 ↗ questions

44:05 ↗ but that's just around our design not

44:08 ↗ necessarily our implementation and not

44:10 ↗ necessarily if it's hitting the outcomes

44:11 ↗ so something for us to think about

44:14 ↗ towards your number

44:15 ↗ so I want to Pivot the conversation to

44:18 ↗ kind of some questions back to you all

44:21 ↗ but before I do Monica would you be

44:24 ↗ willing to please pull up the PowerPoint

44:26 ↗ again because one of the things that I

44:29 ↗ wanted to share that we kind of left

44:33 ↗ everyone with that day that you know Not

44:36 ↗ only would Dale and I be coming back out

44:39 ↗ to help facilitate some of these

44:42 ↗ conversations and to help you that it

44:44 ↗ wasn't just a one then done and now you

44:47 ↗ gotta totally go figure it out on your

44:49 ↗ own but that we would help you the

44:50 ↗ equity board is here to help you

44:53 ↗ um but that next slide uh last one I

44:57 ↗ think

44:58 ↗ um personal commitment and so I realize

45:01 ↗ this is small uh sorry but uh we

45:07 ↗ introduced we've started introducing an

45:09 ↗ employee growth and development plan

45:12 ↗ um we talk a lot about you know uh being

45:14 ↗ a city of growth and development

45:17 ↗ um and some managers supervisors are

45:20 ↗ really good about having those

45:21 ↗ conversations with their staff others

45:24 ↗ may not be some have things documented

45:26 ↗ some don't and so from not just a

45:29 ↗ recruitment standpoint but also a

45:31 ↗ retention standpoint and then you know

45:33 ↗ one's personal commitments to uh their

45:36 ↗ own growth and development oh thank you

45:39 ↗ um we actually uh introduce there we go

45:45 ↗ we actually introduced uh this employee

45:48 ↗ growth and development plan back uh this

45:51 ↗ form back in March at an all City

45:53 ↗ training

45:55 ↗ um uh and at that training we were

45:58 ↗ talking about holistic wellness and

46:00 ↗ eight dimensions of it and setting some

46:03 ↗ personal smart goals but

46:06 ↗ and and some short-term medium-term

46:09 ↗ long-term but one thing that was on it

46:12 ↗ is in particular page two

46:15 ↗ um I knew that you know we wanted uh

46:19 ↗ staff

46:20 ↗ um at all levels in the organization to

46:22 ↗ make a personal commitment to advancing

46:25 ↗ Equity so this got introduced in March

46:28 ↗ but we reiterated it at the the meeting

46:31 ↗ on May 16th

46:34 ↗ um for everyone to identify a smart goal

46:38 ↗ you know you know related to their

46:41 ↗ personal commitment on advancing Equity

46:43 ↗ so we've got to do some follow-up on

46:46 ↗ this but you know it was just that that

46:48 ↗ last little okay what's your personal

46:50 ↗ commitment now you know

46:52 ↗ um it can't be the city administrator

46:55 ↗ the mayor or you know Stephanie from HR

46:58 ↗ or Dale or others but what what are you

47:00 ↗ gonna commit to doing that is that is a

47:03 ↗ smart hole that's um specific over over

47:06 ↗ this biennium right so so I want to

47:10 ↗ share that

47:12 ↗ um thank you you can take that down

47:15 ↗ um but where I'd like to uh take the

47:17 ↗ conversation next is one of the things

47:19 ↗ that we talked about in closing is uh

47:24 ↗ staff said okay we commit to doing this

47:27 ↗ and we've we have a project here and

47:29 ↗ we'll we'll absolutely come but we'd

47:32 ↗ like to know you know some parameters uh

47:36 ↗ around you know what the board would

47:38 ↗ like to see when when everybody comes

47:41 ↗ um you know you've seen uh some

47:44 ↗ departments come and talk about things

47:46 ↗ uh everybody's probably had a little bit

47:48 ↗ of a different style in in that whether

47:51 ↗ they have presentation or it's

47:53 ↗ conversation and they were hoping for

47:57 ↗ some kind of uniformity that you know

47:59 ↗ their expectations at least your

48:02 ↗ expectations are known to them about

48:04 ↗ what you'd like to see

48:06 ↗ um so that one isn't coming you know to

48:08 ↗ take up the whole hour and and bring

48:10 ↗ present and somebody else comes to

48:13 ↗ conversate and and didn't hit the mark

48:15 ↗ so my question back to you all

48:19 ↗ um is what you would like us

48:22 ↗ um to you know tell these these

48:26 ↗ departments and individuals that are

48:28 ↗ going to come to you what would be you

48:31 ↗ know ideal for how we structure when

48:33 ↗ they do come back to you

48:35 ↗ um I do want to say Monica and I had a

48:38 ↗ conversation about you know you have a

48:41 ↗ work plan you know and I've kind of

48:43 ↗ thrown a wrench a little bit in the work

48:45 ↗ plan but not really you're going to

48:47 ↗ stick to your work plan but my hope is

48:50 ↗ that you all have a space to carve out

48:52 ↗ each uh you know each meeting over the

48:55 ↗ next year or so that you're seeing a

48:59 ↗ department for that amount of time and

49:01 ↗ you can stick to your regular work plan

49:03 ↗ so as we we now that we've done this and

49:06 ↗ we've done some you know

49:08 ↗ um identification now we want to shape

49:10 ↗ it so that when we do come back out to

49:13 ↗ you we meet your expectations about how

49:16 ↗ you'd like that interaction to to go

49:20 ↗ different

49:21 ↗ yeah

49:23 ↗ this is great that was really amazing

49:26 ↗ and interesting so thank you for coming

49:27 ↗ to understand that and you live my world

49:30 ↗ dead as everything people don't have

49:32 ↗ numbers in front of them they don't

49:33 ↗ trust you

49:35 ↗ um there was some the word parameters

49:38 ↗ stood out to me when you said that so

49:40 ↗ there were two things on Word document

49:42 ↗ um you had goals there for each of these

49:44 ↗ different teams but there were no time

49:46 ↗ frames associated with them yeah so how

49:49 ↗ do we incorporate that into a plan that

49:52 ↗ shows that we want to achieve this lofty

49:55 ↗ goal in this time frame so if if any

49:59 ↗ report to equity board as to what what

50:02 ↗ the layers are underneath those that are

50:04 ↗ each and each one of those lines would

50:06 ↗ be helpful because that's those are

50:08 ↗ those are big goals and what I would

50:10 ↗ like to see and I'm interested in the

50:12 ↗ board some comments that maybe it's

50:15 ↗ supplements under that

50:16 ↗ operationalizing is based on those

50:18 ↗ groups and the time frame by which they

50:21 ↗ expected to you know

50:22 ↗ simple method and the quarterly is

50:24 ↗ challenging maybe even financially or

50:27 ↗ something because I like I said those

50:29 ↗ were great big goals that were really

50:30 ↗ fascinating and

50:33 ↗ thank you

50:35 ↗ um Dale and I actually talked to the

50:37 ↗ senior leadership team yesterday for

50:40 ↗ kind of that conversation after

50:43 ↗ um one two weeks ago to say hey we're

50:45 ↗ coming back to the board tonight this is

50:48 ↗ everybody's you know commitment from two

50:50 ↗ weeks ago or reaffirming this and after

50:53 ↗ this we'd like you to start

50:56 ↗ um we're gonna start building a calendar

50:58 ↗ that is reasonable with some

51:01 ↗ conversation with them

51:03 ↗ um so knowing what your next two months

51:06 ↗ worth of agenda topics are and Dale and

51:09 ↗ I having a little bit of space to be

51:11 ↗ able to go out to those departments and

51:13 ↗ really kind of structure something we

51:16 ↗ thought that we could probably start a

51:18 ↗ conversation with a first group

51:20 ↗ um because you already have Economic

51:22 ↗ Development

51:23 ↗ and sustainability is also underway

51:28 ↗ um we thought we'd start in September

51:30 ↗ with police and possibly CPD

51:35 ↗ but we need to kind of have those in

51:38 ↗ between conversations about what's

51:39 ↗ reasonable

51:41 ↗ um kind of in that way

51:43 ↗ so I hope that helps a little bit so I

51:47 ↗ say Shea has our hand up Google go to

51:49 ↗ Shea next

51:51 ↗ hi yes um so when I was looking at this

51:55 ↗ um much like Ray I was very impressed

51:58 ↗ but um when I thought about what I

52:01 ↗ wanted to see when people came back to

52:04 ↗ the equity board my thoughts were um I

52:07 ↗ want them to introduce their smart goal

52:09 ↗ and explain some of the elements and

52:12 ↗ significance of it

52:14 ↗ um because to some degree

52:17 ↗ um some of the goals are really lofty

52:19 ↗ and why you chose that goal can kind of

52:23 ↗ tell us how you decided how you were

52:26 ↗ going to get there

52:27 ↗ um and then we want I or I would want to

52:30 ↗ know what the benefits of that smart

52:33 ↗ goal are

52:35 ↗ um because

52:37 ↗ there is a possibility that that smart

52:40 ↗ goal given the time they had didn't

52:43 ↗ necessarily meet the mark and I know

52:44 ↗ that they're not married to that

52:46 ↗ particular idea

52:48 ↗ um so if it changes I definitely want to

52:50 ↗ know why it's changed and what made it

52:52 ↗ significant and then setting up some

52:55 ↗ guidelines for describing or defining

52:58 ↗ how they're going to not only meet the

53:02 ↗ objectives of that goal but also kind of

53:05 ↗ determine how they're being successful

53:09 ↗ metrics are really important and if it's

53:12 ↗ measurable then that makes it a little

53:14 ↗ bit easier for everyone to understand

53:16 ↗ why you chose that goal and what you

53:18 ↗ wanted to accomplish with it

53:21 ↗ um and sometimes that can be hard to do

53:23 ↗ if your goal is too General

53:26 ↗ um and then lastly I just wanted to

53:30 ↗ um also suggest that maybe we have them

53:33 ↗ give us some examples or case studies

53:36 ↗ kind of showing how that smart goal was

53:39 ↗ successfully implemented

53:41 ↗ um because uh that could not only be a

53:45 ↗ good way to show us how they met that

53:48 ↗ goal but also an easy way to demonstrate

53:50 ↗ how others can meet their goals

53:58 ↗ I think what might be a clarification

54:01 ↗ yeah Shay thank you so much for bringing

54:03 ↗ that up I think based on my recollection

54:06 ↗ of of uh the the meaning a few weeks ago

54:09 ↗ I think the departments were asked to

54:12 ↗ choose a work plan item that they have

54:14 ↗ within their departments to to use the

54:18 ↗ equity framework on so actually what you

54:21 ↗ saw on the screen it's not actually a

54:24 ↗ smart goal that they chose it's a work

54:26 ↗ plan item something that's in their

54:28 ↗ Department uh on their list of things

54:32 ↗ that they need to accomplish either this

54:34 ↗ year or next year that they chose to use

54:36 ↗ the equity framework on right and so I

54:39 ↗ think the smart goal discussion was a

54:42 ↗ commitment that Stephanie asked

54:44 ↗ everybody to say okay you individually

54:47 ↗ choose one goal for yourself that you

54:50 ↗ would like to implement and Advance

54:52 ↗ equity on that's a little bit different

54:54 ↗ than this right because Stephanie or is

54:57 ↗ it that is that is true although I'm a

55:00 ↗ little bit intrigued by Shay's comment

55:02 ↗ because I do think that there could be a

55:05 ↗ potential space that when we have a

55:07 ↗ conversation about why that particular

55:10 ↗ item was chosen it could be maybe

55:12 ↗ different than the one's personal

55:15 ↗ individual but as a team you know I

55:19 ↗ think we could maybe hit it a little bit

55:22 ↗ um so I'm taking as a takeaway but thank

55:25 ↗ you for the clarification because that

55:27 ↗ is true they're you know their smart

55:29 ↗ goal is related to them choosing

55:31 ↗ something personally that they could do

55:34 ↗ to further you know commit themselves to

55:38 ↗ advancing and it it may or may not be

55:41 ↗ related to the project that I chose yes

55:44 ↗ and still I think say your comments are

55:46 ↗ still valued from so yes yeah kind of

55:49 ↗ like providing that background and why

55:51 ↗ and whatnot absolutely exactly wondering

55:54 ↗ yeah well I have a oh sorry thank you

55:56 ↗ sorry

56:01 ↗ I love the fact that you have a

56:02 ↗ conversation with that team and all the

56:04 ↗ outcome it does feel to me like it was a

56:08 ↗ training and it also feels like each one

56:11 ↗ of the different departments coming to

56:13 ↗ us and presenting in us having that

56:15 ↗ conversation is still training and so I

56:18 ↗ think I'm having a disconnect as to our

56:21 ↗ role as an equity board and what we are

56:23 ↗ doing with each group coming in because

56:25 ↗ it doesn't feel like that is our initial

56:29 ↗ role

56:30 ↗ I think uh I thought our role was to

56:34 ↗ look like identify different

56:37 ↗ policies projects program on our own or

56:41 ↗ have community members come and talk to

56:43 ↗ us about concerns and then we look into

56:46 ↗ it and say hey what's going on and then

56:49 ↗ do follow-up which sometimes we may or

56:51 ↗ may not be good at and so to keep that

56:54 ↗ Focus because to me a conversation like

56:56 ↗ this is going to take at least an hour

56:58 ↗ of each of our meetings where we only

57:00 ↗ have two hours and I wonder how we can

57:03 ↗ actually do what I originally thought we

57:06 ↗ were going to do in this board versus

57:09 ↗ what it feels like I'm going to be doing

57:12 ↗ is hourly trainings each month with the

57:15 ↗ city on how to better use this Equity

57:17 ↗ policy and so I'm wondering what

57:19 ↗ happened to our trainer and if that

57:21 ↗ person who we who was there to have

57:24 ↗ those initial conversations it seems

57:27 ↗ like that person or that team would be

57:30 ↗ the one to have those conversations

57:31 ↗ because it feels like the group grew in

57:34 ↗ having that conversation which was very

57:36 ↗ robust it opened their eyes to different

57:39 ↗ aspects and so each team needs to now go

57:43 ↗ about doing that but to me to have to

57:46 ↗ wait for those 12 groups to come and

57:48 ↗ wait over the course of the year to come

57:50 ↗ and talk to us it's a waste of their

57:52 ↗ time and what are they doing with the

57:54 ↗ other projects policies programs in the

57:57 ↗ meantime so it it this this is very

58:02 ↗ this is not what I don't think we as a

58:07 ↗ board have talked about doing for the

58:10 ↗ past 12 months

58:12 ↗ all right but thank you for that I I'm

58:15 ↗ and I I kind of invite some conversation

58:19 ↗ too if that's okay because I I don't

58:21 ↗ want to you know come up with a plan

58:23 ↗ that is not you know your vision for

58:26 ↗ what you're doing here too I will offer

58:29 ↗ I think that you know Dale and I can

58:31 ↗ help a little bit with that so that

58:33 ↗ you're not feeling like each month

58:35 ↗ you're you know training per se and

58:39 ↗ um can be a resource there but I I I

58:41 ↗ thank you for that actually don't yes

58:44 ↗ sure yeah please I did yeah I'm sorry

58:47 ↗ lots of questions I'll try to keep it

58:49 ↗ brief

58:50 ↗ um yeah I agree this is very impressive

58:52 ↗ and exciting and this overlaps with

58:55 ↗ several other questions that have

58:56 ↗ already been asked I was curious about

58:58 ↗ what how how the different departments

59:01 ↗ went about choosing their favorite

59:03 ↗ project policy program that creatures on

59:07 ↗ that list

59:08 ↗ and maybe a related question is if we as

59:12 ↗ a board had the opportunity to look at

59:14 ↗ their list of work on projects and then

59:17 ↗ see if there's you know things that

59:19 ↗ might fall into categories that could be

59:21 ↗ simultaneously

59:23 ↗ um looked at by by us as the equity

59:26 ↗ board and provide ways in which instead

59:30 ↗ of looking at individual projects that

59:32 ↗ are somewhat unrelated to be able to

59:34 ↗ group them together or also maybe find

59:36 ↗ the ones that are most suited for the

59:38 ↗ equity framework my parties that are

59:40 ↗ mature and ready for that versus a

59:43 ↗ choice that was made without our

59:45 ↗ involvement

59:46 ↗ sure

59:47 ↗ um that I want to speak to the first

59:49 ↗ part and then the second you know which

59:51 ↗ is the takeaway for us for sure the how

59:53 ↗ chosen you know we didn't we didn't give

59:55 ↗ any rules

59:56 ↗ um you know we said go have a

59:57 ↗ conversation you talk as a team

1:00:00 ↗ um and then give us an idea but so I I

1:00:04 ↗ don't know those were those were very

1:00:07 ↗ um dependent upon you know that group

1:00:09 ↗ conversation and how it morphed into

1:00:11 ↗ getting this right

1:00:13 ↗ um and they only had

1:00:15 ↗ 10 to 15 minutes

1:00:18 ↗ um to think of something you know

1:00:21 ↗ um that that they could you know make a

1:00:24 ↗ declaration you know amongst the others

1:00:27 ↗ to say that he looks like this on the

1:00:29 ↗ list

1:00:32 ↗ yeah I think it's kind of a mix of what

1:00:36 ↗ has already been said

1:00:38 ↗ um I I thank you for explaining how how

1:00:41 ↗ that process was with like the 15

1:00:42 ↗ minutes ago as a team come back because

1:00:45 ↗ my question was more around okay so we

1:00:48 ↗ get to see one of their goals but it's

1:00:52 ↗ the whole year right like they there

1:00:54 ↗ should be more and so I was wondering

1:00:56 ↗ you know like can we see what other

1:00:58 ↗ things they're working on

1:01:01 ↗ um a and then B for me

1:01:04 ↗ my understanding about the framework is

1:01:07 ↗ that the framework should really be the

1:01:08 ↗ lens

1:01:09 ↗ from which they should be seeing

1:01:11 ↗ everything right so it's not just like

1:01:13 ↗ I'm going to pick one project and I'm

1:01:15 ↗ going to apply this framework to it but

1:01:17 ↗ rather here's this framework

1:01:19 ↗ and it's like a funnel where everything

1:01:21 ↗ goes through that in each individual as

1:01:25 ↗ well as teams like concentric circles

1:01:27 ↗ individual team Department City

1:01:32 ↗ is using this framework to ensure that

1:01:35 ↗ those questions are at the Forefront of

1:01:37 ↗ making decisions making policy making uh

1:01:41 ↗ goals that they're they're working

1:01:43 ↗ toward so thank you for explaining how

1:01:46 ↗ that one thing came up because

1:01:48 ↗ I I was a little bit concerned about

1:01:50 ↗ like

1:01:51 ↗ because some of it just seemed really

1:01:53 ↗ vague sure yeah but I also want to

1:01:56 ↗ support what Lorna was saying

1:01:59 ↗ um with regards to having questions

1:02:00 ↗ around the timing of it all and how

1:02:03 ↗ we're gonna be able to carry out what we

1:02:06 ↗ have identified as our own goals

1:02:10 ↗ with regards to bringing in people

1:02:13 ↗ ask for our feedback sure

1:02:16 ↗ I I saw Lorna's comment from that

1:02:20 ↗ conversation in April that we made sure

1:02:22 ↗ that this isn't identify one thing in

1:02:24 ↗ its cequity I you know we made sure

1:02:27 ↗ um you know to to include that in the

1:02:30 ↗ conversation that we also want to this

1:02:33 ↗ to be everything and culture changing

1:02:37 ↗ um but that we we asked everybody to

1:02:39 ↗ kind of start with identifying one that

1:02:41 ↗ we could help you through and not

1:02:44 ↗ necessarily you know that somebody

1:02:46 ↗ doesn't have to touch anything until 12

1:02:48 ↗ months out because you're this on you

1:02:51 ↗ know this date that's not what we're

1:02:54 ↗ trying to achieve right so

1:02:56 ↗ um but that we would certainly identify

1:02:59 ↗ something that we can help you with so

1:03:01 ↗ that you can certainly start embedding

1:03:03 ↗ this on your own and in your own

1:03:06 ↗ um for all of your projects so

1:03:10 ↗ so when I look at the um

1:03:14 ↗ the personal Improvement plan and I

1:03:17 ↗ think about okay if all stars align

1:03:19 ↗ let's say I'm gonna put myself out there

1:03:21 ↗ and say if I'm working for the city

1:03:23 ↗ stars are aligned I'm thinking wow

1:03:25 ↗ Equity is a great thing and I put that

1:03:28 ↗ on my on my performance or my project

1:03:30 ↗ Improvement plan or my performance

1:03:33 ↗ Improvement plan

1:03:34 ↗ and if I have to wait I'm managing a

1:03:37 ↗ project

1:03:38 ↗ and I'm ready to talk to the equity

1:03:40 ↗ board but I have to wait three four

1:03:43 ↗ months to do it I'm thinking tick tick

1:03:45 ↗ tick tick tick tick like why do I have

1:03:47 ↗ to wait why do I have to wait so think

1:03:49 ↗ about it from that perspective

1:03:51 ↗ My Hope Is that a lot of people within

1:03:53 ↗ the city who are planning projects who

1:03:55 ↗ are project managers program managers

1:03:56 ↗ they're excited about Equity they want

1:03:58 ↗ to implement it they want to do

1:03:59 ↗ something they just want to make it

1:04:02 ↗ happen make it work

1:04:04 ↗ it just would not work for me even if I

1:04:07 ↗ was planning one project it would not

1:04:09 ↗ work for me

1:04:10 ↗ to plan out a project and to have to

1:04:12 ↗ wait two three four months to come and

1:04:15 ↗ talk to the equity board so I would want

1:04:17 ↗ an intermediary

1:04:19 ↗ someone or so Monica Dale someone or we

1:04:24 ↗ have a subcommittee or something like

1:04:26 ↗ that so that I can you know get on my

1:04:28 ↗ project plan because it's always about

1:04:29 ↗ like being on NBA you know to get

1:04:31 ↗ completed so that I can get it kicked

1:04:34 ↗ off ready to go

1:04:36 ↗ um has that been did that possibly was

1:04:40 ↗ there a possibility that kind of came up

1:04:42 ↗ out of the meaning were there any

1:04:44 ↗ thoughts into that process or not yet

1:04:47 ↗ not yet not that far yet

1:04:50 ↗ um we need to go back out to departments

1:04:52 ↗ right and really

1:04:56 ↗ what every single person identified and

1:04:59 ↗ the project and facilitate with them you

1:05:01 ↗ know this is a big group and asking

1:05:03 ↗ everybody so now it's more about going

1:05:06 ↗ back out to the to the individuals and

1:05:08 ↗ the small teams for that small group

1:05:09 ↗ conversation or individual conversation

1:05:11 ↗ so it did not work that way but um

1:05:16 ↗ I think related Tony to your statement I

1:05:20 ↗ I don't think this should be considered

1:05:22 ↗ like a gate before they gave in four

1:05:25 ↗ minutes right so I think

1:05:27 ↗ um they should be doing this uh

1:05:31 ↗ utilizing the equity framework as it

1:05:33 ↗ fits in with their work plan

1:05:35 ↗ sequencing is what I think and so they

1:05:39 ↗ they finish the the analysis and they

1:05:42 ↗ used what they found to inform how they

1:05:44 ↗ move their work forward if their

1:05:45 ↗ approach changes I think that's great

1:05:48 ↗ and so when I think about what I would

1:05:50 ↗ want to hear about it is probably you

1:05:53 ↗ know like maybe these projects policies

1:05:55 ↗ programs whatever being able is Badness

1:05:58 ↗ to 12 in whatever stage of

1:06:00 ↗ implementation they're in to to know

1:06:03 ↗ about their experience using the

1:06:05 ↗ framework was how it influenced what

1:06:08 ↗ they did and then depending on where

1:06:11 ↗ they are or maybe they come back like

1:06:13 ↗ how do they think their health terms

1:06:15 ↗ were more equitable

1:06:18 ↗ happened down this process

1:06:20 ↗ so I think some something like that and

1:06:22 ↗ so uh it could be various so I think

1:06:24 ↗ there's alerting that we could get

1:06:27 ↗ from understanding how well the tool

1:06:29 ↗ works for boats which is that more of

1:06:32 ↗ that training in but I think the tool

1:06:33 ↗ isn't perfect so yes and I don't know

1:06:36 ↗ who's on point for like who's gonna

1:06:38 ↗ modify if I have any problems but so

1:06:41 ↗ there's there's a place to kind of do

1:06:43 ↗ that to improve that but then there's

1:06:45 ↗ also an understanding of how the process

1:06:47 ↗ is going for books but then yeah but

1:06:49 ↗ ultimately I think that's the other side

1:06:50 ↗ it's like are we better offer our

1:06:52 ↗ outcomes

1:06:54 ↗ can I add a couple layers to the

1:06:58 ↗ conversation here I think um so two

1:07:00 ↗ things you know we do have an internal

1:07:03 ↗ Equity committee that's a prized of uh

1:07:06 ↗ members from departments that you know

1:07:08 ↗ this is not just Dale and I and this

1:07:10 ↗ manager group and identifying a project

1:07:13 ↗ actually tomorrow

1:07:15 ↗ um the equity committee is getting

1:07:17 ↗ together and

1:07:19 ↗ um we're going to talk about this in

1:07:21 ↗ ways that that whole committee can help

1:07:24 ↗ um and represent in the department

1:07:26 ↗ the other piece to that is that we have

1:07:30 ↗ an all City meeting tomorrow and I have

1:07:33 ↗ a space on the agenda to talk about

1:07:34 ↗ where we're at with equity and I'm going

1:07:36 ↗ to talk about the framework and so we

1:07:38 ↗ started with the manager SLT group

1:07:41 ↗ because you know for a good reason

1:07:45 ↗ um that you know that culture change

1:07:48 ↗ happens you know often it can go both

1:07:51 ↗ ways but often we need that senior

1:07:53 ↗ leadership management buy-in in all of

1:07:56 ↗ this we need the equity committee to be

1:07:59 ↗ helping and we also need the everybody

1:08:02 ↗ in the city all city so I want to

1:08:04 ↗ mention that because this is not just

1:08:06 ↗ that group an identified a project and

1:08:08 ↗ check off but if we're really gonna move

1:08:12 ↗ culture change it's all of us at

1:08:15 ↗ different you know spaces to do that and

1:08:18 ↗ so I want you to know that that is not

1:08:21 ↗ just in a silo what's happening with

1:08:24 ↗ that group but that we're making it you

1:08:26 ↗ know All City and then

1:08:29 ↗ um really you know tasking our our

1:08:31 ↗ committee to help as well so that for

1:08:35 ↗ what that's worth I think it's important

1:08:37 ↗ to them that that's a piece of this too

1:08:45 ↗ because I thought one of the documents

1:08:48 ↗ there was a date on the questionnaire

1:08:50 ↗ where I think there's a date of 2025 to

1:08:54 ↗ get

1:08:55 ↗ either the feedback in place so I I

1:08:57 ↗ often question goals that don't have an

1:09:00 ↗ end a Target thing to complete so if we

1:09:04 ↗ keep it open-ended it might extend it to

1:09:06 ↗ a period of time that we don't

1:09:07 ↗ accomplish it so if that questionnaire I

1:09:10 ↗ thought I saw 2025 so that I could

1:09:12 ↗ narrow down a strategy to a time frame

1:09:15 ↗ it was 23 and 24.

1:09:19 ↗ um I I hear your point though

1:09:22 ↗ um you know I'll be honest with you you

1:09:25 ↗ know this is the first time anybody's

1:09:26 ↗ even you know

1:09:28 ↗ or asking them to document any goals for

1:09:31 ↗ any you know particular thing in a

1:09:34 ↗ formalized way city-wide that everyone

1:09:36 ↗ has that so the form and the goals and

1:09:39 ↗ writing it down

1:09:41 ↗ um where those are happening you know we

1:09:43 ↗ don't have a universal way in which

1:09:46 ↗ everyone identifies goals and uh then

1:09:49 ↗ has a benchmark for when to achieve

1:09:51 ↗ those so you know the introduction of

1:09:54 ↗ that form was really Broad and that

1:09:58 ↗ we're going to be coming back out

1:09:59 ↗ because another project that we're just

1:10:01 ↗ even doing in the city is we manage

1:10:04 ↗ performance a little different with a

1:10:06 ↗ check-in model and not your traditional

1:10:08 ↗ performance review and we're realizing

1:10:11 ↗ it was a little too wild wild west you

1:10:14 ↗ know we do still believe that

1:10:17 ↗ um you know there's nothing timely about

1:10:19 ↗ an annual performance review and in the

1:10:21 ↗ spot feedback is very important and so

1:10:24 ↗ you know we have this check-in and

1:10:26 ↗ feedback model but we went from an

1:10:29 ↗ entirely traditional performance review

1:10:31 ↗ to nothing and now we need to bring it

1:10:35 ↗ back a little bit and and set goals so

1:10:38 ↗ that introduction of that form was to

1:10:40 ↗ kind of Bring It Back and introduce it

1:10:43 ↗ for all things and we we added Equity to

1:10:47 ↗ it so that when you are talking about

1:10:49 ↗ all of your goals this should also be a

1:10:53 ↗ part of your personal commitment to the

1:10:54 ↗ conversation so I hope that clarifies a

1:10:57 ↗ little bit that form is very new to

1:10:59 ↗ everybody

1:11:01 ↗ um so not something that we're used to

1:11:03 ↗ seeing year after year

1:11:05 ↗ um to hit

1:11:20 ↗ Kelly I just want to say I've been part

1:11:23 ↗ of systems change three two times and

1:11:29 ↗ um you guys have it

1:11:32 ↗ set out so clearly right I mean I'm sure

1:11:37 ↗ three three years from now you're gonna

1:11:38 ↗ say no it was a disaster

1:11:41 ↗ but that's what you do right but from my

1:11:44 ↗ perspective who's gone through Equity

1:11:47 ↗ implementation and two systems you guys

1:11:50 ↗ I I the idea that everybody has the

1:11:54 ↗ leadership is participating at the front

1:11:56 ↗ end and the idea that the leadership is

1:11:59 ↗ helping people set goals and it's and

1:12:02 ↗ that also

1:12:04 ↗ staff in general has some say in how

1:12:07 ↗ this goes that doesn't win so that's

1:12:11 ↗ makes me proud of the city

1:12:17 ↗ um I want to respect time I also her

1:12:20 ↗ hear Lorma in terms of you know planning

1:12:22 ↗ out your agendas for you in a way that

1:12:25 ↗ you all maybe think it doesn't work to

1:12:29 ↗ uh what you envisioned for this team and

1:12:32 ↗ so there's probably a space to need to

1:12:35 ↗ have some further conversation there

1:12:39 ↗ um how and when we can probably figure

1:12:43 ↗ that out a little bit

1:12:45 ↗ um regardless

1:12:46 ↗ Dale and I are at work internally to

1:12:49 ↗ advance you know culture change yeah

1:12:53 ↗ about that because that work needs to be

1:12:56 ↗ you know carried forward no matter what

1:12:58 ↗ so

1:13:00 ↗ um know that we will continue to do that

1:13:02 ↗ and then

1:13:03 ↗ um you know if there's a space in time

1:13:05 ↗ that you identify and have a further

1:13:07 ↗ conversation about

1:13:09 ↗ um how we how we parallel and cross

1:13:13 ↗ um you know I'll certainly look to

1:13:14 ↗ Monica and preview and all of you um for

1:13:17 ↗ that direction okay

1:13:20 ↗ thank you thank you thank you thank you

1:13:31 ↗ [Music]

1:13:37 ↗ Gathering his notes and thoughts I would

1:13:39 ↗ like to just jump in to to say a big big

1:13:42 ↗ shout out and the big big thanks for

1:13:45 ↗ single-handedly organizing a whole five

1:13:48 ↗ month event I just cannot say thanks for

1:13:51 ↗ all your work very great so thank you so

1:13:53 ↗ much and I know we also have online our

1:13:55 ↗ kingdom services coordinator Hannah

1:13:57 ↗ Roberts I know that she has Linda uh

1:14:00 ↗ hello hi everyone hey Dale hey Stephanie

1:14:04 ↗ supporting with all those things for

1:14:06 ↗ pride month well thank you to both of

1:14:08 ↗ you oh thank you

1:14:10 ↗ um thank you for supporting us Marcus so

1:14:12 ↗ just to lighten things up there's so

1:14:14 ↗ much going on in June did you ever look

1:14:16 ↗ at the calendar oh yes and and

1:14:18 ↗ graduation and that's the big thing

1:14:21 ↗ right everybody there's kids who might

1:14:22 ↗ be graduating

1:14:24 ↗ um Father's Day there's uh there's um

1:14:30 ↗ from a DVI perspective civil awareness

1:14:33 ↗ yeah yeah but so like today June 7th is

1:14:37 ↗ global running day and National

1:14:39 ↗ chocolate ice cream day and VCR day who

1:14:43 ↗ uses VCR

1:14:46 ↗ they're coming back the youth are

1:14:49 ↗ bringing them back yes they are yes it's

1:14:52 ↗ a thing now they're like out hunting for

1:14:53 ↗ VCRs and VHS records yes that's right

1:14:57 ↗ they're bringing it back so um Anna

1:15:00 ↗ thank you for being here I'm sorry I

1:15:02 ↗ keep looking at your face button I

1:15:03 ↗ should look at this because she's been

1:15:05 ↗ helping us coordinate so

1:15:07 ↗ um I just want to share some highlights

1:15:08 ↗ of this uh event that we've been playing

1:15:10 ↗ for happy pride month everybody by the

1:15:13 ↗ way it's a big event for the lgbtq

1:15:15 ↗ community this whole month it's just a

1:15:17 ↗ way to celebrate so on Thursday June

1:15:20 ↗ 22nd from 6 to 7 30 p.m

1:15:25 ↗ um we are going to have a virtual event

1:15:26 ↗ we're going to try to copy the same

1:15:28 ↗ thing that we did last year but we're

1:15:29 ↗ maturing on how we do it last year

1:15:31 ↗ versus how we did it this year because

1:15:32 ↗ we had a little more time virtual

1:15:34 ↗ virtual interesting okay yes so you can

1:15:37 ↗ log in online the mayor was kind of in

1:15:39 ↗ Monica and Hannah was kind of network

1:15:40 ↗ kind enough to put it in the last

1:15:42 ↗ distribution email to show it so you can

1:15:45 ↗ you can look in your emails and see that

1:15:48 ↗ there's an appointment there's a link

1:15:49 ↗ there that you can join the event I'm

1:15:51 ↗ hoping everybody around every portion

1:15:52 ↗ you can join and listen in so it's taken

1:15:55 ↗ some time um last year we had we had a

1:15:57 ↗ good event last year but I think just

1:15:58 ↗ tea after this year we had a little bit

1:16:00 ↗ more time to plan

1:16:01 ↗ so a couple things

1:16:03 ↗ um I will access the facilitator but we

1:16:06 ↗ have some great leaders across different

1:16:09 ↗ organizations Lambert house there's a

1:16:11 ↗ gentleman by the name of Brandon Knox

1:16:13 ↗ Lambert house if you're not aware

1:16:14 ↗ there's an organization in Seattle that

1:16:17 ↗ targets um how to support the youth

1:16:19 ↗ lgbtq community and so Lambert is a

1:16:22 ↗ director there with involved in that

1:16:25 ↗ release and the second gentleman

1:16:27 ↗ um Jen Pride yeah his name is Mitch

1:16:29 ↗ Hunter so he serves the senior

1:16:31 ↗ population of the lgbtq community so

1:16:34 ↗ having those two are in their

1:16:35 ↗ perspectives doing the conversation is

1:16:37 ↗ fantastic and I have to pause and we

1:16:40 ↗ were challenged to identify it what was

1:16:43 ↗ really important to me in this

1:16:44 ↗ discussion we had it last year but I

1:16:46 ↗ don't think it was as robust as I'd like

1:16:48 ↗ it to be is to have is listen to the

1:16:51 ↗ voice of the youth in the lgbtq

1:16:53 ↗ community and this year we have two and

1:16:56 ↗ we even have a backup and thanks to your

1:16:58 ↗ connection to Shannon that's how I was

1:17:00 ↗ able to get them so thank you Laura and

1:17:03 ↗ next door at the garage we have two

1:17:06 ↗ students who are going to be joining us

1:17:07 ↗ Jackie bean and Logan Burbank and they

1:17:10 ↗ had what is called Saga the sexual and

1:17:14 ↗ general gender Alliance Club at Issaquah

1:17:17 ↗ High School so they're going to be on

1:17:19 ↗ the panel too so in addition to me

1:17:21 ↗ hosting it there's going to be four

1:17:22 ↗ individuals there so gentlemen from gen

1:17:24 ↗ Pride a gentleman from Brent from

1:17:27 ↗ Lambert house and her two students from

1:17:29 ↗ Michigan High School

1:17:30 ↗ it was really important

1:17:32 ↗ to get their perspectives on this and so

1:17:34 ↗ what we've been doing the past couple

1:17:36 ↗ weeks is me formulating an agenda

1:17:39 ↗ getting their feedback on the content to

1:17:41 ↗ really stimulate a robust conversation

1:17:44 ↗ that will keep the interest of anybody

1:17:46 ↗ who's online

1:17:48 ↗ um and if you think about what's going

1:17:50 ↗ on with the lgbtq community it's it's

1:17:54 ↗ it's been a challenging year

1:17:56 ↗ um with all the things that are going on

1:17:58 ↗ with the aggressions that have been

1:18:01 ↗ going on with the bullying and and the

1:18:04 ↗ shootings that are happening with clubs

1:18:06 ↗ so I've Incorporated that into the

1:18:10 ↗ conversation but will really act as a

1:18:12 ↗ facilitator because I want to hear them

1:18:15 ↗ um and their perspectives on things

1:18:16 ↗ particularly the students I think I

1:18:19 ↗ think I I really like to hear from them

1:18:21 ↗ so we've had a couple meetings thank you

1:18:22 ↗ again if we're coordinating

1:18:24 ↗ um we're finalizing the agenda but I

1:18:27 ↗ think we're going to land on something

1:18:28 ↗ next week but I just want to touch on a

1:18:29 ↗ few things so we have three topics that

1:18:32 ↗ we're going to touch on so topic number

1:18:35 ↗ one after introductions is current

1:18:38 ↗ events impacting the lgbtq community

1:18:43 ↗ Nationwide but also if there's anything

1:18:45 ↗ that's happening locally I'd like the

1:18:47 ↗ the folks in the Seattle area and also

1:18:49 ↗ the Israel area to share that with us

1:18:50 ↗ because I think it's important uh

1:18:53 ↗ like a really interesting topic in the

1:18:55 ↗ past this really resonated with me Pride

1:18:57 ↗ my businesses jumped on it and and used

1:19:00 ↗ it as a means of marketing whether that

1:19:03 ↗ be Target or Macy's or whomever but this

1:19:06 ↗ year it's been challenging for them

1:19:07 ↗ because of the backlash has been going

1:19:08 ↗ on so they don't typically get the

1:19:10 ↗ support that they usually use just

1:19:11 ↗ because of what's going on in our nation

1:19:15 ↗ and obviously the violence that's going

1:19:16 ↗ on

1:19:18 ↗ um and just a little step to give you at

1:19:20 ↗ the start of 2023 legislation sessions

1:19:22 ↗ politicians across the country

1:19:24 ↗ introduced

1:19:26 ↗ 124 bills restricting lgbtq at some

1:19:30 ↗ level so if you try to operationalize

1:19:33 ↗ that and how

1:19:35 ↗ the youth live their day-to-day lives or

1:19:37 ↗ same-sex couples like myself with David

1:19:39 ↗ lives you really have to take your

1:19:41 ↗ perspective on

1:19:42 ↗ what's going on and how it's impacting

1:19:45 ↗ you locally and that's impacted you in

1:19:48 ↗ your own household so that's that's

1:19:50 ↗ something we're going to touch on about

1:19:52 ↗ that stimulates conversation and then

1:19:53 ↗ the pandemic

1:19:55 ↗ um I think was a good topic on did it I

1:19:58 ↗ like let's not limit this to lgbtq it's

1:20:01 ↗ any any

1:20:02 ↗ um demographic that may have been

1:20:04 ↗ impacted by what happened the past

1:20:06 ↗ couple years good and bad to service

1:20:08 ↗ that in the discussion so I thought

1:20:09 ↗ those were really good talking points

1:20:11 ↗ and um for in the process of finalizing

1:20:14 ↗ that agenda basically topics but again

1:20:16 ↗ it's just me facilitating and having

1:20:18 ↗ them provide their their perspective on

1:20:21 ↗ on these things so every year we seem to

1:20:25 ↗ get better

1:20:26 ↗ um hopefully it'll it'll get some good

1:20:29 ↗ Island and then we also to allow for

1:20:31 ↗ input from attendees will also have a

1:20:34 ↗ poll and I hope you can help with that

1:20:36 ↗ but you can just shoot out there because

1:20:38 ↗ if you've ever participated in an online

1:20:41 ↗ events

1:20:43 ↗ one way to Corner the interests of the

1:20:45 ↗ folks who are attending online is just

1:20:46 ↗ asking a question it'll stimulate some

1:20:49 ↗ good conversation and allow me to

1:20:50 ↗ facilitate it better based on the

1:20:52 ↗ percentages that we're getting info so

1:20:54 ↗ foreign

1:21:12 ↗ any questions on any of that from anyone

1:21:15 ↗ right yeah um you mentioned businesses

1:21:18 ↗ and I'm sorry I came back in late so

1:21:20 ↗ yeah

1:21:21 ↗ um

1:21:21 ↗ it's maybe too late for this year of

1:21:24 ↗ course but are you looking at certain

1:21:26 ↗ businesses for next year

1:21:30 ↗ that's a really good question I think I

1:21:32 ↗ think they reacted to it so let me let

1:21:35 ↗ me just pull that one business as an

1:21:36 ↗ example which is Target we have a Target

1:21:38 ↗ here right

1:21:40 ↗ um they've had they used the opportunity

1:21:43 ↗ for pride month June to put um

1:21:47 ↗ uh things front and center whether it be

1:21:49 ↗ a rainbow flag or or just outerwear that

1:21:52 ↗ you can wear and then they had to yank

1:21:54 ↗ that back a little bit because it's been

1:21:56 ↗ put they got from legislation right I

1:21:58 ↗ have to say it's not happening in

1:21:59 ↗ Washington state it's happening in other

1:22:01 ↗ regions of the country but they've had

1:22:03 ↗ to reassess their business strategies

1:22:05 ↗ just because of what's happening in

1:22:06 ↗ legislation and um so it's just one of

1:22:09 ↗ those things that we have to acknowledge

1:22:10 ↗ that it might not be happening to us

1:22:12 ↗ here locally but you think about the

1:22:13 ↗ lgbtq who's living in a different part

1:22:15 ↗ of the country that no longer has access

1:22:17 ↗ to those things that they may have had

1:22:19 ↗ here before yeah well forgive me for not

1:22:21 ↗ mentioning this earlier but um my wife

1:22:25 ↗ works for T-Mobile headquarters in

1:22:27 ↗ Factoria and they are really really into

1:22:30 ↗ social issues social change equity and

1:22:34 ↗ inclusion and pride is a huge one for

1:22:36 ↗ them I know that there's an they always

1:22:39 ↗ have leftover gear like t-shirts and

1:22:42 ↗ things like that every year

1:22:44 ↗ um I'd be more than happy to connect you

1:22:46 ↗ with my wife who's has kind of the year

1:22:48 ↗ of a few VPS it had to be at T-Mobile so

1:22:51 ↗ that maybe if they want to maybe sponsor

1:22:53 ↗ or get gear or something like that I'm

1:22:56 ↗ so sorry Ray I didn't think about this

1:22:58 ↗ earlier oh no no no no it's just good

1:23:00 ↗ conversation and good things to share um

1:23:02 ↗ we all may work for organizations that

1:23:05 ↗ are sensitive to this topic and I have

1:23:07 ↗ one that I work for that I think it

1:23:09 ↗ really has the ear of the LGBT community

1:23:11 ↗ but it depends on their business

1:23:13 ↗ strategy and it impacts them a certain

1:23:15 ↗ way they might they might they might

1:23:17 ↗ change things around and so we want

1:23:21 ↗ people to be aware that businesses do do

1:23:23 ↗ that they put the needs of their um

1:23:26 ↗ their uh whether it be their employees

1:23:28 ↗ or their population assigned just to

1:23:30 ↗ grow their business model and that's

1:23:31 ↗ called the time to have the best

1:23:32 ↗ approach exactly that's been sensitive

1:23:35 ↗ to it

1:23:37 ↗ yes thank you Anna is there anything

1:23:39 ↗ that I missed and thank you always for

1:23:41 ↗ facilitating our meetings

1:23:44 ↗ getting things together yeah

1:23:46 ↗ um I guess the only anything that was

1:23:48 ↗ missed was I mean really Ray it deserves

1:23:51 ↗ a huge shout out he's done such a great

1:23:52 ↗ job facilitating this

1:23:57 ↗ um I think it's going to be a great

1:23:57 ↗ event I hope you all can join

1:24:00 ↗ um and then the other thing I'm just

1:24:01 ↗ gonna add right is that we're going to

1:24:03 ↗ be pushing some promotion

1:24:05 ↗ um and so we're working with our

1:24:06 ↗ Communications team to

1:24:08 ↗ um provide like a flyer I know it's on

1:24:10 ↗ social media right now um but um the

1:24:12 ↗ only thing I can ask this group is to

1:24:14 ↗ help kind of spread the word and invite

1:24:16 ↗ people

1:24:17 ↗ um in your circles to to join us

1:24:19 ↗ virtually I think it will be a great

1:24:21 ↗ opportunity

1:24:23 ↗ one piggyback item one of the topics

1:24:26 ↗ that I didn't throw it out there is what

1:24:28 ↗ exists in most

1:24:30 ↗ um communities is this this I call a

1:24:33 ↗ generational disconnect so depending on

1:24:36 ↗ which era you were born in whether it be

1:24:39 ↗ your baby woman because you were born

1:24:40 ↗ between 1946 and at 64 if you're a Gen X

1:24:43 ↗ you were born between 1965 and 1980 if

1:24:47 ↗ you're a millennial you're considered

1:24:48 ↗ you were born in 1981 to 96 and that's

1:24:51 ↗ that's going to be an interesting

1:24:52 ↗ conversation because some of us in the

1:24:55 ↗ lgbtv committee and I'd be one of them

1:24:57 ↗ you think everything's okay but you ask

1:25:00 ↗ a high schooler and things are not okay

1:25:01 ↗ so it's secure even the the disconnect

1:25:05 ↗ within your own demography that that you

1:25:09 ↗ have to really investigate in each sense

1:25:11 ↗ that you're about you can't be relaxed

1:25:12 ↗ about things because you think you're

1:25:13 ↗ comfortable when you have to listen to

1:25:14 ↗ that advice

1:25:16 ↗ within your own demography where every

1:25:18 ↗ every generation has different ideas and

1:25:21 ↗ needs and wants and vision right so like

1:25:26 ↗ if our vision has been

1:25:28 ↗ met then we think everything's fine but

1:25:30 ↗ my vision is not your vision no and so

1:25:33 ↗ forth I understand our children that's

1:25:36 ↗ their perspective on what's going on

1:25:37 ↗ acknowledge that talk about it yeah

1:25:41 ↗ that's great so Ray and Anna thank you

1:25:44 ↗ so much for organizing this it's already

1:25:46 ↗ on my calendar so I'm finding that uh

1:25:49 ↗ Zoom Japan or teams in if is that what

1:25:51 ↗ it is and um just let us know if there's

1:25:54 ↗ any investment of helping me Beyond

1:25:56 ↗ pushing Ash the messages

1:26:01 ↗ set up for our next topic is Juneteenth

1:26:04 ↗ without a lot update let me look at did

1:26:06 ↗ you have anything you wanted yeah I

1:26:08 ↗ think in the similar question I just

1:26:09 ↗ again wanted to thank so much the the

1:26:12 ↗ committee that worked on the giantini

1:26:14 ↗ band from Lorna to Tony to Shea big big

1:26:19 ↗ thanks much much appreciated I know we

1:26:22 ↗ had

1:26:23 ↗ um also a Lorna's co-worker Sharon

1:26:26 ↗ joined from the school district we also

1:26:29 ↗ have on standby and they were available

1:26:31 ↗ our friends and partners from the Baja

1:26:34 ↗ so Issaquah they are ready to promote

1:26:36 ↗ the event

1:26:37 ↗ um so um and of course Hannah Roberts

1:26:40 ↗ again our human services coordinator is

1:26:42 ↗ is doing a lot of prep in the

1:26:45 ↗ backgrounds for sure so thank you just

1:26:48 ↗ wanted to say thank you yeah

1:26:52 ↗ all right here's an update for everyone

1:26:54 ↗ Hannah thank you so much for this is

1:26:57 ↗ this update I'm about to give is like

1:26:59 ↗ immensely appreciated by you can

1:27:01 ↗ coordinating everything and putting

1:27:03 ↗ everything together so thank you so over

1:27:06 ↗ the course of a month the equity board

1:27:07 ↗ members have been really meeting

1:27:09 ↗ together as Monica said to kind of plan

1:27:12 ↗ out this June teams with that it's one

1:27:13 ↗ of those things that we've been doing I

1:27:15 ↗ think this will be our third is that

1:27:17 ↗ right Monica said yes the first one was

1:27:19 ↗ virtual last year was

1:27:21 ↗ um in person and then this one will be

1:27:24 ↗ in person as well so we're really

1:27:25 ↗ excited about this event

1:27:26 ↗ um so of course what we want to do is

1:27:28 ↗ have a celebration event we want to

1:27:30 ↗ celebrate the the Beauty and the

1:27:32 ↗ pageantry and the Excellence of

1:27:34 ↗ Juneteenth as an American holiday right

1:27:37 ↗ so it's not just about you know

1:27:39 ↗ um

1:27:40 ↗ the the think about it from Aid

1:27:43 ↗ um I guess the standpoint of you know

1:27:46 ↗ from a slavery aspect and how bad it was

1:27:50 ↗ but a celebration for all of us

1:27:52 ↗ Americans to say hey we are now all free

1:27:56 ↗ um so each the members in this community

1:27:58 ↗ that you know have developed a student a

1:28:01 ↗ bit and we also we noted that it's

1:28:02 ↗ important to celebrate Juneteenth like I

1:28:04 ↗ actually said but on the on June 19th so

1:28:06 ↗ actually on the actual day and of course

1:28:09 ↗ for it to be celebrated celebratory and

1:28:11 ↗ to have read as a significant color

1:28:14 ↗ um to you know celebrate Juneteenth and

1:28:17 ↗ of course that symbol symbolizes the

1:28:19 ↗ Bloodshed of enslaved Americans or

1:28:21 ↗ enslaved ancestors but to also like I

1:28:24 ↗ said we wanted to be a celebration as

1:28:27 ↗ well as a recognition so there were many

1:28:29 ↗ great ideas and Connections in the

1:28:31 ↗ community and that included

1:28:33 ↗ many things that are on the agenda so

1:28:35 ↗ while it's taken a while for us to

1:28:37 ↗ solidify what we want to do for

1:28:39 ↗ Juneteenth uh I think we're getting

1:28:41 ↗ there and so we have confirmed some

1:28:44 ↗ great representation for the event so it

1:28:46 ↗ includes a black owned food truck that

1:28:48 ↗ would be servicing uh smoker that will

1:28:50 ↗ be serving Smokehouse Barbecue who

1:28:52 ↗ doesn't love barbecue grass barbecue

1:28:55 ↗ um so Mandy Brown from last year's June

1:28:57 ↗ team event

1:28:58 ↗ um uh and the current Human Services

1:29:00 ↗ commissioner will be displaying his wood

1:29:03 ↗ work art pieces for the event and

1:29:06 ↗ students from Gibson elk High School

1:29:08 ↗ performances who are very excited and

1:29:11 ↗ honored to be to be asked to participate

1:29:13 ↗ in this year's City Event so once much

1:29:17 ↗ like last year the mayor will be giving

1:29:19 ↗ opening remarks so she'll be in

1:29:21 ↗ attendance to get those opening remarks

1:29:23 ↗ and we're also looking forward to have

1:29:25 ↗ the Northwest tap connections uh top

1:29:28 ↗ connections as a race and social justice

1:29:30 ↗ oriented Studio connecting dance of Ross

1:29:33 ↗ communities so this town is a group

1:29:36 ↗ not only performance but also provides a

1:29:38 ↗ cultural education which I think is very

1:29:40 ↗ important to our community so we wanted

1:29:43 ↗ a kind of theme of Juneteenth being

1:29:45 ↗ celebration education and Community all

1:29:49 ↗ involved in into one event

1:29:51 ↗ so the group I'm talking about is led by

1:29:53 ↗ Mrs Melba who is uh Melba Crestfield uh

1:29:57 ↗ we're just individual he's a former

1:29:59 ↗ police officer and focuses heavily on

1:30:01 ↗ cultural identity and connecting with

1:30:03 ↗ people of color and their police force

1:30:06 ↗ she runs the gulag kichi Heritage

1:30:09 ↗ Festival for the city of Seattle and she

1:30:11 ↗ is originally from Covington Louisiana

1:30:13 ↗ and teaches on the Emancipation poll

1:30:16 ↗ so all right they're number one this is

1:30:19 ↗ a number one cultural Educators for

1:30:21 ↗ biopic communities and the city of

1:30:23 ↗ Seattle so to say the least we are

1:30:25 ↗ thrilled to have this connection and big

1:30:27 ↗ thanks to Shea thank you shay

1:30:30 ↗ um she will be uh this individual will

1:30:32 ↗ be doing a storytelling about Juneteenth

1:30:35 ↗ in the Emancipation poll demonstration

1:30:37 ↗ and performance so

1:30:39 ↗ once again as far as us in the equity

1:30:41 ↗ board I hope that all of us who are have

1:30:43 ↗ been able to attend can actually attend

1:30:45 ↗ uh this event but we wanted to make this

1:30:47 ↗ a family-friendly and Lively event you

1:30:50 ↗ know it's all about celebration

1:30:52 ↗ celebration celebration and some

1:30:54 ↗ education of course as well so family

1:30:56 ↗ friendly Lively fun event it's those

1:30:59 ↗ going to be some music and there's going

1:31:01 ↗ to be a playlist a family reunion that

1:31:03 ↗ will have popular barbecue sounds that

1:31:06 ↗ many know and can dance to because how

1:31:08 ↗ am I celebrate right we want to dance

1:31:10 ↗ want to have fun and so I love these

1:31:12 ↗ community events like this because I

1:31:14 ↗ think that they not only will give a I

1:31:17 ↗ guess maybe some Community involvement

1:31:19 ↗ with the equity board so they can learn

1:31:21 ↗ more about who we are and what we do but

1:31:24 ↗ for all of us to really embrace the

1:31:27 ↗ community and Community Embrace what

1:31:29 ↗ we're doing and get to meet us as well

1:31:31 ↗ um so at any rate

1:31:33 ↗ um

1:31:34 ↗ so there'll be free Big Red soda drinks

1:31:37 ↗ red table clothes and light activities

1:31:40 ↗ for children like chalk and Bubbles we

1:31:42 ↗ were you know family friendly event

1:31:43 ↗ celebrating having fun right yeah all

1:31:46 ↗ right so now that the event and

1:31:47 ↗ performances have been confirmed our

1:31:49 ↗ next focus is spreading the word about

1:31:52 ↗ the event through social media flyers

1:31:54 ↗ and more so if you have any connections

1:31:57 ↗ on next door or Facebook at work your

1:32:01 ↗ friends and family your co-workers hey

1:32:03 ↗ and do you have a friend at your

1:32:06 ↗ favorite grocery store and buy them

1:32:08 ↗ along and say hey this is what's going

1:32:09 ↗ on in June 19th

1:32:11 ↗ um so members from the Baja as Monica

1:32:13 ↗ said have offered to pass all Flyers at

1:32:15 ↗ the market and to local businesses so we

1:32:17 ↗ hope you everyone today I couldn't board

1:32:19 ↗ you and your families if you can attend

1:32:21 ↗ that'd be great

1:32:23 ↗ um and if there's interest in more

1:32:25 ↗ involvement please contact myself Monica

1:32:28 ↗ Shea morning we'd love to help you be

1:32:32 ↗ involved in any way shape or form so I

1:32:35 ↗ want to give you a little bit of a

1:32:37 ↗ preview about

1:32:38 ↗ um

1:32:39 ↗ who's going to be involved in the

1:32:42 ↗ performances I mentioned the choir so

1:32:43 ↗ Chase Church uh or there might be a

1:32:47 ↗ connection where there's the connection

1:32:48 ↗ I have of Seattle choir that may be a

1:32:51 ↗ possibility where where I would

1:32:52 ↗ personally like to see is a lot of

1:32:54 ↗ people don't know about what we we in

1:32:57 ↗ the black community called The Negro

1:32:58 ↗ national anthem and it was a national

1:33:00 ↗ anthem that was created because

1:33:03 ↗ he didn't have a citizenry we we needed

1:33:06 ↗ a national anthem so it's called lift

1:33:08 ↗ every voice and sing and it's beautiful

1:33:09 ↗ words that I think everyone needs to

1:33:12 ↗ hear and understand because I I would

1:33:15 ↗ love to see us as a American society

1:33:18 ↗ sorry United States Society to

1:33:21 ↗ understand where we come from where we

1:33:25 ↗ need to go and what that song is all

1:33:27 ↗ about and why it has to why it has to

1:33:29 ↗ exist

1:33:30 ↗ um but anyway I talked about the Gibson

1:33:33 ↗ High School students uh the Northwest

1:33:35 ↗ tap connection I talked about that so we

1:33:38 ↗ talked about Manny Brown chalk Bubbles

1:33:40 ↗ and for kids big soda drinks so we've

1:33:43 ↗ got a pretty packed agenda and I will be

1:33:47 ↗ emceeing that as well but I would love

1:33:50 ↗ love love to have

1:33:53 ↗ um

1:33:54 ↗ to see I will be there absolutely sure

1:33:57 ↗ it's out there right yes in the long yep

1:34:02 ↗ weather permitting if something happens

1:34:04 ↗ with the the weather will move inside so

1:34:07 ↗ we have about the lawn and Pregnancy

1:34:09 ↗ Center

1:34:15 ↗ um

1:34:16 ↗ so at 2 30 we're planning to this is a

1:34:18 ↗ draft right now 2 30 to 4 30 we planted

1:34:20 ↗ for setup so even if you want to help

1:34:22 ↗ set up that would be fantastic we just

1:34:24 ↗ want to help set up anything that you

1:34:26 ↗ can do I don't think we were able to get

1:34:29 ↗ any kids to organize performances and

1:34:31 ↗ such for this final tweak is next week

1:34:33 ↗ and everyone is very very stressed out

1:34:37 ↗ with that however I do see kids showing

1:34:39 ↗ up on the 20th of to celebrate as they

1:34:43 ↗ did four years ago and we added at the

1:34:46 ↗ community center and found really helped

1:34:48 ↗ also so I think it was just the timing

1:34:51 ↗ yeah and planning right now because a

1:34:54 ↗ lot of the kids in the care Club are now

1:34:56 ↗ seniors the ones who are the most active

1:34:59 ↗ and so it makes it a little bit

1:35:00 ↗ difficult

1:35:08 ↗ questions

1:35:09 ↗ comments

1:35:14 ↗ I was going to say email me a flyer

1:35:16 ↗ hopefully it's a postcard that we've

1:35:18 ↗ been printed and then we can just clip

1:35:19 ↗ and put on our social uh calendar yeah

1:35:23 ↗ but you know I don't want to have to

1:35:25 ↗ make my own flyer

1:35:28 ↗ so I had a question about that

1:35:31 ↗ um so do you have already preset uh

1:35:35 ↗ social media you know how you can create

1:35:38 ↗ the little

1:35:39 ↗ I'm not sure if that the ones that are

1:35:41 ↗ designed no no not the QRS but you know

1:35:43 ↗ how like it's already preset to go for

1:35:46 ↗ Instagram or to be for Facebook

1:35:49 ↗ yeah like are those canvas already made

1:35:51 ↗ I don't know so the community uh the

1:35:54 ↗ communications team is working on it now

1:35:56 ↗ or they have finalized it Hannah do you

1:35:58 ↗ have update on that

1:36:00 ↗ um yeah so their uh Communications team

1:36:03 ↗ is really working again we this has been

1:36:05 ↗ um we've been it's just taken a while so

1:36:07 ↗ we finally have really finalized this

1:36:10 ↗ event

1:36:11 ↗ um pretty much yesterday or today

1:36:13 ↗ um and so communication does have all

1:36:15 ↗ the final information

1:36:16 ↗ um and then between now and next week

1:36:18 ↗ they should be giving us a flyer

1:36:20 ↗ unfortunately with their timing they

1:36:21 ↗ have some staff out this week so it's

1:36:23 ↗ looking like next week I'll be able to

1:36:24 ↗ pass out the flyer so no communication

1:36:26 ↗ yet you probably have not seen it

1:36:28 ↗ advertised yet because again just as of

1:36:30 ↗ yesterday we finalized actually today we

1:36:32 ↗ have finalized uh promotional

1:36:35 ↗ information about the event so I do

1:36:37 ↗ appreciate your patience obviously not

1:36:39 ↗ ideal but again we're just excited that

1:36:41 ↗ it's coming together

1:36:43 ↗ um and that we're gonna be able to offer

1:36:45 ↗ this to the community

1:36:47 ↗ um so again we will it won't be as much

1:36:49 ↗ time to push and promote

1:36:52 ↗ um but I think you know everybody's

1:36:54 ↗ hands in this and flyers being passed

1:36:56 ↗ out I think we can still make up great

1:36:57 ↗ impact and get a good turnout

1:36:59 ↗ so is it is it acceptable for us to make

1:37:02 ↗ our own canva and send out to our

1:37:04 ↗ support like individuals like me private

1:37:08 ↗ citizen not me yeah if you go back to do

1:37:10 ↗ that's something alongside just putting

1:37:12 ↗ in on the calendar you can absolutely do

1:37:14 ↗ that it's not what's existing and it is

1:37:16 ↗ available online it's on the Juneteenth

1:37:19 ↗ webpage and I'm happy to follow up later

1:37:21 ↗ in the email there is like we have the

1:37:23 ↗ juneteen page under it's a quite

1:37:26 ↗ inclusive created and then the event

1:37:28 ↗ it's um it's noted uh it's a celebration

1:37:32 ↗ team this just doesn't have all the

1:37:34 ↗ details that totally covered yeah but

1:37:36 ↗ it's there and then I'm gonna email you

1:37:38 ↗ a link to that okay

1:37:40 ↗ and then I had um

1:37:43 ↗ a question or I don't know a comment

1:37:48 ↗ um on the page that is sponsored by the

1:37:51 ↗ City of Issaquah for Juneteenth

1:37:55 ↗ um there is a very good explanation as

1:37:58 ↗ to what Juneteenth is for for the

1:38:00 ↗ general population

1:38:03 ↗ um but I would like to see and or

1:38:05 ↗ recommend and you all decide what you

1:38:08 ↗ want to do with this that instead of

1:38:11 ↗ um

1:38:12 ↗ referring to people as slaves that we

1:38:15 ↗ refer to people as enslaved people

1:38:19 ↗ um because it will be saying that yes

1:38:21 ↗ but the website says slaves is what I'm

1:38:24 ↗ pointing out and I would like that

1:38:25 ↗ changed if you all feel like that's an

1:38:27 ↗ appropriate change to be next thank you

1:38:29 ↗ for that

1:38:30 ↗ definitely

1:38:32 ↗ and is there

1:38:36 ↗ for June 10th for the lgbtq event

1:38:39 ↗ because I will I will post yes

1:38:50 ↗ I'll jump in here um again

1:38:54 ↗ um we do not have our Communications

1:38:55 ↗ team we do not have Flyers yet for both

1:38:57 ↗ events we don't quite have those the um

1:39:00 ↗ like Instagram canva pictures that you

1:39:03 ↗ are all talking about for both events

1:39:04 ↗ but they are currently being worked on

1:39:06 ↗ and again the timing it with some of

1:39:09 ↗ them out um I I think early next week

1:39:11 ↗ hopefully Monday I'll have flyers and

1:39:13 ↗ stuff so hang tight but I'll have it all

1:39:15 ↗ ready for next week for all of us to

1:39:17 ↗ push about and and send and

1:39:20 ↗ um we can all streamline that

1:39:22 ↗ can I I may jump in all of you yes there

1:39:25 ↗ isn't

1:39:26 ↗ and my battery just died

1:39:29 ↗ yeah that's how I was going to say the

1:39:32 ↗ information and I just now is the

1:39:33 ↗ communications team just updated that

1:39:35 ↗ information and the information is

1:39:37 ↗ online you just don't see like pictures

1:39:39 ↗ and whatnot so there might be a chance

1:39:42 ↗ that even it's it's virtually

1:39:48 ↗ or if you can't see your skin if you are

1:39:51 ↗ connected I'm not I'm not on teams

1:40:05 ↗ could the lgbtq pride month event and

1:40:08 ↗ Juneteenth

1:40:10 ↗ um

1:40:11 ↗ is it cascaded through city employees

1:40:15 ↗ encouraging their attendance

1:40:19 ↗ um typically we can put yes we we ask

1:40:22 ↗ our Human Resources Director to put the

1:40:25 ↗ information to the

1:40:27 ↗ um internal newsletter we call it the

1:40:30 ↗ Quantico that goes out to city employees

1:40:32 ↗ yes so typically we asked to do that to

1:40:35 ↗ have that done and so that can be sent

1:40:37 ↗ to employees

1:40:39 ↗ just just to comment

1:40:41 ↗ um if we think about where we were last

1:40:43 ↗ year and where we are this year for

1:40:45 ↗ preparing for this June events it's been

1:40:47 ↗ quite a great progress so we have to

1:40:50 ↗ give ourselves a Pat in the back and

1:40:52 ↗ that's where we landed this year we

1:40:53 ↗ improve every year

1:40:56 ↗ we're having a new team so I'd also like

1:41:00 ↗ to comment that Juneteenth was the first

1:41:01 ↗ time I ever met the two of you in real

1:41:03 ↗ life and it was oh yes it was very

1:41:06 ↗ exciting and so what we did from last

1:41:09 ↗ year to routine to this year's

1:41:11 ↗ Juneteenth I'm very excited for it and

1:41:14 ↗ the continuation of our work and

1:41:17 ↗ celebration of what we do and what the

1:41:19 ↗ community has been working on in general

1:41:21 ↗ I agree Lorna it feels more like a true

1:41:24 ↗ Festival right like it does a bit yeah

1:41:26 ↗ and I think when we were all talking and

1:41:28 ↗ planning for

1:41:32 ↗ something

1:41:33 ↗ something coming together and celebrate

1:41:35 ↗ what this says right and then um just to

1:41:39 ↗ point out something

1:41:43 ↗ all recall I've been

1:41:45 ↗ uh harping on about having to select the

1:41:48 ↗ language bubble not be at the bottom of

1:41:51 ↗ the page would be at the top it has been

1:41:53 ↗ done so now people when they visit the

1:41:57 ↗ page they can translate it immediately

1:42:00 ↗ as opposed to just logging off so thank

1:42:03 ↗ you to the city for that Monica

1:42:05 ↗ yeah thank you and you're very welcome

1:42:06 ↗ and please keep the comments and the

1:42:08 ↗ input and the suggestions coming because

1:42:10 ↗ again I think from as a city employee

1:42:12 ↗ and now that we are committed to try to

1:42:13 ↗ implement every

1:42:14 ↗ day but it's possible so I'm back online

1:42:17 ↗ with my salary and I would love a minute

1:42:20 ↗ to just share the screen to at least

1:42:22 ↗ show you a visual of what's available

1:42:23 ↗ currently and as Hannah said hang our

1:42:27 ↗ communication team is working

1:42:29 ↗ um as fast as they can to to give us all

1:42:32 ↗ the other information as you met them

1:42:34 ↗ though we have a team of two and they

1:42:36 ↗ are serving the entire city department

1:42:37 ↗ and Juventus today they had three

1:42:40 ↗ meetings with three different requests

1:42:42 ↗ from us so I don't know how they keep up

1:42:43 ↗ and if every Department in the city asks

1:42:46 ↗ the communications team to do just half

1:42:48 ↗ of what we do I don't know

1:42:50 ↗ but um so the the city web page

1:42:54 ↗ this webpage has this inclusive Issaquah

1:42:57 ↗ uh page and on the left hand side we

1:43:00 ↗ have um the main events that and we have

1:43:04 ↗ a web page for each of them so this is

1:43:05 ↗ the one opportunity and I would like to

1:43:08 ↗ also highlight because I also know

1:43:09 ↗ Lindsay was here online from they

1:43:11 ↗ support Highlands uh the Issaquah

1:43:13 ↗ Highland system

1:43:14 ↗ on a global program

1:43:17 ↗ June 16 so that's there when our event

1:43:21 ↗ is here

1:43:22 ↗ um where you can just

1:43:25 ↗ um access the link and it's on the

1:43:27 ↗ city's calendar at this point where I

1:43:29 ↗ see that the communications team did

1:43:31 ↗ update with the most recent information

1:43:33 ↗ from today

1:43:34 ↗ that you just shared but that's what's

1:43:36 ↗ available at this point right

1:43:39 ↗ um

1:43:40 ↗ and so we can share I'm sure that they

1:43:42 ↗ are going to work on the social media

1:43:44 ↗ aspect as soon as

1:43:46 ↗ now and so we can share that with the

1:43:48 ↗ rest of you as

1:43:52 ↗ usual and then the same for Pride man

1:43:56 ↗ we have the information here

1:44:00 ↗ again so typically we try to organize

1:44:02 ↗ the web page where we

1:44:04 ↗ um

1:44:05 ↗ provide some information about what the

1:44:07 ↗ event over the month is right and

1:44:09 ↗ proclamations that the city does local

1:44:13 ↗ events and then Regional events and then

1:44:15 ↗ resources of the problem

1:44:17 ↗ so I can't find information about the

1:44:20 ↗ garages event here and then I'll event

1:44:23 ↗ there as well

1:44:25 ↗ so for now you could share that

1:44:27 ↗ information as you said if you would

1:44:29 ↗ like to create your own and share with

1:44:30 ↗ you you have the information that you

1:44:32 ↗ can copy and

1:44:34 ↗ continue

1:44:41 ↗ something that I

1:44:44 ↗ saw

1:44:46 ↗ look at it today but

1:44:48 ↗ and so so that's when the end and I know

1:44:51 ↗ Hannah's probably taking notes already

1:44:52 ↗ for us to change the language

1:44:54 ↗ translating people which is a very

1:44:57 ↗ very good thank God can you go up here

1:45:04 ↗ we can take this offline this is

1:45:06 ↗ actually an ad that I would actually

1:45:08 ↗ like put in there

1:45:10 ↗ um which is that although

1:45:15 ↗ when Juneteenth occurred

1:45:19 ↗ that enslaved we're still not

1:45:23 ↗ I guess what I'm trying to say is much

1:45:25 ↗ like then as to now there's still work

1:45:27 ↗ to do such as you know um being slave

1:45:31 ↗ were set free on this day but still were

1:45:34 ↗ not Native American citizens until 10

1:45:36 ↗ years later so much like today there's

1:45:39 ↗ still more work to do and we still want

1:45:41 ↗ to celebrate that achievement but we

1:45:44 ↗ still have to keep going so something to

1:45:46 ↗ that of that I'm just not sure what the

1:45:48 ↗ right

1:45:49 ↗ language please yes please as you think

1:45:52 ↗ about it yeah please send it out that's

1:45:54 ↗ very yeah

1:46:00 ↗ and then Monica I'll just add if you

1:46:02 ↗ refresh your page um it should be

1:46:04 ↗ updated

1:46:05 ↗ um at least on my and I've changed uh

1:46:07 ↗ the wording so thank you for the

1:46:08 ↗ recommendation and just like

1:46:11 ↗ um Monica said yeah please please please

1:46:13 ↗ please please Phil feel free to provide

1:46:16 ↗ um edits or recommendations or if you

1:46:18 ↗ see any other events that are not

1:46:20 ↗ included on the website um we want to

1:46:22 ↗ and I'd be a good point of contact

1:46:24 ↗ UM to make those updates communication

1:46:26 ↗ is great but that's something that I can

1:46:27 ↗ help as well so hopefully it's

1:46:30 ↗ refreshing on your end but we'll keep an

1:46:32 ↗ eye on it and make sure that that's

1:46:33 ↗ updated on our website so thank you all

1:46:36 ↗ thank you

1:46:39 ↗ brother and without you and Monica thank

1:46:41 ↗ you so much yeah

1:46:43 ↗ just took a major tune to accomplish and

1:46:47 ↗ I'm excited

1:46:49 ↗ I haven't described a Toni makes it

1:46:50 ↗ super excited continue

1:46:53 ↗ so I want to do a quick time check

1:46:55 ↗ because I know we've got one more kind

1:46:58 ↗ of substantial agenda item is estimated

1:47:02 ↗ to take about 15 minutes over the staff

1:47:04 ↗ report around our upcoming meetings so

1:47:06 ↗ our first able to stay with me until

1:47:08 ↗ that we could change and we could try to

1:47:11 ↗ power through that we can do that or if

1:47:13 ↗ if you can have the option is to

1:47:15 ↗ postpone the agenda item for the next

1:47:17 ↗ month can we get a thumbs up for 815

1:47:22 ↗ okay

1:47:23 ↗ so Shea Christina

1:47:28 ↗ for you

1:47:31 ↗ okay cool okay we'll try to get through

1:47:34 ↗ the other two it's pretty ambitious you

1:47:36 ↗ know

1:47:37 ↗ um so Monica would you like to take off

1:47:39 ↗ the Brooklyn item on recording bias

1:47:45 ↗ switch to back to sum up the pages that

1:47:48 ↗ I had

1:47:51 ↗ okay so Equity board members as you may

1:47:55 ↗ recall at the beginning of the year we

1:47:57 ↗ all work together and from a rather

1:48:01 ↗ longer list of islands that were all

1:48:02 ↗ Equity related and important to this

1:48:04 ↗ sport based on input that we heard from

1:48:06 ↗ the community members we prioritized and

1:48:09 ↗ we chose four to focus on this year

1:48:12 ↗ again based on not that one was more

1:48:15 ↗ important than the other but just based

1:48:17 ↗ on timing knowing that we were busy with

1:48:19 ↗ other things as well so the four items

1:48:21 ↗ identified by the board board for our

1:48:24 ↗ work plan was one exploring bias and

1:48:26 ↗ privilege to through data in City

1:48:29 ↗ departments and that's a longer term

1:48:31 ↗ goal we specifically focused this year

1:48:33 ↗ on working with the police department

1:48:34 ↗ and the data that they gather the second

1:48:37 ↗ item was exploring bias and privilege in

1:48:40 ↗ business customer service and so that

1:48:42 ↗ work would be in collaboration with our

1:48:45 ↗ Economic Development Department as they

1:48:48 ↗ are working with the businesses closely

1:48:50 ↗ the third item identified was reporting

1:48:53 ↗ bias in general and so from the

1:48:57 ↗ community and doing the research on

1:48:58 ↗ what's available what should we do and

1:49:01 ↗ the fourth item was Community

1:49:02 ↗ conversations cultural conversations I

1:49:04 ↗ know already has been working for

1:49:05 ↗ example for pride month right so today

1:49:08 ↗ we um

1:49:09 ↗ pretty and I want to provide you uh an

1:49:12 ↗ update on where we are with the work on

1:49:14 ↗ reporting bias we started on that we

1:49:16 ↗ created the subcommittee a few months

1:49:18 ↗ ago when I reached out to all of you and

1:49:20 ↗ said who's available to what please sign

1:49:22 ↗ up pretty and Elisa at that time were

1:49:26 ↗ interested in reporting buyers so we

1:49:28 ↗ created a small subcommittee and we

1:49:30 ↗ started working on that and I want to

1:49:33 ↗ um give a big big gratitude and Shout

1:49:35 ↗ out for the work that the Lisa put in

1:49:38 ↗ into into this a lot of research a lot

1:49:42 ↗ of time and effort I know she's no

1:49:44 ↗ longer on the board but I just want to

1:49:45 ↗ acknowledge and thank her a lot of work

1:49:47 ↗ that she put into this

1:49:50 ↗ um

1:49:50 ↗ so for for this item reporting bias the

1:49:53 ↗ identified goal that we all had a few

1:49:56 ↗ months ago was to review the current

1:49:59 ↗ systems in place for reporting hate and

1:50:01 ↗ bias and identify mechanisms for how

1:50:05 ↗ residents can best do that report any

1:50:08 ↗ incidents of hate and bias that they

1:50:10 ↗ experience and how can they reach out to

1:50:13 ↗ you as the board right and so we wanted

1:50:15 ↗ to evaluate options for next steps once

1:50:18 ↗ incidents are reported and then we can

1:50:20 ↗ make recommendations to the mayor's

1:50:21 ↗ office as an applicable

1:50:24 ↗ um and so

1:50:26 ↗ um with that we estimated at that time

1:50:29 ↗ that that it will take about four months

1:50:31 ↗ to to work on this I think from now as

1:50:33 ↗ we learned it's gonna take a little bit

1:50:34 ↗ longer but uh I'm gonna hand it over to

1:50:37 ↗ pretty to provide you an update on what

1:50:39 ↗ we did and where we are at this point

1:50:42 ↗ yes and I want to reiterate Elisa did so

1:50:47 ↗ much about on this and so we don't have

1:50:49 ↗ a proposal document quite ready for you

1:50:52 ↗ all yet but um we've been working

1:50:54 ↗ through kind of how do we Define racial

1:50:56 ↗ bias uh how do we describe the need and

1:51:00 ↗ so that's some of the the contests these

1:51:03 ↗ days around how there's been more like

1:51:05 ↗ anecdotally I would say we we know

1:51:07 ↗ there's more incidents of any happening

1:51:10 ↗ I think there's some national level

1:51:12 ↗ organizations that are collecting this

1:51:14 ↗ data and sharing an increase and so uh

1:51:18 ↗ part of what's moving motivating this is

1:51:20 ↗ understanding to what extent are people

1:51:22 ↗ experiencing that I think the supply and

1:51:25 ↗ so we did some research to figure out so

1:51:29 ↗ how how incidences of hate and bias are

1:51:33 ↗ talked nationally who's doing that kind

1:51:35 ↗ of book locally like uh community-based

1:51:38 ↗ organizations or local cities County and

1:51:42 ↗ kind of figuring out what that means for

1:51:46 ↗ this at law so we know that there are

1:51:49 ↗ you know some cities do some sort of

1:51:51 ↗ tracking but it's usually through the

1:51:54 ↗ police department and so when issues

1:51:56 ↗ like bag get reported they're of a

1:51:59 ↗ certain

1:52:00 ↗ severity or intensity yeah and so

1:52:03 ↗ there's probably lower level things that

1:52:05 ↗ do not get reported to the police and

1:52:07 ↗ how do we understand that there's um for

1:52:10 ↗ example the county has a committee on

1:52:13 ↗ hate or against hate and bias that has a

1:52:16 ↗ data reporting mechanism through a

1:52:19 ↗ variety of local community-based

1:52:21 ↗ organizations so they have a centralized

1:52:23 ↗ survey intake process since their books

1:52:26 ↗ and call up uh Community organization I

1:52:29 ↗ think the most comfortable with to

1:52:31 ↗ report at the organization can give them

1:52:34 ↗ some some advice on how to handle that

1:52:36 ↗ recommendations and then it goes into

1:52:38 ↗ some sort of

1:52:40 ↗ data system yeah I have asked for a

1:52:43 ↗ report they have not published any

1:52:45 ↗ reports on their data today

1:52:47 ↗ um and so interesting it would take them

1:52:50 ↗ a while to produce a report that they

1:52:53 ↗ could publish and share a couple things

1:52:55 ↗ so that's one of the things so we don't

1:52:56 ↗ know exactly what the best approach is

1:52:58 ↗ to understand so

1:53:01 ↗ feeling so part of what we're trying to

1:53:03 ↗ do now is like figure out what is the

1:53:05 ↗ best recommendation or the path forward

1:53:08 ↗ given that there's not a great data

1:53:11 ↗ collection system that exists if we

1:53:13 ↗ started to collect data it creates a

1:53:16 ↗ demand for responding you know to

1:53:18 ↗ incidences instead of kind of thinking

1:53:19 ↗ through that so that's kind of where

1:53:21 ↗ we're not ready to

1:53:24 ↗ have any recommendations

1:53:27 ↗ and so yeah with that in addition so we

1:53:31 ↗ have some information where again Elisa

1:53:33 ↗ did a outstanding job in looking at

1:53:36 ↗ exactly what's available out there and

1:53:39 ↗ identifying the pros and cons about each

1:53:41 ↗ of the systems we did not identify a

1:53:44 ↗ perfect solution yet and so I think

1:53:46 ↗ especially we we had some discussions on

1:53:49 ↗ okay do we want to have something

1:53:50 ↗ specific only for Issaquah or does it

1:53:53 ↗ make more sense to

1:53:55 ↗ um to join uh with with the regional

1:53:57 ↗ entities such as the county so then

1:53:59 ↗ there's information more available

1:54:00 ↗ regionally and see how where is the

1:54:03 ↗ profits and but as we are waiting for

1:54:05 ↗ the report and trying to see okay is

1:54:07 ↗ that a good recommendation that we want

1:54:08 ↗ to bring to the board

1:54:09 ↗ um also there are lots of national uh

1:54:12 ↗ entities and organizations and so it's

1:54:13 ↗ hard to know is there a reporting that

1:54:16 ↗ has been done into one's place has that

1:54:18 ↗ been done into a different place does it

1:54:20 ↗ make sense for us to create something

1:54:21 ↗ new well it's like so it's a little bit

1:54:24 ↗ of that where we feel like we need a

1:54:26 ↗ little bit more time to wait and see and

1:54:28 ↗ do a little bit more research before

1:54:30 ↗ coming with a recommendation to you as a

1:54:32 ↗ board to discuss that then you can also

1:54:34 ↗ take further and then make a

1:54:36 ↗ recommendation to the mayor um

1:54:38 ↗ so in in the research that you all have

1:54:43 ↗ been doing

1:54:45 ↗ um have you discussed how people will

1:54:48 ↗ know that there is this Avenue to report

1:54:51 ↗ outside of like police force

1:54:55 ↗ so

1:54:57 ↗ we we haven't looked into how uh the

1:55:02 ↗ data collection process is advertised

1:55:05 ↗ you know so for some of the national

1:55:07 ↗ systems so that would be some of the

1:55:11 ↗ future work to do probably tied to a

1:55:13 ↗ recommendation level

1:55:15 ↗ sounds great because and to your point

1:55:17 ↗ right it seems like there would be like

1:55:19 ↗ almost three different elements of one

1:55:22 ↗ how do you promo like want to have

1:55:24 ↗ whatever mechanisms in place right how

1:55:26 ↗ do you promote that mechanism and then

1:55:27 ↗ what do you do once you have the

1:55:29 ↗ reporting right because once you have a

1:55:32 ↗ report and as Chris said you also need

1:55:36 ↗ some way some sort of mechanism to

1:55:38 ↗ respond and follow up

1:55:40 ↗ um

1:55:41 ↗ and or minimally I think to make that

1:55:44 ↗ upfront know what people can expect

1:55:47 ↗ right like if I come forward this has

1:55:49 ↗ happened to me what can I expect with

1:55:51 ↗ that information are you just gathering

1:55:53 ↗ information for future use of it or are

1:55:56 ↗ you actually going to help me with

1:55:57 ↗ somebody right and I think that people

1:55:59 ↗ would appreciate just knowing

1:56:01 ↗ where we are in that process of

1:56:03 ↗ collecting information right

1:56:06 ↗ maybe maybe I misunderstood briefly um

1:56:09 ↗ but is some of that information gained

1:56:12 ↗ from the state Human Rights Commission

1:56:15 ↗ you know that so Mom Lisa did most of

1:56:18 ↗ this um I'd be surprised they've been an

1:56:21 ↗ organization for a long time like why

1:56:23 ↗ don't they have Christine reporting yeah

1:56:26 ↗ she's got some national resources and

1:56:28 ↗ then it goes down to local it's like

1:56:31 ↗ City School District

1:56:33 ↗ for Nazi now

1:56:36 ↗ the Sports Association new dad I wonder

1:56:40 ↗ if the human rights commissioned

1:56:41 ↗ actually the state the Human Rights

1:56:43 ↗ Commission wonder if they do have um

1:56:47 ↗ that would be interesting yeah

1:56:49 ↗ it seems like it's a gap to play down

1:56:52 ↗ yeah

1:56:54 ↗ and it is based on the biases based on

1:56:57 ↗ um not just racial but also sexual

1:56:59 ↗ orientation and

1:57:02 ↗ okay

1:57:03 ↗ exactly

1:57:05 ↗ okay

1:57:08 ↗ any other questions or comments

1:57:13 ↗ um just real quick um I remember when

1:57:16 ↗ you all sent out the survey to us to

1:57:19 ↗ prioritize one of the suggestions that I

1:57:21 ↗ made because mine if you recall mine had

1:57:24 ↗ like a whole bunch of it was it just

1:57:26 ↗ check the box and I was like a narrative

1:57:28 ↗ but one of the the recommendations I

1:57:31 ↗ made on there was the importance of of

1:57:35 ↗ using either funds or the people who do

1:57:39 ↗ um

1:57:39 ↗ uh what do you call that mediation like

1:57:42 ↗ when there's conflict mediation possibly

1:57:45 ↗ tapping into that you know because I I

1:57:47 ↗ was envisioning you know like neighbors

1:57:49 ↗ or people within a community that are

1:57:53 ↗ having that this level of conflict

1:57:56 ↗ um to answer the question of like what

1:57:57 ↗ do you what can you do right and then

1:58:00 ↗ the other thing that I wrote was the

1:58:04 ↗ possibility of creating finding the

1:58:07 ↗ funds whether it's federal state or

1:58:09 ↗ otherwise to provide the community with

1:58:12 ↗ an ombuds person so that people have you

1:58:16 ↗ know a clear understanding that

1:58:18 ↗ something will be done and I don't know

1:58:20 ↗ how much money that would entail or

1:58:22 ↗ where it would come from but those are

1:58:25 ↗ the two things that I remember writing

1:58:28 ↗ um for us to consider

1:58:32 ↗ since uh the recommendation section was

1:58:34 ↗ to

1:58:39 ↗ play any last comments or thoughts

1:58:42 ↗ before we move to our final agenda topic

1:58:47 ↗ so we'll be back with more once we do a

1:58:49 ↗ little bit more um

1:58:52 ↗ thank you thank you so I'm gonna try to

1:58:55 ↗ be next a little bit with

1:58:58 ↗ um

1:58:59 ↗ uh stat report just wanted to draw your

1:59:02 ↗ attention to the schedule that it's

1:59:04 ↗ included in your agenda packet and I

1:59:06 ↗ wanted to remind you that the next

1:59:09 ↗ meeting is scheduled for July 5th we

1:59:12 ↗ understand that it's right after July

1:59:13 ↗ 4th so please do let let me know if that

1:59:16 ↗ thing does not work for you I want to

1:59:18 ↗ ensure that we have forum and and I want

1:59:20 ↗ to be here with three members and we

1:59:21 ↗ cannot meet that would not be fair to

1:59:23 ↗ any of those of you who show up but um

1:59:26 ↗ also next next month

1:59:28 ↗ um is scheduled to be a joint meeting

1:59:30 ↗ with the economic Vitality commission so

1:59:33 ↗ tentatively we are going to be planning

1:59:35 ↗ hopefully to be able to meet again in

1:59:37 ↗ the council chambers just as you met in

1:59:38 ↗ March with the Internet Services

1:59:39 ↗ Commission

1:59:41 ↗ um they are excited to share their work

1:59:42 ↗ around the economic development

1:59:45 ↗ um strategic plan that they are working

1:59:47 ↗ on and so opportunities for us to

1:59:49 ↗ collaborate around that and I know that

1:59:52 ↗ we have a couple of other agenda items

1:59:54 ↗ that are just our owns one of them being

1:59:56 ↗ a follow-up from today's public comment

1:59:59 ↗ um and I believe there was something

2:00:00 ↗ else but right now I don't have it in

2:00:02 ↗ mind so this is a joint meaning does

2:00:04 ↗ that mean it's not going to be an option

2:00:06 ↗ to be virtual no there will be an option

2:00:09 ↗ to be virtual just like we had uh in

2:00:11 ↗ March sorry I'm so sorry yes we had both

2:00:13 ↗ virtual land in person

2:00:17 ↗ um so yes great great comment for that

2:00:19 ↗ oh thank you and then because just so

2:00:23 ↗ you've been so I know if the topic is

2:00:24 ↗ around the economic development plan I I

2:00:27 ↗ found it really helpful to get prep

2:00:29 ↗ materials to like review because it's

2:00:32 ↗ like a different topic anyway so if

2:00:34 ↗ there's anything like that you could

2:00:37 ↗ um support yes we will certainly have

2:00:39 ↗ those published in the just like engage

2:00:41 ↗ on that packet in advance

2:00:43 ↗ um I think we also as I was talking with

2:00:45 ↗ the economic development manager and

2:00:47 ↗ trying to prep for the meeting we are

2:00:49 ↗ going to try to have a similar format

2:00:51 ↗ um not quite as similar as we had with

2:00:54 ↗ the Human Services Commission but a

2:00:56 ↗ little bit of like it's going to be a

2:00:57 ↗ lot of reporting out to to share giving

2:01:00 ↗ you the background of what economic

2:01:01 ↗ development does and all of that

2:01:03 ↗ especially I thought it would be helpful

2:01:05 ↗ because I did hear multiple times from

2:01:09 ↗ U.S board members interested in

2:01:10 ↗ connecting with businesses and interests

2:01:12 ↗ within in that aspect so I think them

2:01:14 ↗ being the department and the or to do

2:01:16 ↗ that I think there's an opportunity to

2:01:18 ↗ kind of like share and learn a little

2:01:20 ↗ bit about one another so naturally we're

2:01:23 ↗ gonna try to build that in

2:01:25 ↗ um

2:01:27 ↗ so that's that

2:01:29 ↗ um other staff report updates just tying

2:01:33 ↗ in a little bit

2:01:34 ↗ um I was you saw Hina Roberts was online

2:01:37 ↗ earlier

2:01:39 ↗ um and I'm grateful I I pulled her in

2:01:41 ↗ for some support with the event as I was

2:01:43 ↗ trying to work through speed on uh some

2:01:46 ↗ pretty large programmatic aspects for

2:01:49 ↗ the Human Services Division I'm excited

2:01:52 ↗ to report that the emergency housing

2:01:54 ↗ program is set to launch in a few weeks

2:01:57 ↗ we have staff who are set to to start on

2:02:00 ↗ June 20th we have we are working through

2:02:03 ↗ the lease was just adopted by City

2:02:04 ↗ Council on Monday so that's it to start

2:02:06 ↗ July 1st so we hope to have the first

2:02:09 ↗ folks involved by July 15th so a lot of

2:02:12 ↗ work that's that I'm trying to get done

2:02:14 ↗ on that and also another exciting news

2:02:17 ↗ on Monday city council approved it's

2:02:20 ↗ also Equity related but approved to

2:02:23 ↗ additional Behavioral Health coordinator

2:02:25 ↗ positions to form a corresponder our

2:02:28 ↗ program with the police department so to

2:02:29 ↗ always have a behavioral health

2:02:31 ↗ specialist respond to it with a police

2:02:33 ↗ officer or a 911 crisis related

2:02:36 ↗ incidents that may involve the

2:02:39 ↗ behavioral health so

2:02:40 ↗ um I'm grateful for all the work that

2:02:43 ↗ everybody is putting into the events and

2:02:46 ↗ my staff so I can put us a little bit on

2:02:48 ↗ those types of things that I wanted to

2:02:50 ↗ share them I just took a question

2:02:52 ↗ because I was going to ask before you

2:02:54 ↗ said that and it's tied to that so is

2:02:56 ↗ there an interpreter or a language line

2:02:59 ↗ did were you able to confirm if the

2:03:01 ↗ police department and fire department

2:03:02 ↗ are using language line services as

2:03:05 ↗ their

2:03:07 ↗ under the real time interacting with

2:03:09 ↗ someone who doesn't speak the language

2:03:11 ↗ so I cannot speak of what's being used

2:03:14 ↗ but I know that the entire city has a

2:03:17 ↗ contract with language lines so each tab

2:03:19 ↗ whether it's police or non-police has

2:03:22 ↗ the language line we all should have

2:03:24 ↗ access to language line if needed to

2:03:26 ↗ just call there's an extension that we

2:03:28 ↗ need to call to provide that

2:03:29 ↗ interpreting services and I know

2:03:31 ↗ actually the police department was set

2:03:32 ↗ up before the entire uh so you will set

2:03:35 ↗ up what I cannot tell you so I don't

2:03:37 ↗ know how often and how easy

2:03:39 ↗ easier and easy easily is being used

2:03:44 ↗ um but I know we will have

2:03:47 ↗ um Police Department uh guests come back

2:03:50 ↗ in the next couple of months so I think

2:03:51 ↗ that's going to be a good opportunity to

2:03:53 ↗ connect with them as you heard they want

2:03:55 ↗ to come to you about the body cams

2:03:57 ↗ conversation

2:03:58 ↗ um so I think the earlier that we are

2:04:00 ↗ able to fit them in is acceptable for

2:04:02 ↗ the meeting in September

2:04:04 ↗ um and also I wanted to follow up with

2:04:07 ↗ the other work plan items uh that we did

2:04:10 ↗ not touch on yet just letting you know

2:04:11 ↗ that I'm working on some things in the

2:04:13 ↗ background but if anyone's interested in

2:04:15 ↗ joining me please do so I invited they

2:04:18 ↗ all approve you met in person today

2:04:20 ↗ she's our city data Guru to come for

2:04:24 ↗ presentation and share what data is

2:04:27 ↗ available at the city one peer tracking

2:04:28 ↗ but we are not tracking what are the

2:04:30 ↗ hopes for the future and also I invited

2:04:32 ↗ Ryan Smith who's the police department

2:04:34 ↗ crime data analyst who also handles data

2:04:37 ↗ for the police department to come and

2:04:39 ↗ share again just to start that

2:04:41 ↗ conversation and say this is what we are

2:04:43 ↗ tracking this is what we don't have and

2:04:45 ↗ this is you know to for you to be able

2:04:47 ↗ to

2:04:47 ↗ have that connection and have access to

2:04:49 ↗ that information again both of those I

2:04:52 ↗ think are scheduled to come August or

2:04:54 ↗ September I think for August we are

2:04:56 ↗ already at the comprehensive plan

2:04:57 ↗ scheduled to return to you

2:05:00 ↗ um so I think it's gonna be September

2:05:01 ↗ 30th but

2:05:03 ↗ that's where we are and now we're down

2:05:05 ↗ and Monica can you clarify like if if

2:05:10 ↗ people feel that there should be an

2:05:12 ↗ interpreter like that that should be

2:05:14 ↗ policy especially when interacting

2:05:17 ↗ um with

2:05:18 ↗ um

2:05:19 ↗ you know I don't know the police or the

2:05:21 ↗ fire department whatever it may be

2:05:23 ↗ how does that become policy like what

2:05:27 ↗ would we need to send to you you know

2:05:30 ↗ how does it become so that you can

2:05:33 ↗ answer that in in an affirmative way

2:05:37 ↗ but you can answer that using data of

2:05:40 ↗ how much is being used because I fell

2:05:42 ↗ early in the district analyze and the

2:05:44 ↗ flying plan has been used by our monthly

2:05:47 ↗ bills and to see if because in the

2:05:49 ↗ beginning no one was using it and then

2:05:51 ↗ right we can see so you can kind of

2:05:54 ↗ track usage and what the goal is and how

2:05:57 ↗ it's changed and right but I guess what

2:05:59 ↗ I'm trying to say is that I would like

2:06:00 ↗ for it to be considered as policy right

2:06:03 ↗ so as opposed to like it being you know

2:06:05 ↗ just it's there but I'm choosing not to

2:06:07 ↗ because you know right for whatever

2:06:09 ↗ reason but rather I'm required to use a

2:06:13 ↗ translator if the people I'm interacting

2:06:16 ↗ with need it I see the difference and I

2:06:20 ↗ think that there are two two separate

2:06:21 ↗ questions Both Worlds very good right

2:06:23 ↗ one is there a policy in place to use so

2:06:26 ↗ we hear there is the system is available

2:06:28 ↗ but the question is is there a policy in

2:06:30 ↗ place that asks staff uh to to use

2:06:33 ↗ language line and second is there data

2:06:36 ↗ available where we track

2:06:39 ↗ um how often we use the language line

2:06:41 ↗ okay

2:06:44 ↗ um okay I can return to you with both of

2:06:48 ↗ these questions

2:06:51 ↗ thank you Monica yeah thank you any last

2:06:55 ↗ comments or go to the order comments

2:06:58 ↗ before we adjourned

2:07:03 ↗ all right well thank you all for

2:07:06 ↗ spending the two hours and 17 minutes

2:07:10 ↗ and I adjourn the meeting at 8 17. thank

2:07:15 ↗ you

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Council / Members (10)

Cristina Abonce (virtual attendee, arrived 6:10pm)

Priti Mody-Pan

Lorna Gilmour (arrived 6:08pm)

Lucrecia Choto

Ray Manahan

Tony Curry

Shalanda Fleming

Nima Khalili, (virtual attendee)

Karthik Kashinath

Kelly Munn

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Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager

Dale Markey-Crimp, Management Analyst

Stephanie Johnsons, Human Resources Director

Connie Marsh

Lindsey Pinkston

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Hellen Kibenge

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Connie Marsh

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Edits were made to the minutes from May 3rd, 2023, and included correcting the spelling of the chair’s name and adding a note requested by board member Choto noting that virtual meetings proposed by the Equity Board be…