Equity Board · Wednesday, October 4, 2023 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of September 6, 2023 meeting

packet pp.3–6

▶ Watch from 6:26 Open packet at p.3 ↗

Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 09-06-23 Equity Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Equity Board 6:00 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave. September 6, 2023 MINUTES SE, Issaquah

5. AGENDA ITEMS

Comprehensive Plan Update - Policy Discussion (D)

45 min · Holly Keeton, Senior Planner · packet pp.7–54

Topics: Land Use

▶ Watch from 6:00 Open packet at p.7 ↗

Staff report:

Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update OCTOBER 4, 2023 | EQUITY BOARD S T E P H E N PA D UA , LO N G R A N G E P L A N N I N G M A N A G E R

6. OTHER BUSINESS / ANNOUNCEMENTS

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Glossary of Terms (D)

30 min · Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator

Topics: Equity

▶ Watch from 1:45:25

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0:02 ↗ of the equity board to order at 6:02 p.m

0:07 ↗ due to the hybrid format of today's

0:09 ↗ meeting I'd like to start by providing

0:11 ↗ some

0:12 ↗ guidelines uh this is a reminder that

0:14 ↗ the meeting is being recorded and that

0:17 ↗ we have live Spanish interpretation

0:19 ↗ happening in the background we have

0:21 ↗ participants in tting in person and

0:23 ↗ others who may be attending by computer

0:26 ↗ or by phone for all meeting attendees

0:29 ↗ please speak clearly and pause

0:31 ↗ frequently state your name each time

0:34 ↗ before speaking if applicable mute your

0:36 ↗ microphone when not speaking if having

0:39 ↗ technical issues try joining the meeting

0:42 ↗ by using a different device like a

0:44 ↗ smartphone or tablet or use the call-in

0:47 ↗ information and the meeting invitation

0:49 ↗ to call into the

0:51 ↗ meeting okay and with that uh I guess

0:56 ↗ Dale do we have any um absences or

1:01 ↗ excused absences we do we have a we have

1:04 ↗ excused absences this evening um Helen

1:07 ↗ is not going to be joining us this

1:08 ↗ evening uh the same reason that she's

1:11 ↗ communicated to Monica previously um and

1:14 ↗ will not be in attendance tonight also

1:16 ↗ Ry manahan will not be in attendance

1:18 ↗ tonight Ray is away on business this is

1:20 ↗ an excused absence um and Shay uh will

1:25 ↗ also not be here this evening this is an

1:27 ↗ excused absence uh we have a few people

1:30 ↗ that are we have at least one person

1:31 ↗ who's in transit um so Tony should be

1:35 ↗ joining us um I've not heard back from

1:39 ↗ lucrea if she's planning to join this

1:41 ↗ evening I don't know if you had any

1:43 ↗ other communication from folks ahead of

1:45 ↗ time no I do not

1:48 ↗ okay okay so then shall we do roll

1:52 ↗ call and D could you help with that

1:56 ↗ absolutely this is also my first time

1:58 ↗ on

2:01 ↗ we start with uh Christina

2:09 ↗ abon hi he

2:13 ↗ everyone Laura

2:15 ↗ Gilmore

2:17 ↗ present is accent luia is not

2:22 ↗ online Nema is abent Tony

2:26 ↗ Curry I am here sorry I'm having

2:29 ↗ problems with my camera right now no

2:32 ↗ worries Tony glad to have you Ray is

2:35 ↗ absent Shay Fleming is absent pry modon

2:40 ↗ here Cari you're gonna tell me what your

2:42 ↗ last name I'm gon Cas

2:46 ↗ cash and Kelly M yeah excellent we have

2:51 ↗ for

2:53 ↗ great and now we'll move into public

2:56 ↗ comments I know uh we have at least one

2:59 ↗ uh person for public comments do you

3:01 ↗ know if there are other notes we did not

3:04 ↗ receive any um other uh we did not

3:07 ↗ receive any emails ahead of today and we

3:08 ↗ did not receive any other requests for

3:10 ↗ public comment ahead of the

3:12 ↗ meeting okay uh let's see so I'm looking

3:16 ↗ at if there's any instructions I should

3:18 ↗ be providing um I'm guessing not so if

3:23 ↗ you would like to please come

3:25 ↗ on yes yeah okay it's pleasure to sit

3:30 ↗ down with you I'm Ted Lucas live here in

3:33 ↗ isqua for several many years since 2013

3:36 ↗ now been here a long time on Newport Way

3:39 ↗ and uh I'm a member of the bahai

3:41 ↗ community as you know and we're here to

3:44 ↗ actually have the physical

3:46 ↗ handout date place and time for the next

3:49 ↗ Community Building social which many of

3:51 ↗ you know about some of you may not and

3:54 ↗ the idea is just to have a forum and

3:56 ↗ have it very friendly with a pot lock

3:58 ↗ dinner um um and usually a theme all

4:01 ↗ about community building in this case

4:03 ↗ it'll be about celebrating service to

4:05 ↗ community community service we all do

4:07 ↗ that and it's a wonderful thing and uh

4:10 ↗ Kim whis Weiss I'm not sure I've better

4:12 ↗ once and she's with his a Comm

4:14 ↗ nourishing Network to kind of be a I

4:18 ↗ don't know a good example of community

4:21 ↗ service and opportunities and to share

4:23 ↗ opportunities that'll be the you know 30

4:25 ↗ or 40 minute conversation topic sharing

4:27 ↗ opportunities for community service and

4:29 ↗ in our town of Isa and so on and then a

4:32 ↗ little bit of music and art and just

4:33 ↗ playing social which is a great

4:35 ↗ opportunity I know the equity board

4:36 ↗ members have found to have contact and

4:38 ↗ just talk with people hear is a cloth

4:41 ↗ from many different backgrounds so with

4:43 ↗ pleasure inviting you uh any questions

4:46 ↗ there's a phone number there at the

4:47 ↗ bottom and there's an address it's in a

4:49 ↗ family home which is big enough for

4:50 ↗ everybody and it's always u a pleasure

4:53 ↗ and a lot of fun so um look forward to

4:56 ↗ per seeing you in the cut the ideas not

4:58 ↗ only for your myself but to invite

5:00 ↗ others naturally including U teenagers

5:03 ↗ we're trying to get young people young

5:05 ↗ adults to join us and have these

5:06 ↗ conversations also so look forward if

5:08 ↗ you you're able to join us still a few

5:11 ↗ weeks away on October 28th that's a

5:13 ↗ Saturday and uh I to one of you one of

5:16 ↗ us will send you an email so you can

5:17 ↗ distribute an email kind of reminder

5:20 ↗ about this a little bit later should it

5:22 ↗ be for you

5:24 ↗ or uh if you don't have B address I'm

5:27 ↗ happy to to share with them then

5:32 ↗ thank you I have a question yeah uh do

5:36 ↗ we bring food is a problem well yes you

5:38 ↗ can okay I would definitely not say no

5:41 ↗ okay that sounds good I just but please

5:44 ↗ do if you'd like of these invitations

5:47 ↗ thank you thank

5:50 ↗ you okay I just want to do a quick check

5:52 ↗ I don't see anyone else around for

5:54 ↗ public

5:57 ↗ comments okay so we will move to the

6:00 ↗ next agenda item which is the approval

6:02 ↗ of

6:03 ↗ minutes and um I would like to invite

6:07 ↗ the board now if they haven't already to

6:09 ↗ uh take review the the minutes from our

6:13 ↗ uh

6:15 ↗ September six sixth session and see um

6:19 ↗ let's see it want you maybe to take two

6:22 ↗ minutes to review and then I would like

6:24 ↗ to ask a member to make a motion to

6:26 ↗ approve the minutes so let's pause for

6:29 ↗ SEC or a

6:58 ↗ minute

7:17 ↗ okay I

7:19 ↗ think trying to see if anyone's eyes are

7:22 ↗ still looking like they're

7:25 ↗ reading uh let's see do we have a motion

7:29 ↗ to

7:32 ↗ approve or would anyone I guess I think

7:35 ↗ there's first a motion and then if then

7:38 ↗ we can ask if there's discussion so we

7:40 ↗ first see that

7:44 ↗ motion sure motion to approve thank you

7:48 ↗ c um do does anyone have any comments or

7:52 ↗ discussion on these

7:55 ↗ minutes oh I'm sorry second second can I

7:59 ↗ second I I keep forgetting these rules

8:02 ↗ because I am an alternate yes but if

8:04 ↗ you're in person then I think and

8:06 ↗ they're not and they're not okay okay

8:08 ↗ thank you so then I could have made the

8:09 ↗ motion too all

8:11 ↗ right okay so we have the motion we have

8:14 ↗ the second so any

8:19 ↗ discussion so I actually have a a point

8:23 ↗ that I would like to discuss really

8:25 ↗ quickly and it's related to the um the

8:29 ↗ the first part of the agenda responding

8:31 ↗ to public comments actually no it's not

8:35 ↗ it's in the

8:40 ↗ um let's see okay it's in the other

8:44 ↗ business and it's the discussion of the

8:47 ↗ July joint meeting with the economic

8:49 ↗ Vitality commission and I recall so

8:52 ↗ there's a statement here uh making the

8:55 ↗ optional Equity training be mandatory

8:58 ↗ for all members as a

9:00 ↗ prequisite and I think I

9:04 ↗ heard I don't know if I should name them

9:06 ↗ someone make a stronger statement about

9:08 ↗ it and so I just wanted to check to see

9:10 ↗ if someone wanted a stronger statement

9:12 ↗ rather than prerequisite in the

9:21 ↗ minute anyone feeling like a stronger

9:24 ↗ statement there I think I did suggest

9:26 ↗ that it'd be mandatory and so don't know

9:29 ↗ if there was something else that

9:30 ↗ happened I can't remember this time but

9:32 ↗ I think I had made the suggestion that

9:35 ↗ all um all people on commissions have uh

9:40 ↗ be part of their meetings and agenda

9:43 ↗ items to have trainings done during that

9:45 ↗ time because we for example we can have

9:48 ↗ a recommended glossery but is anyone

9:50 ↗ actually going to read it if it's an

9:52 ↗ optional item or will everyone be

9:54 ↗ reading it if it's

9:56 ↗ optional okay so I guess and Laur I was

10:00 ↗ referencing your comment so I'm glad you

10:02 ↗ said something did you want a stronger

10:04 ↗ statement than what's listed

10:06 ↗ here or does this reflect your comment

10:09 ↗ do you do you feel comfortable with how

10:10 ↗ it's reflected here I think I was

10:12 ↗ confused because it said they discussed

10:14 ↗ making the recommendation so I don't

10:15 ↗ know if it was me making the

10:17 ↗ recommendation and if everybody else

10:19 ↗ agreed and so I left it alone because I

10:22 ↗ wasn't sure if other people were in

10:24 ↗ agreement that about this because this

10:27 ↗ is a summary of what we as a group have

10:30 ↗ decided I know that was my opinion so I

10:33 ↗ don't know if we need to maybe table

10:35 ↗ this and then have a conversation again

10:37 ↗ to see if this needs to be a stronger

10:40 ↗ statement or if it's just my opinion

10:42 ↗ within the

10:44 ↗ group okay I think to me I just wanted

10:46 ↗ to make sure it

10:48 ↗ reflected the statement that you were

10:51 ↗ making so okay and then I see Tony's got

10:56 ↗ his hand raised yes I was just actually

10:59 ↗ just going to agree with Lorna and um

11:01 ↗ you know I'm not sure if we need to have

11:03 ↗ a second conversation about it but yeah

11:05 ↗ something stronger to that does state

11:08 ↗ that um it should be a

11:11 ↗ requirement so I think that might be

11:14 ↗ a a Rec a formal recomend so we might

11:17 ↗ have to discuss yes making a formal

11:20 ↗ recommendation yes on that okay so so it

11:24 ↗ sounds like what's in the minutes

11:25 ↗ reflects that statement and then we've

11:29 ↗ probably want some follow up on that

11:32 ↗ then

11:33 ↗ okay cool just wanting to check thank

11:36 ↗ you thank you

11:37 ↗ Cy okay so uh so I think we resolved

11:40 ↗ that were there any other items for

11:42 ↗ discussion on these minutes so I'm not

11:44 ↗ hearing any change

11:48 ↗ need

11:50 ↗ okay so

11:52 ↗ then I'm looking at my

11:55 ↗ script okay so I think with that we we

11:58 ↗ don't have any edits to suggest to the

12:00 ↗ minutes and

12:03 ↗ so uh let's see and there are there any

12:05 ↗ objections to approve the minutes as

12:10 ↗ presented okay then I think I will

12:13 ↗ consider I will proceed to consider the

12:16 ↗ minutes approved as

12:19 ↗ presented

12:22 ↗ great okay so the next item is a staff

12:27 ↗ report

12:30 ↗ um

12:31 ↗ and just that the only staff report we

12:34 ↗ have is that we have to we should make a

12:36 ↗ a very quick formal statement um I know

12:39 ↗ we've communicated to the board but I

12:40 ↗ wanted to give you the opportunity to

12:41 ↗ make a formal statement about our yeah

12:45 ↗ absolutely um board members I know that

12:47 ↗ he received an email from me uh in the

12:49 ↗ last few weeks and I was excited to to

12:52 ↗ share with you that we have a brand new

12:55 ↗ assistant of the city administrator in B

12:57 ↗ market Crim um she is just amazing we

13:00 ↗ are lucky to have her and with her new

13:03 ↗ role with her new position comes also a

13:05 ↗ new role um the the staff liazon role uh

13:10 ↗ transitions to to her new position so

13:14 ↗ while I'm half sad half excited I'm

13:17 ↗ definitely super excited that the the

13:20 ↗ the role of the equity board Le on ship

13:22 ↗ moves into the executive uh office and

13:25 ↗ then absolutely Dale is is an amazing

13:27 ↗ professional to have have um while I'm

13:30 ↗ going to remain and focus on my actual

13:32 ↗ job Human Services um I have plenty of

13:36 ↗ things to do there and I will continue

13:38 ↗ of course in human services you always

13:41 ↗ uh focus on on uh equity and um making

13:46 ↗ sure that those who um are at margins

13:49 ↗ are included and and have what they need

13:51 ↗ so I I hope we are not going to be

13:54 ↗ strangers to one another um but I'm just

13:57 ↗ excited and thank you thank you so much

13:59 ↗ for all your work I've been privileged

14:01 ↗ to be part of this since the Human

14:03 ↗ Services Commission started first

14:04 ↗ working on on what should the role of

14:07 ↗ residents be in the city's Equity

14:09 ↗ initiatives we had Ted Lucas and and his

14:13 ↗ group and many other community members

14:15 ↗ part of this journey for the last three

14:17 ↗ years so um I'm happy for the new stage

14:20 ↗ in this and so with that as you saw

14:23 ↗ you've been communicating with d for the

14:25 ↗ last few weeks and and she's uh here

14:27 ↗ tonight but yeah

14:30 ↗ so thank you on my end and B

14:32 ↗ congratulations and thank you for all

14:33 ↗ your work

14:35 ↗ and you're absolutely amazing hands so

14:39 ↗ we are really really lucky to have her

14:42 ↗ yeah and thank you Monica I mean there's

14:44 ↗ some Applause some silent Applause

14:46 ↗ happening from our virtual attendees um

14:49 ↗ big shoes to fill but also really

14:52 ↗ excited for the work really passionate

14:54 ↗ about this particular board um and

14:57 ↗ getting to be with you all and and

14:59 ↗ although Monica might not staff this

15:01 ↗ meeting she'll certainly be back um to

15:04 ↗ present and to uh seek the guidance of

15:06 ↗ this group and a partnership of this

15:08 ↗ group so um yeah grateful for you Monica

15:12 ↗ St here thank

15:15 ↗ you with that we can transition into uh

15:18 ↗ our agenda items okay great well and

15:21 ↗ thank you so much Monica for the number

15:24 ↗ of years you've spent really growing the

15:26 ↗ board and supporting the board it's an

15:29 ↗ honor to work with

15:35 ↗ you we look forward to working with Dale

15:38 ↗ thank you Dale for picking up the role

15:41 ↗ and and I'd like to say that the move

15:42 ↗ feels I mean they miss you and welcome

15:45 ↗ you however it feels like a step forward

15:49 ↗ for the organization as a whole and that

15:53 ↗ could be a really important step right

15:57 ↗ opportunities and challenges

16:03 ↗ agree okay with that we'll move on to

16:07 ↗ the next agenda item which is the

16:09 ↗ comprehensive Plan update policy

16:11 ↗ discussion and um I guess D is there any

16:14 ↗ opening you would like to make before

16:16 ↗ handing it over I guess before handing

16:18 ↗ it over to Stephen I'd just like to say

16:21 ↗ and you'll experience this when Holly

16:22 ↗ steps up as well this evening we have a

16:25 ↗ really uh exciting plan and development

16:30 ↗ focused evening uh it was nice that we

16:33 ↗ were able to couple these two uh

16:35 ↗ discussions together as I think uh

16:38 ↗ getting into the planning world is

16:41 ↗ something that takes me a minute or two

16:43 ↗ to or years to get my brain space in the

16:47 ↗ right place so we'll have two we have

16:48 ↗ two items this evening comprehensive

16:50 ↗ Plan update and a discussion of

16:52 ↗ community Planning and Development

16:54 ↗ approach to noticing um as it pertains

16:57 ↗ to the use of the um Equity framework

16:59 ↗ questions so with that I'll turn it over

17:02 ↗ to Stephen thank you Dale so um for

17:06 ↗ everyone's been my name is Stephen Padu

17:08 ↗ I'm the longrange planning manager for

17:10 ↗ the city and so my team is tasked with a

17:14 ↗ lot of the long range uh projects for

17:16 ↗ the city whether it's planning documents

17:18 ↗ policies any development regulations um

17:21 ↗ we work with a lot of the other

17:23 ↗ departments to help formulate updates to

17:25 ↗ our code as well as our planning

17:27 ↗ documents so I think I'm sharing my

17:30 ↗ screen now

17:32 ↗ yes um there's a lot to cover in terms

17:35 ↗ of what the comprehensive plan is I

17:37 ↗ don't know everybody's experience when

17:39 ↗ it comes to this planning document

17:41 ↗ please feel free to ask questions as I'm

17:43 ↗ going through the presentation don't

17:46 ↗ feel like you have to wait till the very

17:48 ↗ end Harry I'll I'll slow

17:51 ↗ down so my group is located in the

17:54 ↗ community and Planning Development

17:56 ↗ Department and um under the executive

17:59 ↗ department and the mayor we help look at

18:02 ↗ development regulations as well as

18:04 ↗ planning documents um throughout the

18:07 ↗ city my team within Community Planning

18:10 ↗ Development is the longrange planning

18:11 ↗ team um everyone's picture is on the

18:14 ↗ screen uh this makes up everybody for

18:17 ↗ land use for transportation for um

18:22 ↗ housing and a lot of the policy

18:24 ↗ discussions you'll you typically see

18:26 ↗ someone on my team as part of those

18:30 ↗ conversations the purpose of tonight's

18:33 ↗ discussion is to review the approach

18:34 ↗ that we're taking with the comprehensive

18:36 ↗ plan and evaluating racial Equity um in

18:39 ↗ this periodic update and I'll explain a

18:42 ↗ little bit of what that means so the

18:44 ↗ questions we have for the board include

18:46 ↗ does the board have potential changes to

18:48 ↗ the approach that we're taking to the

18:50 ↗ comprehensive plan is there other

18:52 ↗ information that would be helpful for

18:55 ↗ the equity analysis as we're going

18:57 ↗ through this process

18:58 ↗ and are there other recommendations for

19:01 ↗ the planning policy commission who's the

19:03 ↗ direct City commission that we work with

19:06 ↗ to update the comprehensive

19:11 ↗ plan so background the comprehensive

19:15 ↗ plan is the city's long range 20-year

19:18 ↗ Vision uh visioning document and it's

19:21 ↗ required by the state um back in 1990

19:26 ↗ they adopted something called the growth

19:27 ↗ management Act and the purpose of this

19:30 ↗ Act was to essentially have all planning

19:34 ↗ cities and counties start formulating

19:36 ↗ this 20-year Vision that addresses

19:39 ↗ population growth as well as sprawl and

19:42 ↗ quality of life for our communities and

19:44 ↗ the reason why they uh kind of forced

19:48 ↗ everybody's hand in doing this is

19:49 ↗ because everybody was kind of planning

19:50 ↗ at different levels and there was no

19:52 ↗ coordination at a regional level of

19:55 ↗ managing our resources and making sure

19:58 ↗ that cities were working together as

20:00 ↗ they're planning the accommodation of

20:01 ↗ growth into our region and so now

20:03 ↗ there's a much more structured and

20:05 ↗ organized approach of how we're managing

20:07 ↗ growth throughout our region as well as

20:09 ↗ throughout the

20:11 ↗ state there's two types of updates to

20:14 ↗ consider for the comprehensive plan the

20:16 ↗ first is we have minor updates that we

20:19 ↗ can take at least once a year or at Max

20:22 ↗ once a year and then we have periodic

20:25 ↗ updates that occur about every well it's

20:27 ↗ going to be every 10 years now and the

20:30 ↗ reason I bring this up is right now

20:32 ↗ we're going through the periodic update

20:34 ↗ which is considered a major update for

20:36 ↗ our comprehensive plans um which is

20:39 ↗ reason behind a lot of the scope of what

20:41 ↗ we're doing for a lot of what we're

20:43 ↗ going to be discussing tonight we're

20:45 ↗ going to be reviewing all of these

20:47 ↗ elements and or topic areas in our

20:49 ↗ comprehensive plan and making sure that

20:52 ↗ policies and goals line making sure that

20:56 ↗ coordination is being uh um um

20:59 ↗ coordinated between the different

21:00 ↗ Departments of the city and that we're

21:02 ↗ having the effective conversations of of

21:06 ↗ how are we accommodating growth under

21:07 ↗ these different topic

21:09 ↗ areas the one thing to note uh with the

21:12 ↗ elements is that human services and

21:13 ↗ cultural element aren't required

21:15 ↗ elements in our comprehensive plan but

21:18 ↗ the city of Esa is has determined that

21:20 ↗ these are important topics to cover with

21:22 ↗ it as we're looking at our 20e

21:27 ↗ vision

21:28 ↗ so the process we go for the conference

21:30 ↗ Plan update is that we're going to be

21:32 ↗ working with all the city boards and

21:34 ↗ commissions to discuss different policy

21:36 ↗ updates as well as some of that

21:37 ↗ coordination in case we see any

21:39 ↗ unintended barriers or or U obstacles as

21:43 ↗ we're looking at implementation of our

21:44 ↗ 20-year Vision all the recommendations

21:47 ↗ from the boards commissions will go

21:50 ↗ through and be reviewed by the planning

21:52 ↗ policy

21:53 ↗ commission and then that those

21:56 ↗ recommendations all the boards

21:57 ↗ commissions and the planning policy

21:59 ↗ commission recommendations will be

22:01 ↗ reviewed by the city council and then

22:03 ↗ they'll ultimately determine

22:08 ↗ adoption for this periodic update

22:11 ↗ there's three Focus areas um that my

22:14 ↗ team is really trying to engage a lot of

22:17 ↗ the Departments and Boards commissions

22:18 ↗ on the first in compliance and and

22:22 ↗ having a conversation of what's now

22:23 ↗ required of us with either new

22:26 ↗ legislative acts new

22:29 ↗ um policies at the county or Regional

22:31 ↗ level that now determine that we need to

22:33 ↗ have need to address new topics there's

22:36 ↗ also coordination across different

22:39 ↗ elements in the comprehensive plan and

22:40 ↗ that's important because the history

22:43 ↗ behind a lot of that elements is

22:45 ↗ that since our last periodic update

22:48 ↗ we've developed several new

22:51 ↗ implementation plans the Human Services

22:54 ↗ strategic plan is a good example of we

22:57 ↗ adopted something new that determines

22:58 ↗ new goals and policies for that topic

23:01 ↗ area which now we need to update the

23:03 ↗ element in the comprehensive plan to now

23:05 ↗ be consistent with the new

23:07 ↗ implementation or strategic plan and

23:09 ↗ we've done that for transportation Human

23:12 ↗ Services uh climate change and I'm

23:16 ↗ probably forgetting one more but there's

23:18 ↗ several of these implementation action

23:20 ↗ plans that we now need to make sure the

23:22 ↗ comprehens plan is consistent

23:25 ↗ with uh the last piece that we're also

23:27 ↗ focusing design and access of the

23:29 ↗ conference plan previously it was kind

23:31 ↗ of treated as this longrange planning

23:33 ↗ document that people somewhat knew

23:36 ↗ existed but didn't really use and we

23:39 ↗ think that it's a completely

23:40 ↗ underutilized tool at the city that we

23:42 ↗ can use for Budget discussions or

23:44 ↗ discussions on how we're really trained

23:46 ↗ to implement the city's vision and so we

23:49 ↗ are trying to take a much more in-depth

23:51 ↗ look at how the comprehensive plan is

23:54 ↗ used as well as how is it accessed we

23:57 ↗ want to make make sure that it's a

23:58 ↗ usable tool for staff as well as the

24:00 ↗ community knows where to find it right

24:02 ↗ now if you were to go on the city

24:04 ↗ website you'd have to go through 10

24:07 ↗ different layers of websites just to

24:10 ↗ find the comprehensive plan and the

24:12 ↗ different elements which has been

24:14 ↗ frustrating for staff but it also makes

24:16 ↗ it more non-existent for the community

24:18 ↗ to know it even exists and we want to

24:20 ↗ fix that

24:23 ↗ so some of the new requirements that

24:25 ↗ we're considering in this periodic

24:27 ↗ update uh they're all listed on the

24:29 ↗ screen the first is House Bill 1220

24:31 ↗ that's uh a new new legislation that is

24:35 ↗ having us look at Emergency Shelters

24:38 ↗ transitional housing as well as

24:40 ↗ disperate impacts for different income

24:43 ↗ levels um specifically for housing I'll

24:45 ↗ talk about that in a little bit two

24:48 ↗ other bills House Bill 1110 and House

24:50 ↗ Bill

24:51 ↗ 1337 is forcing all cities and counties

24:54 ↗ to look at including additional housing

24:57 ↗ types in single family zones and so

25:01 ↗ we're going to be looking at expanding

25:03 ↗ what's allowed in single family zones

25:05 ↗ from this new

25:07 ↗ legislation the last bill is uh House

25:10 ↗ Bill 1181 this one is actually requiring

25:12 ↗ that new climate change or climate uh

25:15 ↗ resilience element that we're going to

25:17 ↗ be creating with this periodic update

25:19 ↗ and and what they're having us look at

25:21 ↗ is climate vulnerabilities and and and

25:24 ↗ uh resilience as it comes to natural

25:26 ↗ disasters climate change

25:28 ↗ and making sure as our population grows

25:31 ↗ we're considering the impacts on the

25:33 ↗ environment uh as the city or counties

25:36 ↗ are

25:38 ↗ developing so coming back to the house

25:41 ↗ bill

25:43 ↗ 1220 the focus of this bill is really to

25:46 ↗ expand how we're doing our housing

25:48 ↗ analysis so the requirement with the

25:50 ↗ housing element is that we need to look

25:53 ↗ at different income levels and levels of

25:55 ↗ affordable housing and how we're going

25:57 ↗ to be accomodating them and so that

25:59 ↗ includes a disperate impact analysis of

26:02 ↗ looking at different population groups

26:03 ↗ that either do have access to housing or

26:06 ↗ don't have access to housing and coming

26:08 ↗ up with policies or at least new

26:10 ↗ methodologies on how we're going to be

26:13 ↗ accommodating those different population

26:15 ↗ groups in the

26:16 ↗ community this also includes looking at

26:20 ↗ how Emergency Shelters or transitional

26:22 ↗ housing is being accommodated in the

26:24 ↗ city um as well as affordable housing

26:27 ↗ and so this will be an additional

26:28 ↗ analysis that we'll be including in the

26:31 ↗ comprehensive

26:35 ↗ plan so I'm bringing up um this slide

26:39 ↗ for discussion of how the comprehensive

26:41 ↗ plan is used and kind of the grand

26:43 ↗ scheme of planning documents um uh

26:47 ↗ policy discussions and City budget so

26:50 ↗ you can see at the top our conference

26:52 ↗ plan is that 20-year Vision it's it's

26:54 ↗ really supposed to be that high level

26:57 ↗ goals and policies or objectives that

27:00 ↗ kind of give a little Guiding Light of

27:03 ↗ how we want to address different topic

27:04 ↗ areas as it relates to growth then we

27:07 ↗ have our functional plans and that that

27:09 ↗ includes the Strategic plans action

27:11 ↗ plans implementation plans anything that

27:13 ↗ starts to focus in on how we want to

27:16 ↗ achieve that vision and identifying

27:19 ↗ different strategies or uh priorities

27:22 ↗ for resources to get us closer to what

27:25 ↗ we actually want to see on the ground

27:27 ↗ and that in turn becomes um discussion

27:30 ↗ pieces for financing or implementation

27:33 ↗ as we determine the city budget or

27:36 ↗ updates to our city code and we look at

27:40 ↗ performance metrics to help guide some

27:42 ↗ of those conversations to determine if

27:44 ↗ we need to make updates to how we're

27:47 ↗ prioritizing Investments to the city or

27:49 ↗ how we're making policy decisions around

27:53 ↗ regulations of what we're requiring for

27:55 ↗ new development or for um any other type

27:58 ↗ of activities that are permitted

27:59 ↗ throughout the city to make sure that we

28:01 ↗ are achieving the city's

28:03 ↗ Vision are there any questions so far

28:06 ↗ I've kind of thrown all a lot out I want

28:07 ↗ to pause right now in case there are any

28:11 ↗ questions do you evaluate how you did on

28:16 ↗ the

28:17 ↗ plan not on the overall plan there's

28:21 ↗ more specific with the performance Mets

28:23 ↗ we're seeing how maybe the policies in

28:26 ↗ the in the comprehensive plan are

28:27 ↗ impacting uh either the functional plans

28:30 ↗ or the budget or even our development

28:32 ↗ regulations and then we'll we'll make

28:33 ↗ adjustments based on that uh but it's

28:36 ↗ not so much on the over plan itself it's

28:38 ↗ more of the the different topic areas of

28:40 ↗ performance metrics that we use

28:44 ↗ yeah so yeah I'm thinking about like how

28:47 ↗ you're describing the different planning

28:49 ↗ Cycles here so the comprehensive plan is

28:51 ↗ a 20-year plan and then during that 20

28:54 ↗ years all these other plans pop up and

28:57 ↗ so so annually or every 8 to 10 years

29:01 ↗ something like that you

29:03 ↗ reassess with the new plans that popped

29:05 ↗ up is that so when when each of the

29:07 ↗ functional plans get updated we'll

29:10 ↗ update the comprehensive plan to make

29:12 ↗ sure they're consistent at all times as

29:14 ↗ as often as we can but we can we can

29:16 ↗ only touch the comprehensive plan once a

29:17 ↗ year and so we make sure the timing of

29:19 ↗ those other plans are updated along with

29:22 ↗ that the every 10 years we'll look at

29:26 ↗ everything all at once to make sure that

29:28 ↗ we didn't miss anything in any of those

29:30 ↗ individual updates because when we're

29:32 ↗ doing the minor updates at you know one

29:34 ↗ topic area we can only see so much at a

29:38 ↗ time when we're doing the minor updates

29:41 ↗ and so uh typically we'll have those

29:44 ↗ conversations and we'll continue the

29:46 ↗ conversations and sometimes we'll find

29:48 ↗ something after the fact and we'll go

29:49 ↗ back and update it but it's it's every

29:51 ↗ 10 years is we're actually now opening

29:54 ↗ the door on everything to evaluate every

29:56 ↗ little policy

29:57 ↗ or goal and make sure that we're

30:01 ↗ considering implementation or now

30:03 ↗ talking to our operation staff who may

30:05 ↗ have not have been part of the original

30:07 ↗ conversation and make sure a lot of

30:10 ↗ their feedback is now Incorporated with

30:12 ↗ the coordination piece thank you Stephen

30:15 ↗ we have a question from Laura yes

30:24 ↗ Laura I don't know if you're asking the

30:26 ↗ question but you're on you unmute Mara

30:29 ↗ okay thank you so much for the

30:31 ↗ presentation I especially like the fact

30:33 ↗ that you added the cultural piece given

30:35 ↗ the number of people who uh live in

30:38 ↗ isqua that were not born in this area

30:41 ↗ one of my questions or one of my my my

30:44 ↗ question is is there um I love this

30:47 ↗ presentation before I joined this

30:49 ↗ committee I didn't really know much

30:51 ↗ about what happens in the city and what

30:53 ↗ was going on are there ways to share

30:56 ↗ this information periodically with

30:59 ↗ people and just gather input or feedback

31:02 ↗ or just educate people as to what's

31:04 ↗ going on I Pro there probably are and I

31:07 ↗ might miss Town meetings or something

31:09 ↗ but I'm just wondering if there's

31:11 ↗ something that happens like some checks

31:13 ↗ for the community about these

31:17 ↗ plans yes so the intent of of um a lot

31:21 ↗ of the efforts the city have been going

31:23 ↗ through with updating like our

31:25 ↗ Communications uh

31:28 ↗ forgetting the I think it's the

31:29 ↗ communications guideline is to actually

31:32 ↗ Prov make sure that any of our planning

31:34 ↗ documents or any of these listed plans

31:36 ↗ that are on the screen follow that

31:38 ↗ process of engaging the community in

31:40 ↗ different communication or different

31:42 ↗ Community groups in the community who

31:45 ↗ probably weren't part of the

31:46 ↗ conversation originally when it was last

31:47 ↗ developed or updated and engaging more

31:50 ↗ of those conversations of who is

31:52 ↗ actually impacted or who we not know is

31:54 ↗ impacted by this and addressing that as

31:57 ↗ part of the next update and so as we are

32:00 ↗ now starting to update each of these

32:02 ↗ plans if they didn't already kind of go

32:04 ↗ through a broader engagement process we

32:07 ↗ are now having that broader engagement

32:09 ↗ process and discussions with the

32:10 ↗ community groups to look at um

32:13 ↗ recognized or unintended consequences

32:15 ↗ and

32:16 ↗ impacts does that help answer your

32:19 ↗ question so can so can you clarify all

32:23 ↗ these meetings being planned for

32:24 ↗ sometime in the near future by the

32:26 ↗ communic ation Department yeah so let's

32:29 ↗ say um for example the the parks

32:32 ↗ Department's updating their park system

32:34 ↗ plan they're going through uh they're

32:38 ↗ working with the Communications Group to

32:40 ↗ now look at how to do an engagement

32:42 ↗ process for that entire planning process

32:45 ↗ who do they need to engage who wasn't

32:47 ↗ engaged before that they need to engage

32:49 ↗ now and have the conversations of okay

32:53 ↗ what what data do we have or don't have

32:55 ↗ what do we need to analyze and how can

32:58 ↗ that influence some of those policy

33:01 ↗ discussions thank you and then a lot of

33:04 ↗ those engagement processes that either

33:06 ↗ already have uh been conducted or

33:09 ↗ they're about to be conducted feed into

33:11 ↗ the comprehensive Plan update

33:14 ↗ process I'm gonna jum in for a second

33:17 ↗ yes that's well you have this planning

33:19 ↗ framework up just because it will uh

33:22 ↗ provide some context to what I'm going

33:24 ↗ to provide later uh when you look down

33:27 ↗ at degree levels there that is the kind

33:30 ↗ of level of planning that I will be

33:33 ↗ talking about so um I'm very happy that

33:36 ↗ Stephen has gone first because he's more

33:38 ↗ macro level and then as you like break

33:40 ↗ it down like he provides the framework

33:43 ↗ from which the current planner is

33:45 ↗ utilized to um administer the code so we

33:49 ↗ primarily are using that dark green

33:51 ↗ section that says is is code I think

33:54 ↗ it's really helpful to have a visual and

33:57 ↗ I wish I would have put this in my

33:58 ↗ presentation as well but since it's up

34:00 ↗ there I'm just going to say so that dark

34:02 ↗ green area is the area of planning that

34:04 ↗ I will be addressing

34:07 ↗ later thanks H I have another question

34:11 ↗ we'll go back to the parks department so

34:13 ↗ when the parks department talks to

34:15 ↗ community stakeholders or individuals do

34:19 ↗ they cycle back at with the results like

34:23 ↗ what was decided and here's this is the

34:25 ↗ policy and now you know how you

34:28 ↗ contributed yes they do so that

34:30 ↗ typically what'll happen is um you know

34:33 ↗ you start with the broader conversations

34:36 ↗ with the community you ask what what are

34:38 ↗ we doing well what are we not doing well

34:40 ↗ how can we might how can we change

34:41 ↗ things or prioritize things a little bit

34:43 ↗ different and then they go through the

34:45 ↗ technical discussions with the Parks

34:47 ↗ Board or or any of the other board's

34:48 ↗ commissions and then they come back and

34:51 ↗ release those draft goals policies to

34:54 ↗ everybody to review before even goes to

34:57 ↗ the city council great so that's that's

35:01 ↗ the intent of the communications

35:03 ↗ guidelines update is to kind of go

35:04 ↗ through that process for all of our

35:06 ↗ planning documents whether they were

35:08 ↗ developed that way originally or

35:11 ↗ not any other questions before I move

35:17 ↗ on

35:20 ↗ okay so um one of the things that I

35:24 ↗ thought might be helpful is to describe

35:26 ↗ really the overlap between what's in the

35:29 ↗ comprehensive plan and what's in these

35:31 ↗ functional plans and it's really going

35:33 ↗ to be those goals and policies that are

35:35 ↗ identifi the 20-year Vision has these

35:38 ↗ goals and policies the functional plans

35:41 ↗ or implementation plans focus on how do

35:44 ↗ we Implement that what are the

35:45 ↗ strategies behind um trying to get to

35:50 ↗ what we're really uh what what the

35:52 ↗ vision is but also with the resources

35:54 ↗ that we have in place you know this quad

35:56 ↗ as a smaller Community compared to some

35:58 ↗ of our neighbors we only have so many

36:00 ↗ staff to implement some of this so

36:02 ↗ bringing some of those goals policies

36:04 ↗ with a regality check we can do this

36:07 ↗ over the next 5 to 10 years and that's

36:10 ↗ what gets identified in those functional

36:12 ↗ plans and if some of that vision for the

36:14 ↗ goals and policy changes we need to go

36:16 ↗ back to the compehensive plan to make

36:17 ↗ sure it's consistent and the reason why

36:20 ↗ we go through this effort of making sure

36:22 ↗ our comprehensive plan is basically

36:25 ↗ aligned with any of the functional plans

36:27 ↗ or what we're doing on the ground is

36:29 ↗ that if we ever go for Grants or get

36:32 ↗ Federal funding on something they

36:34 ↗ usually look at what's in the

36:35 ↗ comprehensive plan and if we have

36:37 ↗ something that's in the comprehensive

36:39 ↗ plan that's not consistent with what

36:40 ↗ we're proposing they're going to call us

36:42 ↗ on it and so it's really important that

36:45 ↗ we maintain consistency for the required

36:47 ↗ and not required elements with our

36:50 ↗ planning documents implementation

36:51 ↗ because we really like getting Federal

36:53 ↗ funding because locally we can't fund

36:55 ↗ everything um and we want to be able to

36:59 ↗ continue doing a lot of the great work

37:00 ↗ that we're doing at the staff level and

37:02 ↗ and providing the services that we want

37:04 ↗ to provide for a lot of the community

37:06 ↗ members or even broadening some of those

37:08 ↗ services so that's kind of the important

37:11 ↗ piece um especially when it comes to our

37:16 ↗ required elements and new legislation if

37:21 ↗ we don't comply with even new rules at

37:23 ↗ the state level we there's a potential

37:26 ↗ of losing even funding we have in place

37:28 ↗ now the state could say we're going to

37:30 ↗ stop and you actually have to pay us

37:32 ↗ back for the funding we've given you

37:34 ↗ because we don't comply even if it

37:36 ↗ doesn't even relate to how we got the

37:38 ↗ funding so consistency is kind of key

37:42 ↗ that's kind of the main thing I want to

37:44 ↗ put with this

37:46 ↗ slide so the equity

37:48 ↗ framework we weren't able to start this

37:51 ↗ project with the equity framework just

37:52 ↗ because we started this well over a year

37:54 ↗ ago of developing the scope and the

37:56 ↗ project and how we're going to take it

37:58 ↗ on um and the equity framework wasn't

38:01 ↗ ready yet so instead I tasked my team

38:04 ↗ with kind of looking at four different

38:05 ↗ points with the conference plan first

38:08 ↗ how can we reframe some of our uh data

38:10 ↗ analysis to look at uh community members

38:13 ↗ that are impacted by our

38:16 ↗ policies and who who is impacted or who

38:20 ↗ is unintendedly impacted by our policies

38:23 ↗ and trying to recognize that the other

38:25 ↗ part is with the policy analysis and and

38:28 ↗ even modern best practices what are our

38:31 ↗ neighbors doing or what are analysis

38:32 ↗ being done around us that are

38:35 ↗ recognizing uh different uses or

38:37 ↗ different strategies for addressing some

38:39 ↗ of those inequities that either uh we

38:42 ↗ just did not see before or that we just

38:45 ↗ didn't know how to

38:46 ↗ address and then lastly it's the

38:49 ↗ functional plan development as all as I

38:51 ↗ said already as we now update a lot of

38:55 ↗ our functional plans that are in place

38:56 ↗ now or develop new ones we are now

38:59 ↗ making sure the engagement piece is

39:01 ↗ incorporating broader areas or broader

39:03 ↗ population groups that probably weren't

39:05 ↗ part of the conversation

39:07 ↗ originally so those are the key pieces

39:10 ↗ that we are trying to address through

39:11 ↗ the periodic because we just didn't have

39:13 ↗ the framework with the background

39:16 ↗ analysis for each of the

39:18 ↗ elements so the disperate impacts is

39:20 ↗ required of us to do from the state but

39:23 ↗ we're also incorporating some of the

39:26 ↗ trans Transportation economic vitality

39:28 ↗ and and even the climate

39:30 ↗ resilience um analysis to also consider

39:33 ↗ some of those disperate emps and

39:35 ↗ considering it with some of our policy

39:37 ↗ updates with this uh periodic

39:40 ↗ update so as we're looking through each

39:43 ↗ of these different topic areas we're

39:46 ↗ looking at the data behind some of the

39:48 ↗ policy decisions that were made as well

39:50 ↗ as some of the conversations we're

39:52 ↗ having with the other boards commissions

39:54 ↗ to um give give a better I was I would

39:58 ↗ say a broader strategy of how we're

40:01 ↗ actually trying to achieve uh the modern

40:03 ↗ vision for the

40:09 ↗ city three questions that did come from

40:11 ↗ the framework that we used early on

40:13 ↗ where were what are the racial impacts

40:16 ↗ of particular decision who will benefit

40:18 ↗ or be burdened by the particular

40:20 ↗ decision or are there solutions to

40:22 ↗ mitigate unintended consequences some of

40:24 ↗ what I had spoken to already but we're

40:25 ↗ having these conversations particularly

40:27 ↗ with the planning policy commission as

40:29 ↗ we're going through um different policy

40:32 ↗ updates and at as we're evaluating each

40:35 ↗ of the policies we're kind of

40:36 ↗ identifying areas where we feel like the

40:39 ↗ language needs to be improved or broaden

40:41 ↗ or at least identify um historically dis

40:46 ↗ historically uh disadvantaged population

40:48 ↗ groups who weren't either part of the

40:50 ↗ conversation or we have found have

40:52 ↗ actually experienced unintended

40:54 ↗ consequen or impacts on those

40:55 ↗ populations

40:58 ↗ groups some of the best practices that

41:00 ↗ we're kind of taking in into some of

41:03 ↗ this update is we're looking at gender

41:05 ↗ neutrality as um we have policies that

41:08 ↗ are well over 20 years old and they're

41:11 ↗ they kind of read that way so we're

41:13 ↗ updating that and making those

41:14 ↗ recommendations to the planning policy

41:16 ↗ commission we're also recognizing the

41:19 ↗ community some of the language is more

41:22 ↗ specific to Citizens or only isqua

41:25 ↗ residents the isal community is much

41:27 ↗ broader than that so we're trying to

41:29 ↗ make sure the comprehensive plan is

41:30 ↗ recognizing that in our policy updates

41:32 ↗ as well we are also pushing to make sure

41:35 ↗ that for any element or any of the

41:37 ↗ functional plan updates there's much

41:39 ↗ more inclusive engagement and and

41:42 ↗ um not just adding it to the checklist

41:46 ↗ that they have to go through with

41:47 ↗ Communications also explaining the

41:49 ↗ importance of it as they're having those

41:51 ↗ conversations for those updates the last

41:54 ↗ piece is neighborhood character this is

41:55 ↗ something that a lot of cities are

41:56 ↗ trying to um address in different ways

42:00 ↗ the way we're addressing neighborhood

42:01 ↗ character and in and actually I'll back

42:04 ↗ up so historically neighborhood

42:06 ↗ character has been a term that's used

42:08 ↗ for development regulations as well as

42:10 ↗ long range Vision planning documents as

42:13 ↗ a way of just saying um we want to make

42:16 ↗ sure we preserve neighborhood character

42:18 ↗ in single family

42:20 ↗ zones as you can imagine this has been

42:22 ↗ used in a lot of negative ways and it

42:25 ↗ has negative connotation to it now that

42:28 ↗ we are trying to change by defining what

42:30 ↗ that means not necessarily taking it out

42:32 ↗ of the language but in a policy that's

42:35 ↗ around housing say we want to look at

42:38 ↗ Heights uh setbacks building building

42:42 ↗ types the types of Housing and that

42:45 ↗ really providing more intent and

42:48 ↗ definition into what that neighborhood

42:50 ↗ character actually means for those

42:51 ↗ policies that helps with um enforcement

42:55 ↗ when it comes to development regulations

42:57 ↗ as well as looking at the intent in

42:59 ↗ justifying those regulations in

43:03 ↗ place before I move on to schedule are

43:06 ↗ there any questions on what I've

43:08 ↗ discussed so

43:10 ↗ far I have a qu so this might be totally

43:14 ↗ off of where you want to go so you can

43:18 ↗ defer the question until later um so

43:23 ↗ comprehensive plan seems to be around

43:25 ↗ like land

43:27 ↗ and other things correct it's part of it

43:30 ↗ yes okay part of it and

43:32 ↗ then so I'm aware like historically over

43:37 ↗ maybe centuries you know there have been

43:39 ↗ policies like redlining and things like

43:41 ↗ that which bring us to a certain place

43:44 ↗ of

43:45 ↗ inequity and you know built upon

43:48 ↗ systemic racism and things like that and

43:51 ↗ so when I see your policy analysis

43:54 ↗ questions um I'm also thinking about how

43:58 ↗ do

43:59 ↗ you it's almost like the the impact of a

44:02 ↗ decision right now and what's the the

44:05 ↗ impact of current state so is there any

44:10 ↗ consideration of

44:12 ↗ remedying historic harms and inequities

44:16 ↗ as you make policies now like reversing

44:22 ↗ MH the historical trends that have

44:25 ↗ gotten us to where we are versus kind of

44:27 ↗ thinking about the current state as like

44:29 ↗ a neutral state that has been their

44:31 ↗ approach um if we find something like

44:34 ↗ that we haven't found anything like that

44:36 ↗ at least based on the data that we have

44:38 ↗ available and the analysis we've been

44:39 ↗ able to conduct we haven't found

44:41 ↗ anything but that was the approach was

44:43 ↗ to not just change the language but also

44:46 ↗ look at reversing some of those harmful

44:48 ↗ impacts as well um we're not proposing

44:51 ↗ any because we didn't find anything but

44:53 ↗ it doesn't mean we might find something

44:54 ↗ in the future and we'll have the same

44:57 ↗ approach there okay so you're actively

44:59 ↗ looking into that though we are okay

45:02 ↗ thank you any other

45:06 ↗ questions

45:08 ↗ okay so for timing and next steps of

45:11 ↗ this project we're currently in this

45:13 ↗ analysis and review looking at all of

45:15 ↗ the different elements and topic areas

45:18 ↗ with each of the other boards

45:19 ↗ commissions presenting some of our

45:21 ↗ findings with an analysis continuing to

45:24 ↗ conduct more analysis working with a

45:26 ↗ consultant on particularly like the

45:27 ↗ disperate impacts analysis and then

45:30 ↗ eventually we're going to get to a point

45:31 ↗ of uh presenting some of the the draft

45:35 ↗ language to council committees over the

45:38 ↗ next couple couple months and then

45:40 ↗ putting everything together into a draft

45:42 ↗ early next year and ultimately we're

45:45 ↗ hoping to adopt the comprehensive plan

45:47 ↗ around August or September next year but

45:49 ↗ there's a lot of steps before we get

45:51 ↗ there but that's kind of where we're at

45:53 ↗ it's kind of those initial steps of

45:55 ↗ working through everything

45:57 ↗ everything um so getting back to the

45:59 ↗ questions that I had for the board

46:01 ↗ tonight do you want how do you want to

46:03 ↗ handle going through those you want to

46:06 ↗ just go through each

46:09 ↗ one

46:10 ↗ sure so going with the first question

46:13 ↗ does the board have potential changes to

46:14 ↗ the approach that my team is taking with

46:16 ↗ the comprehensive plan is there

46:18 ↗ something you feel like maybe we're

46:24 ↗ missing

46:27 ↗ and if you can't think of something

46:28 ↗ tonight please feel free to email me

46:29 ↗ after tonight too I know a lot of this

46:31 ↗ there's a lot of information to take in

46:34 ↗ uh especially if you're not familiar

46:35 ↗ with Comprehensive plans so if you maybe

46:39 ↗ think of something later tonight or

46:40 ↗ later this week um I can give Dale my

46:44 ↗ email and you all can contact me at

46:46 ↗ later time

46:48 ↗ too okay moving to the second question

46:52 ↗ is there other information that would be

46:53 ↗ useful for inequity analys is I know I

46:56 ↗ kind of covered it broadly but is there

46:58 ↗ something that you might be seeing um in

47:01 ↗ your own work or work going on in other

47:03 ↗ cities that you think the city the city

47:06 ↗ isall might be able to benefit

47:11 ↗ from so I have a possible comment there

47:16 ↗ um I don't have any answers but I know

47:19 ↗ that uh issues

47:22 ↗ around accessibility for folks with

47:25 ↗ disabilities is a big thing that often

47:27 ↗ gets overlooked so thinking as much as

47:30 ↗ you can Center on on that in relation to

47:34 ↗ this work and then also issues around

47:37 ↗ intersectionality I think that is

47:39 ↗ something that a lot of different groups

47:41 ↗ are trying to understand how to address

47:44 ↗ more systematically and so just kind of

47:46 ↗ thinking about how that can be factored

47:48 ↗ into your analyses okay that's a good

47:54 ↗ point

47:57 ↗ anything

48:01 ↗ else okay on the last question are there

48:04 ↗ other recommendations that we can take

48:06 ↗ to the planning policy commission is in

48:08 ↗ terms of this work or even just thinking

48:11 ↗ about the long range vision for the

48:15 ↗ city I think one thing I I might add is

48:18 ↗ as we're kind of looking through

48:20 ↗ drafting each of the different elements

48:21 ↗ we're making sure to incorporate where

48:24 ↗ it's relevant um The Narrative of the

48:27 ↗ importance of equity analysis as it as

48:29 ↗ we're looking at the long range Vision

48:31 ↗ not just for land use and housing but

48:33 ↗ for all the different

48:39 ↗ elements okay I might one thing

48:42 ↗ I especially with plan resilience

48:45 ↗ becoming one of the

48:47 ↗ topics and thinking about longer range

48:50 ↗ impacts from climate change there might

48:53 ↗ be new inequities that

48:57 ↗ having difficulty hearing the

49:00 ↗ question sorry I'll speak up can you

49:02 ↗ hear me

49:04 ↗ now thank you so

49:06 ↗ much I want to talk in this direction oh

49:10 ↗ great um yeah keep looking at the screen

49:14 ↗ yeah I was just bringing up the uh the

49:15 ↗ potential new inequities that might come

49:18 ↗ up with climate change related impacts

49:21 ↗ which we might not be experiencing today

49:24 ↗ but especially when you're thinking of a

49:25 ↗ comprehensive plan that's spans 20 years

49:28 ↗ what those might look like you know in

49:30 ↗ the future if that might be something to

49:33 ↗ consider um if you haven't already

49:35 ↗ looked into that I know our um

49:38 ↗ sustainability group they're conducting

49:40 ↗ a vulnerability assessment as it comes

49:41 ↗ to Rel to climate change and they're

49:44 ↗ looking at kind of the broader impacts

49:46 ↗ to the community um whether it's

49:48 ↗ intended or unintended and and even

49:50 ↗ preparedness as it relates to natural

49:52 ↗ disasters in the future and how are

49:55 ↗ population or different population

49:57 ↗ groups might be prepared or not prepared

49:59 ↗ and so hopefully we'll be addressing

50:00 ↗ some of that um because the

50:02 ↗ comprehensive plan is such a kind of a

50:05 ↗ higher level policy look at everything

50:08 ↗ it might not get into that level of

50:10 ↗ detail of saying how we're going to be

50:11 ↗ fixing it but saying that we we want to

50:14 ↗ but the update to our climate action

50:16 ↗ plan or some of our implementation plans

50:18 ↗ might incorporate a lot of how we might

50:20 ↗ be addressing a lot of that that's a

50:22 ↗ great point Thank you and if it's

50:24 ↗ helpful to know the the isqua climate

50:27 ↗ action plan is going to be coming up for

50:30 ↗ its review point in the coming year and

50:32 ↗ so I David REI from sustainability loves

50:36 ↗ coming to the equity board and I I would

50:39 ↗ assume that they will come back with

50:40 ↗ that as they consider their update as

50:45 ↗ well okay um I had one more question um

50:50 ↗ could you go back to the slide where you

50:52 ↗ had s of the four Equity

50:54 ↗ questions or maybe three three um yeah I

50:57 ↗ was just curious how you came up with

50:59 ↗ these three questions for your analysis

51:02 ↗ we um so as part of our staff training

51:05 ↗ these questions actually came up um

51:07 ↗ early on for some of us who who went

51:10 ↗ through Equity training and so this

51:13 ↗ these kind of resonated to me to make

51:14 ↗ sure you know if we can't have their

51:16 ↗ Equity framework to use for the full

51:18 ↗ conference plan we want to at least make

51:20 ↗ sure as we're having the policy

51:22 ↗ discussions have these

51:24 ↗ policies available to us and discuss

51:26 ↗ them actively with our planning policy

51:30 ↗ commission thank

51:33 ↗ you one one comment that I have so I I

51:37 ↗ know I think from from what you shared

51:40 ↗ it seems like there's been a lot of

51:41 ↗ thought and Equity considerations going

51:44 ↗ into it which is

51:47 ↗ really I'm I'm impressed um I think I

51:51 ↗ often find in doing this work that it's

51:53 ↗ in the details for things

51:56 ↗ fall down and so I guess you know I know

51:58 ↗ like you you've talked about like who

52:00 ↗ who wasn't in the room when engagement

52:03 ↗ initially happened and trying to make

52:05 ↗ sure you go back and grab those people

52:07 ↗ so they are able to contribute and

52:10 ↗ provide uh feedback

52:14 ↗ um so at that level of Engagement you

52:17 ↗ know how how are you thinking about uh

52:21 ↗ making sure that you do get those fols

52:24 ↗ like you're you're inviting them they're

52:26 ↗ coming or you're going to them to meet

52:28 ↗ them where they're at thinking about the

52:30 ↗ language you know translation needs you

52:32 ↗ know all of those things and and I also

52:35 ↗ know like this is pretty like the

52:38 ↗ content and the discussion is pretty uh

52:42 ↗ it might be Advanced and so it might

52:44 ↗ take a while to bring folks along to be

52:46 ↗ able to contribute meaningfully and so

52:49 ↗ I'm just wondering if if that's all part

52:51 ↗ of your plan as you do you know your

52:55 ↗ recurring kind of cycles of

52:58 ↗ Engagement I uh I would say there's two

53:01 ↗ levels to kind of address some of that

53:04 ↗ first is kind of making sure that the

53:06 ↗ staff understand the importance of a lot

53:08 ↗ of the work and not just what it means

53:10 ↗ but also how to um come up with

53:13 ↗ different strategies to have inclusive

53:15 ↗ engagement because you know

53:18 ↗ traditionally you have your survey and

53:20 ↗ then you have a a meeting that anybody's

53:23 ↗ invited to and then you go to city

53:25 ↗ council and

53:26 ↗ aop we're trying to move away from that

53:29 ↗ as our template and we're trying to make

53:31 ↗ it a much more um I would say tailored

53:34 ↗ approach depending on the project

53:36 ↗ because sometimes it's a a capital

53:39 ↗ project where you're building a road in

53:41 ↗ a specific area and so traditionally

53:44 ↗ Engineers are going to look at it as

53:46 ↗ well we're just building the road

53:47 ↗ there's what's the equity consideration

53:50 ↗ well now we have to walk them through it

53:52 ↗ or help them at least understand what

53:54 ↗ does that actually mean mean it's not

53:56 ↗ just the people that are impacted it's

53:57 ↗ also the people who are not impacted

53:59 ↗ people who use the road or not using the

54:00 ↗ road and going beyond that because I

54:04 ↗ mean I could go through as much effort

54:06 ↗ as I can to make sure the plan is as

54:09 ↗ inclusive as possible but if I'm not

54:11 ↗ supported by the other staff working

54:13 ↗ that's more direct responsible for the

54:16 ↗ project it's going to be kind of a a

54:19 ↗ wasted effort so the staff is kind of

54:21 ↗ the important part of making sure that

54:23 ↗ each of the projects as they're getting

54:25 ↗ updated makes it more inclusive the

54:28 ↗ other part is just exploring what does

54:30 ↗ that mean what who are the groups that

54:32 ↗ we didn't engage or you know how did we

54:34 ↗ engage them in the first place who who

54:37 ↗ do we need to also bring to the table

54:38 ↗ and have the conversations who can who

54:42 ↗ needs to be brought along and be you

54:44 ↗ know um educated at least technically to

54:48 ↗ understand enough to provide meaningful

54:51 ↗ feedback and sometimes it's not a broad

54:53 ↗ Community conversation sometimes it's a

54:55 ↗ smaller Forum of individuals in the

54:57 ↗ community who you kind of teach about

54:59 ↗ the topic and then then pose the policy

55:02 ↗ question so it's it kind of a tailored

55:05 ↗ approach depending on the project and so

55:07 ↗ I think as the city expands some of this

55:10 ↗ work and and tries to um include more of

55:13 ↗ these conversations we're going to

55:14 ↗ continue to learn how best to make this

55:16 ↗ more inclusive but as you know it's

55:18 ↗ still a learning process for a lot of us

55:21 ↗ yeah no that's really helpful to know

55:23 ↗ how you're approaching it thank you

55:26 ↗ thank you for the question any other

55:31 ↗ questions okay well like I said if

55:34 ↗ there's anything else please feel free

55:35 ↗ to email me thank you for having me uh

55:38 ↗ to to present on this uh I'm gonna turn

55:42 ↗ it over back to D yeah great so Stephen

55:46 ↗ um I will give folks time to follow up

55:50 ↗ with me in the next couple of weeks if

55:52 ↗ you have any additional thoughts for

55:53 ↗ Stephen espe actually um if like me your

55:58 ↗ first reaction maybe isn't your fully

56:01 ↗ baked thought and you have some thoughts

56:04 ↗ a few days a few hours uh from now we'll

56:07 ↗ make sure that as you saw from the

56:10 ↗ timeline this is something that's

56:11 ↗ stretching into well into the coming

56:13 ↗ year and so we've got some time to

56:16 ↗ think thank you and I'm G to stick

56:18 ↗ around at listening on Holly's

56:21 ↗ presentation thank you great and Holly

56:24 ↗ would you like to share your slides or

56:25 ↗ would you like to share

56:28 ↗ them awesome awesome

56:42 ↗ awesome well first of all I will

56:44 ↗ introduce myself I'm Holly Katon I'm uh

56:48 ↗ the secret planner with the city uh I do

56:51 ↗ current planning so slightly different

56:54 ↗ planning area than Stephen has just um

56:58 ↗ explained to us very well and I'm going

57:00 ↗ to kind of cross over with some of the

57:02 ↗ information that he's provided so thank

57:06 ↗ you for having me it's a pleasure to be

57:08 ↗ here and I I just have to say this group

57:11 ↗ needs to really give themselves credit

57:14 ↗ because this is the sixth City I've

57:16 ↗ worked for and the first Equity board

57:18 ↗ that I have seen engaged in really

57:22 ↗ making efforts and so that's something

57:25 ↗ that everyone really needs to um really

57:29 ↗ proud of I

57:32 ↗ think okay did you give me that access

57:36 ↗ to share were you able to share

57:41 ↗ actually you should it should be right

57:43 ↗ in the upper corner by

57:53 ↗ Le not

58:23 ↗ yet

58:29 ↗ and think if it gives you a hard time

58:31 ↗ I'm also happy to

58:35 ↗ drive one more time there we go that's

58:39 ↗ looking

58:42 ↗ awesome all right so I'm just going to

58:45 ↗ give kind of a high level overview of

58:47 ↗ current planning and um how the equity

58:51 ↗ framework plays into the work that we do

58:53 ↗ and give mainly a specific example of

58:55 ↗ how it's come up in the past couple of

58:57 ↗ years and and the efforts that we

59:00 ↗ recognize since the equity framework has

59:02 ↗ been put together still need work and so

59:07 ↗ that has been really actually incredibly

59:09 ↗ meaningful for the team to go through

59:11 ↗ the equity framework and kind of ask

59:12 ↗ ourselves questions and start the

59:14 ↗ conversation are we doing things here

59:17 ↗ that we you know aren't we doing things

59:20 ↗ or are we doing things what can we be

59:22 ↗ doing and actually you know the convers

59:25 ↗ has just started to kind of evolve in

59:27 ↗ the past few months so I feel like we're

59:30 ↗ just at the very beginning in current

59:32 ↗ planning um so it's kind of exciting to

59:35 ↗ see where we're going to go from

59:40 ↗ here so current planning our rule is

59:43 ↗ it's pretty cut and dry we administer

59:47 ↗ code so um all of the things that

59:50 ↗ Stephen was talking about is the

59:53 ↗ creation code so that's the policy

59:54 ↗ making and you know for lack of a better

59:58 ↗ analogy he makes the sausage we serve

1:00:03 ↗ it um so all of the council meetings and

1:00:08 ↗ the planning policy committee all of

1:00:10 ↗ those things are where the policies are

1:00:11 ↗ developed once those policies are

1:00:13 ↗ developed they're implemented by the

1:00:15 ↗ council adopting the code standards and

1:00:18 ↗ so the code standards come to the

1:00:19 ↗ current planning team and we take

1:00:21 ↗ projects in and talk to you know and we

1:00:25 ↗ look at the code and we say what does

1:00:26 ↗ the code say so it's not as not quite as

1:00:30 ↗ creative as Stephen gets to be um so at

1:00:34 ↗ a very high level that's what we do um

1:00:37 ↗ there are obviously areas that come up

1:00:39 ↗ where the code hasn't addressed certain

1:00:41 ↗ things and so we have identified that

1:00:44 ↗ that's you know one area where we need

1:00:47 ↗ to pay attention where these where these

1:00:48 ↗ holes are in policy if decisions we're

1:00:52 ↗ making in the process where policy isn't

1:00:56 ↗ addressing it if there's any sort of

1:00:58 ↗ equity issue being created out of those

1:01:02 ↗ decisions so how we do our job is you

1:01:05 ↗ know kind of recap it's basically

1:01:07 ↗ customer service and project management

1:01:10 ↗ using the code standards that we have so

1:01:13 ↗ the difference between what current

1:01:15 ↗ planners do and what longrange planners

1:01:18 ↗ do again very high level even kind of

1:01:21 ↗ gave you a very deep explanations so I

1:01:24 ↗ don't really feel like I need to spend

1:01:25 ↗ too much time on it but they work

1:01:29 ↗ through the pro or the creation of the

1:01:31 ↗ policies that we then Implement so they

1:01:34 ↗ do the the Amendments and the analysis

1:01:37 ↗ of the codes that have been created and

1:01:41 ↗ and amend them based on how they're

1:01:43 ↗ working through the comp

1:01:45 ↗ plan so to reiterate comp plan and

1:01:49 ↗ Municipal Code they need to align with

1:01:52 ↗ each other if they don't that can create

1:01:54 ↗ lots of

1:01:55 ↗ problems who creates the municipal

1:01:58 ↗ code the municipal code is created

1:02:01 ↗ through long range and current planning

1:02:04 ↗ combined uh it goes to city council for

1:02:07 ↗ final adoption and so it's a lot of um a

1:02:11 ↗ lot of the policy makers putting input

1:02:14 ↗ into what's going into the municipal

1:02:16 ↗ code prior prior to it going to city

1:02:19 ↗ council um for development regulations

1:02:22 ↗ that current planers mostly use he'll go

1:02:25 ↗ through planning policy commission

1:02:28 ↗ first so just to kind of introduce the

1:02:31 ↗ entire team you have the planning

1:02:33 ↗ managers which are Stephen and Christian

1:02:35 ↗ GES I don't know if you've had a chance

1:02:37 ↗ to meet him on this board I'm sure you

1:02:40 ↗ will at some point in time he's my J

1:02:42 ↗ supervisor other current planners are

1:02:44 ↗ myself along with dog gormi who is our

1:02:46 ↗ environmental planner Valerie Porter who

1:02:49 ↗ has actually in my mind kind of helped

1:02:52 ↗ bridge the gap in equity because she is

1:02:55 ↗ playing two roles she is a longrange

1:02:57 ↗ planner and a current planner and we

1:02:58 ↗ don't have any other planners who are

1:03:00 ↗ are doing that here in isqua and I think

1:03:03 ↗ that is a really important um skill set

1:03:07 ↗ and kind of mind frame to come from

1:03:09 ↗ because you're seeing not only how the

1:03:11 ↗ policies are being created but how

1:03:12 ↗ they're being implemented you know in

1:03:15 ↗ the project

1:03:16 ↗ process and then we have Dan Martinez

1:03:19 ↗ who is an associate planner and Emily

1:03:21 ↗ Adams who is also an associate planner

1:03:24 ↗ our long range planners are Kristen Leon

1:03:27 ↗ who has been with the city for quite a

1:03:28 ↗ long time um 13 14 21

1:03:35 ↗ 21 wow okay I thought that was it at

1:03:39 ↗ first I was like is it really that long

1:03:41 ↗ no and then Valerie again and then we

1:03:45 ↗ have Thomas ales who is mainly

1:03:48 ↗ Transportation Focus

1:03:52 ↗ planning so equity considerations in

1:03:55 ↗ policy development when we're talking

1:03:58 ↗ through this at the current planning

1:04:00 ↗ level we're really asking ourselves you

1:04:03 ↗ know how does Equity play a role in in

1:04:05 ↗ what we do and so we had to kind of take

1:04:08 ↗ a step back and when asking this

1:04:10 ↗ question and say this is this is

1:04:12 ↗ something that has to be addressed at

1:04:14 ↗ the policy level because of how our role

1:04:17 ↗ is is built um if Equity is not

1:04:22 ↗ considered in creating the policy then

1:04:24 ↗ it's going to filter through the

1:04:25 ↗ projects and you know we have seen that

1:04:28 ↗ in as you're mentioning earlier in

1:04:31 ↗ development throughout history we've

1:04:33 ↗ seen that occurring and so I think you

1:04:35 ↗ know it's really important that this

1:04:37 ↗ conversation is occurring because as the

1:04:40 ↗ long range plan is being created and the

1:04:43 ↗ policies are being created that will

1:04:44 ↗ trickle down to current planning and

1:04:46 ↗ into the municipal code and we can

1:04:48 ↗ hopefully Bridge those gaps so one area

1:04:52 ↗ that we have recognized in the last

1:04:54 ↗ couple years that needed some work was

1:04:57 ↗ our notification process um for most

1:05:01 ↗ land use projects we do public noticing

1:05:05 ↗ in the typical noticing process in and

1:05:10 ↗ this comes from the state level some all

1:05:11 ↗ cities just adopt what the state says

1:05:13 ↗ you have to do and we leave it at that

1:05:15 ↗ um in the last couple years we've

1:05:17 ↗ changed that process in isquad to try to

1:05:21 ↗ get the word out to more to a greater

1:05:23 ↗ amount of of

1:05:24 ↗ citizens and interested parties so we

1:05:27 ↗ have changed it from what the state says

1:05:29 ↗ is a 300t radius from a project site to

1:05:32 ↗ a 500t radius and we've also um made the

1:05:38 ↗ efforts to not only the state says you

1:05:41 ↗ have to uh notice Property Owners we're

1:05:44 ↗ now also doing the work to notice

1:05:47 ↗ renters and leases as well that's

1:05:51 ↗ nice is there a question

1:05:58 ↗ sorry I was very excited about

1:06:01 ↗ that good I'm happy you're excited about

1:06:04 ↗ that it it is actually um proving to

1:06:07 ↗ reach a lot more people and I think that

1:06:10 ↗ we're going to see some really positive

1:06:12 ↗ impacts from that and I think that just

1:06:15 ↗ getting the word out to more people is

1:06:17 ↗ is going to engage more people and and I

1:06:21 ↗ think you know just personally speaking

1:06:24 ↗ 300 ft from a site depending on the lot

1:06:26 ↗ sizes is not always

1:06:29 ↗ capturing a lot of people sometimes it

1:06:31 ↗ is it depends on where you are like if

1:06:33 ↗ you're in a in an area where the lot

1:06:36 ↗ sizes are very small then obviously

1:06:38 ↗ you're going to capture more people

1:06:40 ↗ but okay so what do we need to do moving

1:06:44 ↗ forward so this is one example we've

1:06:46 ↗ noticed in the last couple years and it

1:06:47 ↗ kind of opened our eyes to where we

1:06:53 ↗ were in process just F we have a

1:06:57 ↗ question apologies I didn't want to I

1:06:59 ↗ didn't want to interrupt you but I want

1:07:01 ↗ to make sure that lcia gets to ask the

1:07:03 ↗ question where we're at okay okay thank

1:07:07 ↗ you Dale um this is Luccia choto

1:07:11 ↗ speaking um so I guess my question is

1:07:14 ↗ around I understand that notifying

1:07:17 ↗ within 500 feet involves having like

1:07:20 ↗ signage

1:07:22 ↗ correct um is that signage in other

1:07:26 ↗ languages Andor is there a way to add

1:07:30 ↗ like a QR code to where the information

1:07:35 ↗ that is being announced is in other

1:07:38 ↗ languages one and two is there any

1:07:42 ↗ effort being made to identify

1:07:46 ↗ Grassroots um pages that are run within

1:07:49 ↗ neighborhoods that could be impacted I

1:07:53 ↗ don't know if you have the people power

1:07:54 ↗ to do that but it is um one way to get

1:07:59 ↗ information out um to people that would

1:08:03 ↗ otherwise not even know what some of the

1:08:06 ↗ signage is right like you could drive by

1:08:08 ↗ it and not realize that it's intended

1:08:11 ↗ for your consumption and for your

1:08:13 ↗ processing thank you yeah thank you so

1:08:16 ↗ much for that question um I do touch a

1:08:19 ↗ little bit on that in the future in my

1:08:22 ↗ presentation but I I'm really happy that

1:08:24 ↗ you brought that up because this is one

1:08:27 ↗ of the exact topics that has come out of

1:08:29 ↗ the equity framework is how can we um

1:08:33 ↗ incorporate a a

1:08:36 ↗ better um approach in the process that

1:08:39 ↗ we're following because obviously you

1:08:42 ↗ know policy is carried out through

1:08:44 ↗ process and process is something that

1:08:46 ↗ current planners have the ability to

1:08:49 ↗ adjust um but you ask and bring up a

1:08:52 ↗ very good point it's

1:08:54 ↗ the the staff ability um to do those

1:08:59 ↗ things and so we are currently assessing

1:09:01 ↗ how we can um reach a greater audience

1:09:05 ↗ and the um translation piece is one of

1:09:08 ↗ the primary aspects that has come up so

1:09:13 ↗ in one of my slides coming up you'll see

1:09:16 ↗ that next steps one of the first things

1:09:18 ↗ is to assess how we can

1:09:21 ↗ potentially um have notices is in both

1:09:24 ↗ English and

1:09:26 ↗ Spanish or possibly another language

1:09:30 ↗ that may be able to

1:09:33 ↗ um communicate to a greater number of

1:09:37 ↗ people within the community and then for

1:09:39 ↗ the signs that's a great Point um

1:09:44 ↗ notices in the past were not always

1:09:47 ↗ required to have signage that is another

1:09:50 ↗ change that was made with the new

1:09:52 ↗ notification

1:09:54 ↗ process in the last two years so now if

1:09:57 ↗ any project requires

1:10:00 ↗ notification the site does require

1:10:03 ↗ signage um in terms of your question

1:10:06 ↗ about uh Grassroots um we have not made

1:10:10 ↗ Publications in in any uh Grassroots

1:10:14 ↗ Publications uh later on in my

1:10:16 ↗ presentation I do note that one of the

1:10:20 ↗ key aspects that current planning would

1:10:23 ↗ like to um to do in terms of improving

1:10:28 ↗ our processes is work with this board

1:10:31 ↗ for ideas such as that I mean that is

1:10:34 ↗ that's an excellent idea and it

1:10:37 ↗ potentially wouldn't um cost the city

1:10:40 ↗ that much more than what our current

1:10:41 ↗ noticing process costs so I appreciate

1:10:46 ↗ the note thank you thank

1:10:49 ↗ you we can just pause here for a moment

1:10:51 ↗ if there are any other questions

1:11:01 ↗ okay thank you for pointing up question

1:11:03 ↗ of course I didn't see the hand up no I

1:11:06 ↗ and I have to give credit to Monica

1:11:07 ↗ because I saw flash as I was not taking

1:11:10 ↗ so team effort

1:11:13 ↗ here okay so coordination another aspect

1:11:16 ↗ that we have uh noticed that we can

1:11:19 ↗ improve upon is greater coordination

1:11:21 ↗ with long range planning um does a

1:11:24 ↗ really great job of reaching out to us

1:11:25 ↗ on specific questions uh however there

1:11:28 ↗ is probably room for us to have more

1:11:30 ↗ coordination with longrange planning in

1:11:32 ↗ the process of creating the comp plan

1:11:36 ↗ and um also getting more feedback from

1:11:41 ↗ the planner who uh has a foot in both

1:11:43 ↗ worlds to see how current planning can

1:11:46 ↗ potentially improve

1:11:49 ↗ processes so continuing efforts in

1:11:52 ↗ current planning um as I mentioned we're

1:11:55 ↗ currently discussing the equity

1:11:57 ↗ framework and doing a deeper dive into

1:11:59 ↗ how we can better engage the community

1:12:02 ↗ and um how we need to

1:12:04 ↗ prioritize our

1:12:06 ↗ engagement and ideally when we can kind

1:12:09 ↗ of get a better grasp on how we need to

1:12:12 ↗ engage

1:12:13 ↗ better uh it's always best practice to

1:12:17 ↗ have

1:12:18 ↗ um data that we can measure right so

1:12:22 ↗ trying to get enough communication with

1:12:24 ↗ the community and and assess how they

1:12:27 ↗ are experiencing the engagement and then

1:12:31 ↗ going back and and kind of seeing where

1:12:34 ↗ we need to make some changes in the

1:12:37 ↗ future some areas that um need to be

1:12:41 ↗ prioritized to bridge some of these gaps

1:12:44 ↗ are perceived as being um zoning

1:12:46 ↗ amendments on reform to bridge the gaps

1:12:49 ↗ where there are um where there are some

1:12:52 ↗ Equity issues issues um more focused on

1:12:55 ↗ public transportation and then

1:12:57 ↗ monitoring and evaluation of of the

1:13:01 ↗ policies we're using which is built into

1:13:03 ↗ what Stephen does as he has

1:13:08 ↗ expressed okay so the efforts that have

1:13:11 ↗ been made uh I already addressed briefly

1:13:14 ↗ the noticing process so again required

1:13:17 ↗ to do 300 ft of a site and required to

1:13:20 ↗ notice Property Owners the city has been

1:13:24 ↗ um

1:13:26 ↗ or well it was codified in the

1:13:29 ↗ Amendments that were adopted June 1st

1:13:33 ↗ however uh practices were adjusted prior

1:13:36 ↗ to that

1:13:38 ↗ so now land use planners who do project

1:13:41 ↗ review are doing 500 ft from the site

1:13:44 ↗ and doing owners Le's renters within 500

1:13:47 ↗ ft

1:13:51 ↗ ofite well can ask a question mhm so

1:13:55 ↗ around this

1:13:56 ↗ notification process M

1:14:00 ↗ um so it sounds like there's efforts to

1:14:03 ↗ make to communicate these changes

1:14:08 ↗ publicly to larger a larger swap of

1:14:11 ↗ people how do they express their

1:14:15 ↗ concerns is that kind of that one come

1:14:17 ↗ y'all express your concerns or are there

1:14:21 ↗ I'm trying to think for folks with l

1:14:23 ↗ issues or something like that how how

1:14:25 ↗ are they able to effectively Express

1:14:28 ↗ their concerns and participate in that

1:14:30 ↗ side of that part of the process that's

1:14:32 ↗ an excellent question the noticing

1:14:34 ↗ process has a timeline built into it

1:14:37 ↗ it's typically 14 days and the notice is

1:14:41 ↗ for comments to come to the project

1:14:43 ↗ planner and that can be through phone

1:14:45 ↗ call or email um we do have the ability

1:14:49 ↗ to call for translation services however

1:14:52 ↗ if anyone has ever used that in an

1:14:54 ↗ office setting it's really um cumbersome

1:14:59 ↗ and creates a lot of weight for the

1:15:01 ↗ person who is requesting um translation

1:15:04 ↗ services so that is another area

1:15:07 ↗ of discussion for how do we improve that

1:15:11 ↗ um I'm guessing some of you have been in

1:15:14 ↗ that scenario it's it I'll speak freely

1:15:18 ↗ personally I have been in that scenario

1:15:20 ↗ and it's um really disheartening because

1:15:22 ↗ you can feel the

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1:15:27 ↗ um for lack of a better word frustration

1:15:30 ↗ from the person you're trying to help

1:15:31 ↗ because they're having to wait so much

1:15:33 ↗ longer to get you know the Assistance or

1:15:36 ↗ be able to provide input on something

1:15:38 ↗ because of the wait time for a

1:15:41 ↗ translator to do the translation

1:15:43 ↗ services so thank you for

1:15:47 ↗ asking so the current examples that are

1:15:50 ↗ coming to mind during this discussion

1:15:52 ↗ and current plan in are number one

1:15:54 ↗ translation services at public meetings

1:15:57 ↗ um just to give you some context on how

1:15:59 ↗ the meetings um are run we send out

1:16:04 ↗ notices usually that is about a week to

1:16:07 ↗ 10 days prior to a meeting um to have

1:16:11 ↗ translation services uh the discussion

1:16:13 ↗ has kind of been around um doing

1:16:16 ↗ something maybe like an RSVP notice so

1:16:20 ↗ that we know what language services

1:16:23 ↗ might be needed for a specific meeting

1:16:25 ↗ so we can have language services on site

1:16:28 ↗ kind of like you know what you're

1:16:30 ↗ already doing for your board um another

1:16:34 ↗ another topic that came up is creating a

1:16:37 ↗ development Equity questionnaire that is

1:16:39 ↗ a requirement for developers to have to

1:16:41 ↗ fill out when they're um providing a

1:16:44 ↗ project proposal and in my mind that is

1:16:47 ↗ something that we would be developing

1:16:48 ↗ with this board um and greater

1:16:51 ↗ coordination with longrange planning and

1:16:53 ↗ in their policy

1:16:55 ↗ development are there any questions

1:16:57 ↗ about it about

1:16:59 ↗ that one a question around so

1:17:02 ↗ translation it's great that that's being

1:17:04 ↗ considered is there also um like

1:17:06 ↗ accessibility guidelines for folks who

1:17:08 ↗ might have physical challenges to get to

1:17:11 ↗ the meetings and considering what needs

1:17:13 ↗ they might

1:17:15 ↗ have consideration in terms

1:17:18 ↗ of accessibility for um where we have

1:17:22 ↗ the meetings we typically hold meetings

1:17:25 ↗ in buildings that are are accessible

1:17:28 ↗ okay

1:17:29 ↗ um other than that there you know we

1:17:32 ↗ don't have um we don't have like we

1:17:36 ↗ haven't talked about translation

1:17:37 ↗ services for um sign language or

1:17:42 ↗ anything like that but obviously that's

1:17:45 ↗ part of this larger

1:17:48 ↗ conversation and I did want to thank you

1:17:50 ↗ for bringing that up I did want to touch

1:17:52 ↗ on your comment from earlier about ADA

1:17:54 ↗ and accessibility um in the in the

1:17:57 ↗ worlds of development the way that is

1:18:00 ↗ addressed is through the building code

1:18:02 ↗ which is IBC and IRC and so those are

1:18:05 ↗ you know those are codes that are are

1:18:07 ↗ are nationally um utilized and then each

1:18:11 ↗ jurisdiction has their own um amendments

1:18:15 ↗ to the building code I don't want to

1:18:17 ↗ speak too much on the building code

1:18:18 ↗ because I'm not an expert in that area

1:18:20 ↗ but that is primarily the area where

1:18:23 ↗ accessibility is addressed um I will say

1:18:27 ↗ just from my experience in other cities

1:18:29 ↗ I I do see that we could do more there

1:18:32 ↗ because um in other land use codes I've

1:18:35 ↗ worked with there is a carryover between

1:18:38 ↗ the building code and the land use code

1:18:40 ↗ to ensure you know more eyes are on

1:18:43 ↗ these aspects so I I think that is

1:18:45 ↗ something that could be improved upon in

1:18:48 ↗ our

1:18:51 ↗ policies

1:18:54 ↗ okay so next steps kind of just Echo

1:18:56 ↗ exactly what I was I have a question

1:18:59 ↗ about the meetings just the goal of the

1:19:02 ↗ meetings are so the goal of the meeting

1:19:05 ↗ for a project is for the community to

1:19:06 ↗ come and hear uh what a developer is

1:19:09 ↗ proposing for a site and you know give

1:19:12 ↗ their feedback and provide any concerns

1:19:15 ↗ and actually have the opportunity to

1:19:18 ↗ even ask questions of the developer

1:19:21 ↗ right there in that

1:19:23 ↗ meeting and the de

1:19:25 ↗ developer is the is

1:19:28 ↗ contracted to the developer is somebody

1:19:31 ↗ outside who's going to build a building

1:19:33 ↗ correct I'm just trying to get

1:19:35 ↗ Grassroots here and so Basics so the

1:19:38 ↗ developer has no stake in the community

1:19:40 ↗ agreeing or not agreeing yes not

1:19:43 ↗ necessarily one might think that um a

1:19:47 ↗ lot of times a developer is also part of

1:19:51 ↗ the community so it it

1:19:53 ↗ depends on the project um is that

1:19:56 ↗ something we uh look for in a

1:19:59 ↗ development developer is that they are a

1:20:01 ↗ Community member development is is

1:20:06 ↗ mostly Guided by the market so if

1:20:09 ↗ somebody is interested in developing a

1:20:13 ↗ piece of property the city doesn't play

1:20:15 ↗ any type of role in Seeking a developer

1:20:18 ↗ um you know we kind of we stay in in our

1:20:22 ↗ Lane and if somebody is interested they

1:20:24 ↗ come to us and we tell them that's not

1:20:27 ↗ allowed that is allowed let help you

1:20:30 ↗ figure out how you can do that in remain

1:20:32 ↗ in compliance with the landuse code

1:20:35 ↗ which is what I would focus on and then

1:20:37 ↗ building it will help them figure out

1:20:39 ↗ how they can remain in compliance with

1:20:40 ↗ the building code and and so on so yeah

1:20:42 ↗ the city doesn't play any role in in Who

1:20:45 ↗ develops the property the only role that

1:20:48 ↗ we play is in assessing their proposal

1:20:52 ↗ for compliance with the standards that

1:20:54 ↗ we've adopted through the city council

1:20:56 ↗ and are there standards around

1:20:59 ↗ Equity that's what we're trying to

1:21:02 ↗ create more of in in the code so going

1:21:06 ↗ back to Stephen's

1:21:09 ↗ presentation his policies help create

1:21:13 ↗ the standards that go into the municipal

1:21:15 ↗ code and the municipal code standards

1:21:17 ↗ are what the planners review plans

1:21:21 ↗ against so when we're looking at

1:21:23 ↗ developers proposal we look at you know

1:21:25 ↗ their plan set and we look at the

1:21:27 ↗ municipal

1:21:28 ↗ code 200 300 times looking at each

1:21:31 ↗ standard you know to make sure that

1:21:34 ↗ they're meeting the standards that are

1:21:36 ↗ outlined in that Council adopted code

1:21:39 ↗ right typically what you'll find in the

1:21:41 ↗ code is like the building has to be this

1:21:43 ↗ High there needs to be a distance

1:21:45 ↗ between buildings something more

1:21:47 ↗ specific the equity or analysis for

1:21:50 ↗ Equity within the code is usually around

1:21:51 ↗ what were the out outomes that resulted

1:21:53 ↗ from having those standards in place is

1:21:56 ↗ that what we intended it to meet our

1:21:58 ↗ vision if not then what how do we adjust

1:22:00 ↗ it so it's not specifically saying we

1:22:02 ↗ have it's it's it's difficult to say we

1:22:05 ↗ have Co code specific to equity

1:22:07 ↗ primarily because it's more technical

1:22:10 ↗ than a lot of the policies and that I

1:22:13 ↗ understand that when I'm having a hard

1:22:14 ↗ time getting my head around is you have

1:22:17 ↗ developers talking to the community who

1:22:19 ↗ the community is going to think is you

1:22:22 ↗ if it it kind of goes to the the market

1:22:24 ↗ piece that yeah that is important as

1:22:28 ↗ part of this because they don't want to

1:22:30 ↗ build something where they're going to

1:22:31 ↗ huge the resistance from your community

1:22:33 ↗ so that's kind of it's not just for the

1:22:36 ↗ community to come out and express their

1:22:38 ↗ push back concerns with projects it's

1:22:39 ↗ also for the developer to hear the

1:22:42 ↗ concerns from the community as well to

1:22:43 ↗ see if they can address that so while

1:22:46 ↗ it's get to your point there's no

1:22:47 ↗ obligation them for them to actually do

1:22:50 ↗ it they also want to take that into

1:22:53 ↗ consideration of is this going to be

1:22:54 ↗ profitable and if there's Community

1:22:56 ↗ resistance to this project there's a

1:22:58 ↗ risk on that profit so there's that

1:23:00 ↗ consideration in that conversation as

1:23:01 ↗ well and just kind of to back up a

1:23:04 ↗ little bit um the items that were kind

1:23:08 ↗ of assessing in terms of how do we

1:23:11 ↗ create greater equity in process goes

1:23:13 ↗ back to that Equity questionnaire that

1:23:15 ↗ would be a required document for

1:23:17 ↗ developers to fill out for whatever

1:23:20 ↗ their project proposal may be so they

1:23:22 ↗ will actually be having to assess

1:23:25 ↗ something similar to the equity

1:23:26 ↗ framework for their project and provide

1:23:29 ↗ you know their feedback to how they're

1:23:32 ↗ creating an equitable

1:23:34 ↗ project in their application packet that

1:23:37 ↗ isn't something that we have created yet

1:23:39 ↗ that is just something that we are

1:23:41 ↗ discussing could potentially be an

1:23:43 ↗ effort that we require developers yeah

1:23:46 ↗ you guys are doing a lot of work it's a

1:23:48 ↗ very much appreciated yeah you are doing

1:23:52 ↗ a lot of work as well but I'm sure it

1:23:54 ↗ took quite a lot of time to create the

1:23:55 ↗ equity framew

1:23:57 ↗ work so continued efforts again uh

1:24:01 ↗ primarily where our focus is is figuring

1:24:04 ↗ out how we can get translation services

1:24:06 ↗ as part of our meetings that seems to be

1:24:10 ↗ just a no-brainer you know that's where

1:24:13 ↗ we should be kicking off a greater

1:24:17 ↗ effort and then also noticing in more

1:24:20 ↗ than one language

1:24:23 ↗ increasing engagement is another uh

1:24:25 ↗ effort that needs to be considered so

1:24:29 ↗ most of our engagement at the current

1:24:32 ↗ current planning level we've kind of

1:24:33 ↗ just uh discussed it's these

1:24:35 ↗ neighborhood type meetings where the

1:24:38 ↗ community can come and ask questions of

1:24:42 ↗ the developer and of staff and get an

1:24:44 ↗ idea what the project is going to be um

1:24:47 ↗ somebody made a comment earlier which

1:24:49 ↗ really resonated with me which is meet

1:24:52 ↗ people where they are that is um just to

1:24:56 ↗ give you a little background I used to

1:24:57 ↗ work in mental health before I was a

1:24:58 ↗ planner and that is crucial to building

1:25:01 ↗ trust is going to where people are and

1:25:04 ↗ not making them come to you and so that

1:25:08 ↗ is something that needs to be assessed

1:25:11 ↗ from a current planning standpoint um we

1:25:13 ↗ are

1:25:16 ↗ very I guess you could say rigid in how

1:25:19 ↗ we provide these meetings because

1:25:22 ↗ because we are doing it based on what

1:25:25 ↗ the code says we need to do right so

1:25:27 ↗ going back to that piece of current

1:25:29 ↗ planning our life is run by the

1:25:31 ↗ municipal code so these meetings that I

1:25:34 ↗ am telling you about they are outlined

1:25:37 ↗ in the code how they are to be run so

1:25:40 ↗ that's where the policy piece comes into

1:25:43 ↗ play right so earlier on in the very

1:25:46 ↗ beginning of my presentation um I tried

1:25:49 ↗ to emphasize how important the equity

1:25:52 ↗ pieces at the policy level for current

1:25:54 ↗ planners because it has that trickle

1:25:57 ↗ down effect and so the code tells me the

1:26:00 ↗ way that I need to have a public meeting

1:26:03 ↗ is to do a b c and d and I need to make

1:26:07 ↗ sure that the applicant and I am being

1:26:11 ↗ compliant with those ABC and E items um

1:26:16 ↗ that doesn't mean you can't do

1:26:18 ↗ more but it means that you need to you

1:26:21 ↗ know remain within the confins of what

1:26:24 ↗ the council has said needs to be

1:26:29 ↗ done so the target um is you know

1:26:34 ↗ obviously representing the community uh

1:26:37 ↗ sorry I lost my spot here representing

1:26:39 ↗ the community and to represent the

1:26:41 ↗ community better we need to know the

1:26:43 ↗ community better and that goes back to

1:26:47 ↗ um wider

1:26:49 ↗ communication uh greater engagement

1:26:52 ↗ different types of

1:26:53 ↗ Engagement um providing notices and

1:26:57 ↗ communication in more than one language

1:26:59 ↗ and all of these things working together

1:27:01 ↗ to to Really reach the community H we

1:27:05 ↗ have a question

1:27:09 ↗ fromia yes hello this is Luccia chotto

1:27:11 ↗ speaking again Holly my question is is

1:27:14 ↗ there um a method to capture as things

1:27:19 ↗ need to be changed within the code

1:27:22 ↗ how that code will be changed and will

1:27:25 ↗ there

1:27:26 ↗ be times when that code can be revised

1:27:30 ↗ and will that process be informed to the

1:27:34 ↗ people who are engaging who do have

1:27:36 ↗ these language

1:27:38 ↗ barriers another great question thank

1:27:40 ↗ you there is a process very similar to

1:27:43 ↗ the process that Stephen was mentioning

1:27:45 ↗ earlier

1:27:47 ↗ um it hasn't always been done on a

1:27:50 ↗ yearly basis but with new manag

1:27:52 ↗ management that's the goal so we are

1:27:54 ↗ looking at so we just amended the entire

1:27:56 ↗ land use code it was adopted on June 1st

1:27:59 ↗ and moving forward um throughout the

1:28:02 ↗ year we are keeping um well keeping a

1:28:07 ↗ spreadsheet of the policies that come up

1:28:11 ↗ while we are while staff is doing

1:28:14 ↗ project review that are problematic and

1:28:17 ↗ so then we have we have weekly staff

1:28:19 ↗ meetings where we discuss you know why

1:28:22 ↗ this uh specific policy or standard is

1:28:27 ↗ problematic and how it can potentially

1:28:29 ↗ be changed and the goal is to have

1:28:32 ↗ annual um like I'll say minor not minor

1:28:36 ↗ but minor compared to the entire

1:28:38 ↗ overhaul that we just did um so annual

1:28:41 ↗ updates for those those problematic

1:28:45 ↗ standards that were tracking throughout

1:28:46 ↗ the

1:28:47 ↗ year and and just to clarify hly sorry

1:28:51 ↗ is you're taking feedback as the process

1:28:55 ↗ is taking place and implementing that

1:28:58 ↗ feedback from the community into the

1:29:00 ↗ process

1:29:01 ↗ correct so what's happening is we are

1:29:04 ↗ having conversations with the community

1:29:07 ↗ so typically this would be like

1:29:09 ↗ homeowners or or developers or people in

1:29:13 ↗ a community where there's a development

1:29:15 ↗ happening and we're getting feedback

1:29:17 ↗ about why something has um or how

1:29:20 ↗ something has played out through that

1:29:22 ↗ development

1:29:24 ↗ process sorry I don't know if you can

1:29:25 ↗ see I can't tell if you can see me or

1:29:28 ↗ not um so then we're making notes

1:29:32 ↗ internally and keeping track of that as

1:29:35 ↗ well as talking about that in a staff um

1:29:39 ↗ capacity and also assessing from the

1:29:41 ↗ staff capacity

1:29:44 ↗ um how we

1:29:47 ↗ can make better

1:29:49 ↗ standards for the next

1:29:52 ↗ rendition um and to a lesser degree that

1:29:58 ↗ also uh

1:30:00 ↗ incorporates Stevens group but I feel

1:30:03 ↗ like once it gets to the um Municipal

1:30:07 ↗ Code which is our primary document it's

1:30:10 ↗ already gone through so much work with

1:30:13 ↗ long range that we don't corre me if I'm

1:30:16 ↗ wrong but I don't know that we engage

1:30:17 ↗ you as much on the Amendments of the

1:30:20 ↗ land use code once it's already passed

1:30:23 ↗ by the council yeah once it gets to

1:30:25 ↗ council it's pretty much in its final

1:30:27 ↗ form but we we we have and we'll

1:30:30 ↗ continue to have a lot of these in-depth

1:30:32 ↗ conversations in terms of like what what

1:30:34 ↗ did the current planners here in terms

1:30:37 ↗ of why this is an issue what is the

1:30:38 ↗ issue actually at hand and come up with

1:30:41 ↗ alternatives to either what the code

1:30:43 ↗ says or the process that we go in place

1:30:45 ↗ with implementing the

1:30:48 ↗ code thank you to both of

1:30:50 ↗ you

1:30:56 ↗ okay so how do we seek more equity in

1:30:59 ↗ current planning obviously more research

1:31:02 ↗ is is necessary we need to assess past

1:31:05 ↗ practices which um in the example that I

1:31:07 ↗ provided earlier this evening is what

1:31:10 ↗ we've been trying to do so just that

1:31:12 ↗ that key um example of noticing and

1:31:15 ↗ getting the communication out to the

1:31:17 ↗ community we had to take a step back and

1:31:20 ↗ ask ourselves um at the most basic level

1:31:23 ↗ where can we improve processes and that

1:31:26 ↗ was the the lwh hanging improve for sure

1:31:31 ↗ so assessing how we can improve that

1:31:33 ↗ process and um you know thinking what is

1:31:37 ↗ actually practical for staff and

1:31:40 ↗ financially um for us to do to reach a

1:31:43 ↗ greater um Community great level of the

1:31:46 ↗ community and put that into practice and

1:31:49 ↗ so then coming back and anal anzing if

1:31:53 ↗ those changes have um made significant

1:31:56 ↗ improvements and obviously as I

1:31:59 ↗ mentioned we just started that process

1:32:02 ↗ this past year and so you know we I feel

1:32:05 ↗ like we're already seeing greater input

1:32:07 ↗ and engagement from the community as

1:32:09 ↗ time goes on so let's say after a year

1:32:12 ↗ of of carrying out this new process we

1:32:15 ↗ should have a much better understanding

1:32:18 ↗ of if those changes were successful ful

1:32:22 ↗ um and if we've reached a greater uh

1:32:26 ↗ greater number of community

1:32:28 ↗ members and then moving forward from you

1:32:31 ↗ know taking it Beyond just the noticing

1:32:34 ↗ portion of our work our policy or our

1:32:36 ↗ process work um figuring out really

1:32:39 ↗ where the priorities lie for the

1:32:41 ↗ community and where we can create

1:32:44 ↗ improvements in our process um that

1:32:47 ↗ reflects the community's needs and

1:32:50 ↗ wants

1:33:03 ↗ okay so how did the equity framework

1:33:05 ↗ questions impact our ideas and thoughts

1:33:09 ↗ as current planners about inclusive

1:33:12 ↗ planning so as I touched upon earlier

1:33:15 ↗ it's very obvious that through the

1:33:17 ↗ process we need to be connecting more on

1:33:20 ↗ a greater level with

1:33:22 ↗ Community um that's that's the key

1:33:25 ↗ communication and meeting people where

1:33:27 ↗ they are and having you know that

1:33:29 ↗ relationship built and without reaching

1:33:31 ↗ out we can't really build a relationship

1:33:34 ↗ so then we're not really improving the

1:33:37 ↗ trust um once the relationship is built

1:33:40 ↗ obviously there's more of a sense of uh

1:33:44 ↗ camaraderie and City staff hopefully can

1:33:47 ↗ be with that more as an

1:33:49 ↗ ally and we would like to to utilize

1:33:52 ↗ whatever uh communication is brought to

1:33:55 ↗ us from a greater percentage of the

1:33:58 ↗ population um to really Foster a sense

1:34:02 ↗ of belonging for everyone and ask

1:34:05 ↗ ourselves how we can reconsider um

1:34:08 ↗ stereotypes that each of us have as

1:34:11 ↗ individuals and stereotypes that we have

1:34:13 ↗ developed as a group

1:34:16 ↗ um and you know again just taking a step

1:34:20 ↗ back and assessing our actions and

1:34:23 ↗ reactions and asking ourselves whose

1:34:27 ↗ voices are being represented in the work

1:34:30 ↗ that we're doing um these are all

1:34:32 ↗ questions that came up through the

1:34:34 ↗ equity framework and in the discussion

1:34:36 ↗ with the current Planning Group and um

1:34:40 ↗ again I just thank this group for

1:34:42 ↗ creating the platform from which these

1:34:45 ↗ groups within the city can start to have

1:34:47 ↗ these conversations and think more

1:34:50 ↗ deeply about these topics

1:34:58 ↗ okay so at a minimum what does inclusive

1:35:01 ↗ planning look like sorry about

1:35:04 ↗ that at a at a minimum more Community

1:35:08 ↗ participation and engagement that's key

1:35:11 ↗ um that is currently where we're placing

1:35:13 ↗ our efforts stepping it up and going to

1:35:15 ↗ the next phase you know collecting and

1:35:18 ↗ analyzing the data from the new process

1:35:20 ↗ of notification and engaging this board

1:35:23 ↗ to really

1:35:25 ↗ get some brain power from you all in the

1:35:28 ↗ work that you do and giving us ideas and

1:35:31 ↗ how we can provide greater Equity

1:35:33 ↗ through our processes I feel like I've

1:35:35 ↗ already gotten some ideas tonight so

1:35:37 ↗ that's exciting and I thank you guys for

1:35:40 ↗ for being so open um and then providing

1:35:43 ↗ meaningful action so um setting specific

1:35:48 ↗ goals figuring out what those goals are

1:35:50 ↗ that reflect the um the desires of the

1:35:53 ↗ community and then engaging with

1:35:56 ↗ stakeholders such as this board to

1:35:58 ↗ ensure that we're changing processes to

1:36:02 ↗ reflect those those

1:36:10 ↗ desires so the current planning team um

1:36:13 ↗ had a general assessment of the

1:36:14 ↗ framework I just wanted to give kind of

1:36:16 ↗ a high Lev overview when we were given

1:36:18 ↗ the equity framework the discussion was

1:36:20 ↗ kind of

1:36:21 ↗ um very much focused on this needs to be

1:36:26 ↗ addressed at the policy level however

1:36:29 ↗ again going back to the beginning of the

1:36:31 ↗ presentation we did realize that there

1:36:33 ↗ is a there is a a space for us to focus

1:36:37 ↗ on process and how we are um creating

1:36:40 ↗ greater equity in the processes that we

1:36:42 ↗ carry out and that we

1:36:47 ↗ practice I wanted to provide a few

1:36:49 ↗ examples of what other communities and

1:36:52 ↗ um jurisdictions are doing in the area

1:36:55 ↗ so Tacoma has a Workforce policy plan

1:36:59 ↗ put in place for Equity they've also

1:37:02 ↗ created an office of diversity Equity

1:37:05 ↗ inclusion and accessibility and they are

1:37:07 ↗ streamlining processes for city

1:37:09 ↗ employees to request reasonable

1:37:12 ↗ accommodations um some of you may

1:37:14 ↗ already know King County has developed

1:37:16 ↗ is in the process process of developing

1:37:18 ↗ an equity and social justice strategic

1:37:21 ↗ plan and they are shifting their

1:37:23 ↗ practices away from being reactive to

1:37:26 ↗ being

1:37:27 ↗ proactive and they are trying to balance

1:37:29 ↗ Vision um through their actions with

1:37:32 ↗ measurable

1:37:34 ↗ objectives in Hillsboro Oregon they're

1:37:37 ↗ trying to exemplify and instill

1:37:38 ↗ diversity equity and inclusion as an

1:37:41 ↗ essential part internally and externally

1:37:44 ↗ in their

1:37:46 ↗ policymaking and they're trying to

1:37:48 ↗ ensure carryover policies went Within

1:37:51 ↗ the delivery of city services so that's

1:37:53 ↗ kind of the point that is the connection

1:37:55 ↗ between what Stephen does long range and

1:37:58 ↗ what I do in current planning so that's

1:37:59 ↗ the delivery of city services how do you

1:38:02 ↗ create more Equity within the process

1:38:04 ↗ that is delivered to the

1:38:06 ↗ community and the city council there has

1:38:09 ↗ made racial Equity a city-wide

1:38:11 ↗ priority so I think when we reflect on

1:38:14 ↗ isqua and what uh isqua is really trying

1:38:17 ↗ to do and the priorities that isqua is

1:38:19 ↗ putting forth recently

1:38:21 ↗ we can see that we're I think we're

1:38:25 ↗ right up there with some of these other

1:38:27 ↗ jurisdictions in the efforts that are

1:38:29 ↗ being made and I see that we're just

1:38:31 ↗ going to continue making efforts in this

1:38:34 ↗ area Alia hand up from

1:38:38 ↗ Tony hey Holly just a curiosity question

1:38:41 ↗ does this in this slide particularly

1:38:43 ↗ here does it Encompass what all the

1:38:46 ↗ cities that are in the kind of general

1:38:48 ↗ area are doing or is it just kind of

1:38:50 ↗ basically just your research just on

1:38:52 ↗ these particular this is just a few from

1:38:54 ↗ my

1:38:55 ↗ research no does not Encompass all of

1:38:59 ↗ them thank

1:39:04 ↗ you okay so in summary one of the key

1:39:09 ↗ notes is the struggle that uh current

1:39:11 ↗ planners face in terms of equity is

1:39:15 ↗ mainly ensuring that we're engaged

1:39:18 ↗ enough with the long range planning team

1:39:20 ↗ to ensure that we have a voice in the

1:39:23 ↗ policymaking stage um without

1:39:27 ↗ overstepping our

1:39:29 ↗ bounds I'll try not to step on your toes

1:39:32 ↗ student um but you know ensuring that

1:39:35 ↗ we're communicating across divisions to

1:39:38 ↗ help each other you know more brands are

1:39:41 ↗ better than one right so creating

1:39:45 ↗ greater equity in the policy development

1:39:47 ↗ stage is going to trickle down and

1:39:49 ↗ create greater equity in the development

1:39:52 ↗ of services um as I noted the equity

1:39:56 ↗ framework has been a really great

1:39:57 ↗ jumping off place for our group to start

1:40:00 ↗ this discussion and really start asking

1:40:02 ↗ ourselves some difficult questions so

1:40:04 ↗ again I thank this board for creating

1:40:07 ↗ that platform from which that discussion

1:40:10 ↗ can be had and thank you for having

1:40:13 ↗ me

1:40:15 ↗ it do folks have questions for Holly or

1:40:18 ↗ Sten

1:40:19 ↗ Laura

1:40:21 ↗ H I have one question on your slide uh

1:40:25 ↗ equity and planning model where you have

1:40:27 ↗ research identity and prioritize and act

1:40:30 ↗ I'm wondering if there's any space to

1:40:32 ↗ add one more thing around

1:40:36 ↗ reflection and so in the sense that in

1:40:41 ↗ your other slide on inclusive planning

1:40:44 ↗ you talk about uh assess actions and

1:40:47 ↗ reactions and whose voices are not being

1:40:50 ↗ repres presented so I'm wondering if

1:40:53 ↗ maybe another Another Part Of Your

1:40:56 ↗ planning module having reflection would

1:40:58 ↗ allow for uh creating or

1:41:03 ↗ getting you know um to reflect on the

1:41:06 ↗ process on what happened what people are

1:41:08 ↗ saying in the moment because I feel like

1:41:11 ↗ couple months ago we heard from

1:41:13 ↗ community members where they talk about

1:41:15 ↗ not being heard and so if we can of put

1:41:18 ↗ that reaction there maybe who who whose

1:41:21 ↗ voice how when so that to me it feels

1:41:24 ↗ like it would be a nice complete circle

1:41:26 ↗ so that when the next time you go back

1:41:29 ↗ to research you have this reaction and a

1:41:33 ↗ reflection of what happened and so you

1:41:35 ↗ can add that to your new strategy

1:41:39 ↗ practices um and coming up in in a new

1:41:43 ↗ policy planning kind of situation so

1:41:46 ↗ just something to kind of close the loop

1:41:48 ↗ but something a little bit more

1:41:49 ↗ immediate

1:41:51 ↗ yes thank

1:41:52 ↗ you and I'll know H you were writing but

1:41:56 ↗ I saw that lcia put some thumbs up while

1:42:00 ↗ Laura was was sharing a

1:42:05 ↗ recommendation great feedback thank

1:42:11 ↗ you

1:42:13 ↗ question thank you again for taking my

1:42:16 ↗ um my comment um one of the ideas that

1:42:20 ↗ came up while you were speaking with

1:42:22 ↗ regards to my question around reaching

1:42:26 ↗ people who have possible language

1:42:28 ↗ barriers is the idea of maybe uh in the

1:42:33 ↗ meantime while you figure out something

1:42:34 ↗ that's more

1:42:35 ↗ inclusive is to have a one-time

1:42:38 ↗ translation

1:42:40 ↗ of um some sort of wording like for

1:42:44 ↗ other languages click or take a picture

1:42:47 ↗ of this QR code and including in that

1:42:50 ↗ signage the QR codee that goes to your

1:42:53 ↗ main site that has the

1:42:56 ↗ information and I believe that all of

1:42:58 ↗ the pages that are City related have a

1:43:02 ↗ translator at the top right corner and

1:43:05 ↗ that way while we are in this process of

1:43:08 ↗ creating policy that is inclusive a

1:43:11 ↗ process that is more inclusive Etc we we

1:43:15 ↗ use this idea in the meantime until we

1:43:18 ↗ come up with something that's maybe more

1:43:20 ↗ sophisticated right but that in the

1:43:23 ↗ immediacy addresses the issue right so

1:43:26 ↗ just a QR code you know something to

1:43:29 ↗ translate in like the the main languages

1:43:32 ↗ of the city of isua like or other

1:43:35 ↗ languages information in other languages

1:43:38 ↗ here's this QR code pops it to your

1:43:40 ↗ website your website has the translator

1:43:42 ↗ up the top people can translate to

1:43:45 ↗ whatever it is that they need that's

1:43:47 ↗ just an idea thank you excellent idea

1:43:50 ↗ thank you

1:43:59 ↗ any other questions for

1:44:10 ↗ Holly thank you well I will just say I'm

1:44:14 ↗ really impressed with the the

1:44:15 ↗ thoughtfulness that you both have you

1:44:17 ↗ know brought to how you're planning for

1:44:20 ↗ more equity and inclusion in your your

1:44:22 ↗ processes and I'm really surprised at

1:44:25 ↗ how Dynamic this code policy and code is

1:44:29 ↗ I usually think of like code and you

1:44:31 ↗ know as being kind of a stale thing and

1:44:35 ↗ so it's really to see how you're you're

1:44:38 ↗ constantly looking for ways to improve

1:44:40 ↗ that so I really appreciate that

1:44:42 ↗ approach thank

1:44:44 ↗ you if we don't have good code our jobs

1:44:47 ↗ are much

1:44:49 ↗ more

1:44:52 ↗ awesome thank you thank you great thank

1:44:55 ↗ you both yeah thank you for having us

1:44:58 ↗ feel free to stick around for our last

1:45:00 ↗ item if you'd like um but yeah really

1:45:03 ↗ grateful to have you here tonight and I

1:45:05 ↗ know similarly we'll be following up H

1:45:08 ↗ you outlin a few different ways that we

1:45:09 ↗ might engage with you as your team gets

1:45:11 ↗ closer on deciding some of the different

1:45:12 ↗ actions that you want to take and

1:45:14 ↗ so we're excited to welcome you back and

1:45:17 ↗ be partners in whatever way we can yeah

1:45:22 ↗ awesome okay so now I think we're on to

1:45:25 ↗ our other business and announcements and

1:45:28 ↗ so I think Dale is going to lead us in a

1:45:32 ↗ conversation um around a glossery of

1:45:34 ↗ terms I do want to note we're about 15

1:45:37 ↗ minutes off of schedule so um and we

1:45:41 ↗ didn't have a break so I do want to

1:45:44 ↗ check with folks to see if it's okay

1:45:46 ↗ Dale like how much time do you think we

1:45:48 ↗ need here we might not need more than 15

1:45:50 ↗ minutes this was just a sort of thing

1:45:52 ↗ that floated at the end of our meeting

1:45:54 ↗ and we didn't come to any sort of clear

1:45:57 ↗ Next Step that we wanted to take and so

1:45:59 ↗ I wanted to make sure we brought it back

1:46:01 ↗ um and had it as an agenda item at this

1:46:04 ↗ meeting so we can get clearer on what it

1:46:06 ↗ is that we want I think per per your

1:46:08 ↗ note on the minutes and like a is this

1:46:11 ↗ where we landed I think I had a similar

1:46:13 ↗ where exactly where did we land thank

1:46:16 ↗ you both thank you and so I it could

1:46:19 ↗ take 15 minutes and feel like we have a

1:46:21 ↗ clear path forward to continue

1:46:23 ↗ discussion um or if folks feel like this

1:46:26 ↗ is going to be longer and we want to

1:46:27 ↗ move to extend the meeting tonight we

1:46:29 ↗ can um I'll take a break now I'm open to

1:46:32 ↗ to

1:46:34 ↗ either so are folks okay if we push

1:46:37 ↗ forward for 15 minutes and see where

1:46:39 ↗ we're

1:46:40 ↗ at

1:46:42 ↗ cool okay let's do it great let's do it

1:46:45 ↗ um love these thumbs up emojis uh teams

1:46:48 ↗ meting emojis oh yeah let oh weird it

1:46:52 ↗ did remain on there and I don't know if

1:46:54 ↗ I

1:46:55 ↗ can undo

1:47:01 ↗ that let's see if I try to

1:47:04 ↗ share if I try to share it

1:47:07 ↗ might

1:47:09 ↗ might and then I

1:47:11 ↗ stop hey we figured it out Hol is still

1:47:14 ↗ in this meeting Al probably take her out

1:47:18 ↗ of the meeting you can Monica you are

1:47:21 ↗ asking me to do some highlevel

1:47:24 ↗ technology um I'm not too worried about

1:47:26 ↗ her closed computer being in the meeting

1:47:29 ↗ um so I I wanted to bring there are no

1:47:32 ↗ materials to go with this item in other

1:47:34 ↗ business um at last month's meeting we

1:47:38 ↗ as part of our other business last month

1:47:41 ↗ had I think a pretty great conversation

1:47:44 ↗ towards the end of that meeting around

1:47:46 ↗ both this piece on what training is

1:47:49 ↗ required for for board and commission

1:47:51 ↗ members and also what materials do we

1:47:54 ↗ feel do you all feel um and I personally

1:47:59 ↗ also feel um do you all feel uh should

1:48:02 ↗ be present on the city website Andor in

1:48:06 ↗ some other place to that demonstrates

1:48:09 ↗ our City's commitment to equity and so

1:48:12 ↗ one of the things that came up um it's

1:48:14 ↗ just some context was do people even

1:48:16 ↗ know the difference between equity and

1:48:18 ↗ equality and have we made that statement

1:48:21 ↗ clear that the city is in favor of

1:48:24 ↗ equity um and so I wanted to put an

1:48:27 ↗ agenda item on here for us to talk about

1:48:29 ↗ that um and talk about potentially the

1:48:31 ↗ creation of some sort of glossery of

1:48:33 ↗ terms or some sort of commitment

1:48:36 ↗ defining Equity publicly um do we want

1:48:39 ↗ to make a

1:48:40 ↗ recommendation um and if so do we want

1:48:43 ↗ to have staff aka me um look further

1:48:46 ↗ into what exists in other cities and

1:48:48 ↗ other jurisdictions

1:48:50 ↗ um so I wanted to open for discussion I

1:48:52 ↗ know it's not the neatest um agenda item

1:48:56 ↗ but hopefully one that we can talk about

1:48:58 ↗ for the next 10 minutes or so and feel

1:48:59 ↗ like we've got a clear plan on what we

1:49:02 ↗ want to do about

1:49:05 ↗ this I think it would be a good idea to

1:49:07 ↗ see what other I'm sorry I should have

1:49:09 ↗ raised my hand I just started talking um

1:49:12 ↗ I think it would be a good idea for us

1:49:14 ↗ to actually ascertain what other cities

1:49:16 ↗ are doing just to see what they're I'm

1:49:18 ↗ not saying we have to follow their model

1:49:20 ↗ or follow their example but at least see

1:49:22 ↗ what they are doing especially as we

1:49:24 ↗ look to our sister cities that are close

1:49:27 ↗ by um it would be nice to also

1:49:31 ↗ incorporate oh sorry that's okay La uh

1:49:34 ↗ go ahead step

1:49:37 ↗ in I agree I'm just also thinking about

1:49:40 ↗ Holly's comment that she's worked in six

1:49:42 ↗ cities and this is the first place that

1:49:45 ↗ she's seen Equity work done so I'm

1:49:47 ↗ wondering how many other cities actually

1:49:50 ↗ we have done this work and have this

1:49:53 ↗ information um I think we can definitely

1:49:56 ↗ look at what other people are doing but

1:49:57 ↗ I think in the

1:49:59 ↗ meantime uh defining because we are

1:50:01 ↗ already kneed deep in this so it feels

1:50:04 ↗ like we might act a little bit now and

1:50:07 ↗ then do more later on but I think at the

1:50:10 ↗ minimum we should do a little bit more

1:50:13 ↗ concrete definition of what and I don't

1:50:16 ↗ think it should be coming from us by the

1:50:18 ↗ way I think it's something that should

1:50:20 ↗ be coming from city council and the

1:50:23 ↗ mayor's area I mean I know we're part of

1:50:26 ↗ that group but just saying the city is

1:50:29 ↗ doing Equity because this is what is

1:50:33 ↗ needed because I think what I feel like

1:50:35 ↗ I also heard is a lack of understanding

1:50:38 ↗ as to

1:50:39 ↗ why um and so maybe what is equity and

1:50:43 ↗ what is the opposite right what is not

1:50:47 ↗ Equity because I had heard in a previous

1:50:49 ↗ meeting a definition of equality that

1:50:52 ↗ they were using as

1:50:58 ↗ Equity great yeah I'm also wondering if

1:51:02 ↗ um we might actually bro broaden this

1:51:04 ↗ scope even more to gather information on

1:51:08 ↗ what the definitions for diversity

1:51:11 ↗ Equity inclusion and belonging are

1:51:14 ↗ Beyond just cities um in organizations

1:51:17 ↗ in other settings uh if if the intention

1:51:21 ↗ is indeed to educate people including

1:51:25 ↗ maybe some of us

1:51:27 ↗ myself uh maybe there's other places

1:51:30 ↗ outside of cities that might be

1:51:33 ↗ potentially ahead in and sort of

1:51:35 ↗ thinking about this more

1:51:38 ↗ deeply I I threw into the chat um the

1:51:42 ↗ visual that we talked about when we all

1:51:45 ↗ first got together in the equity board

1:51:47 ↗ and we kind of talked about okay what is

1:51:48 ↗ the difference between equity and

1:51:50 ↗ equality and how does that look I think

1:51:53 ↗ something like this is a good link on

1:51:56 ↗ let's say the city website to really

1:51:58 ↗ explain the difference between equity

1:52:01 ↗ and equality and I think I I can't

1:52:03 ↗ remember who brought up something in

1:52:05 ↗ that meeting but I remember one of the

1:52:07 ↗ things and themes that came out from

1:52:09 ↗ that meeting was that um equality had

1:52:13 ↗ its time in which it did it was needed

1:52:16 ↗ but why Equity is needed now and I'm not

1:52:19 ↗ sure if that article that I put there

1:52:21 ↗ actually talks about that but it just

1:52:24 ↗ really does definitely visually

1:52:26 ↗ represent the difference between equity

1:52:28 ↗ and equality and why Equity is more

1:52:31 ↗ needed uh for today um because we had to

1:52:35 ↗ get to equality first to get to equity

1:52:37 ↗ in my personal

1:52:42 ↗ opinion I think in addition to you know

1:52:46 ↗ diversity Equity inclusion belonging

1:52:49 ↗ equality those terms there's we've we're

1:52:53 ↗ hearing other phrases come up and it's

1:52:56 ↗ you know like marginalized groups um uh

1:53:00 ↗ what else I think uh I heard in another

1:53:03 ↗ meeting someone said normal people which

1:53:06 ↗ to me is a little bit harmful and so

1:53:10 ↗ just thinking about words that we also

1:53:12 ↗ may use that we shouldn't use and kind

1:53:16 ↗ of draw bringing attention

1:53:18 ↗ to words like that that you know or

1:53:21 ↗ phrases that we should stop using I

1:53:24 ↗ think that might be something to

1:53:25 ↗ consider in scope for a glosser like of

1:53:28 ↗ terms to use and those not to

1:53:35 ↗ use and this might be even a bigger

1:53:39 ↗ scope but I'm thinking around you know

1:53:41 ↗ so Equity we know that there's a lot of

1:53:45 ↗ dimensions of equity so there's race

1:53:48 ↗ gender sexual about sexual

1:53:51 ↗ orientation ability

1:53:54 ↗ disability

1:53:56 ↗ um and this might start getting into

1:53:59 ↗ policy land but like how do we want to

1:54:02 ↗ approach that and prioritize you know

1:54:05 ↗ different groups because it's really

1:54:06 ↗ hard to hold all of those Dimensions

1:54:09 ↗ when you do like an equity analysis like

1:54:11 ↗ if there's a you know a couple that

1:54:14 ↗ maybe we should prioritize first you

1:54:16 ↗ know and other groups would kind of be

1:54:20 ↗ follow along because we're focused on

1:54:22 ↗ those that are most furthest from

1:54:24 ↗ opportunity um so starting to think

1:54:27 ↗ about that but that could be more of a

1:54:29 ↗ policy position versus a

1:54:37 ↗ definition other

1:54:42 ↗ thoughts maybe one more um I don't know

1:54:45 ↗ how how useful it might be but um

1:54:48 ↗ thinking about what the potential

1:54:50 ↗ benefits are for all of us as a

1:54:53 ↗ community when we bring into

1:54:55 ↗ consideration these these topics because

1:54:58 ↗ I think not everyone's on the same page

1:55:01 ↗ about why why should the city care about

1:55:03 ↗ these things and why is it important I

1:55:05 ↗ think all of us might agree that yes

1:55:07 ↗ this is clearly important but you know

1:55:10 ↗ if there are ways to really communicate

1:55:12 ↗ like here is the communities benefit

1:55:15 ↗ these are the things that we would all

1:55:17 ↗ benefit if we consider these more

1:55:21 ↗ might be

1:55:22 ↗ another I think that's like right for a

1:55:25 ↗ community conversation or something or

1:55:27 ↗ maybe during walk week or you know

1:55:30 ↗ something like that that's a great idea

1:55:37 ↗ thanks other I don't want to I want to

1:55:39 ↗ make sure that we've got other thoughts

1:55:42 ↗ out here on this brief table of time we

1:55:45 ↗ have

1:55:48 ↗ remaining

1:55:57 ↗ a couple of things that this makes me

1:55:59 ↗ think so I I totally

1:56:03 ↗ hear both looking at other cities and I

1:56:06 ↗ think carthic your point is really well

1:56:08 ↗ made on not just cities but what are

1:56:11 ↗ other entities that aren't cities doing

1:56:14 ↗ what resources do they have

1:56:16 ↗ because a lot of a lot of their

1:56:18 ↗ resources seem to buried behind a few

1:56:21 ↗ walls of clicking

1:56:24 ↗ um I I mean I know we've got some School

1:56:27 ↗ District experts on here um I tend to

1:56:29 ↗ think schools are often a few steps

1:56:31 ↗ ahead um and so I think that is a good

1:56:35 ↗ resource pin to look to as well to see

1:56:37 ↗ what what resources are available

1:56:40 ↗ through maybe not our necessarily just

1:56:41 ↗ our local school district but broadly

1:56:43 ↗ what our schools putting out there um

1:56:46 ↗ and then I I heard uh Lura embedded in

1:56:49 ↗ what you shared the the this should this

1:56:53 ↗ sort of this should come from the mayor

1:56:56 ↗ um you know and so I think what I'd like

1:56:58 ↗ to do is carry this forward and get a

1:56:59 ↗ sense from her on if she wants us to

1:57:02 ↗ move forward with creating this tool um

1:57:06 ↗ and then we can go from there I I also

1:57:08 ↗ say somewhat off topic Monica was in the

1:57:10 ↗ room um when we discussed this but I do

1:57:13 ↗ think we are I will likely be uh working

1:57:16 ↗ on designing sort of a new board and

1:57:19 ↗ commission member orientation that will

1:57:21 ↗ occur as new board members come online

1:57:25 ↗ um which happens in early late spring

1:57:28 ↗ every year and so we'll think I'm

1:57:31 ↗ keeping in mind our conversation from

1:57:33 ↗ last month around what should be in that

1:57:36 ↗ orientation

1:57:38 ↗ so does that seem like a good next step

1:57:41 ↗ for this group for me to carry this

1:57:42 ↗ forward a bit internally to

1:57:45 ↗ see okay and one of the reasons I say is

1:57:48 ↗ coming from the board of people

1:57:50 ↗ primarily people of color is one thing I

1:57:52 ↗ don't I mean yeah we have a voice but I

1:57:55 ↗ think it's more powerful when it comes

1:57:57 ↗ from the leaders who said that this is a

1:58:00 ↗ priority so it's continuing on with the

1:58:02 ↗ message that this is a priority versus

1:58:05 ↗ the equity board said that you should do

1:58:07 ↗ that and so I think it's just giving it

1:58:09 ↗ more weight and saying that we as a city

1:58:13 ↗ have decided that this is important work

1:58:15 ↗ and this is why we're doing it and when

1:58:17 ↗ we use the word Mar ized under

1:58:20 ↗ represented Equity inclusiveness this is

1:58:23 ↗ what we mean by that

1:58:27 ↗ y heard loud and clear

1:58:33 ↗ lrea thank you Dale yeah I just wanted

1:58:36 ↗ to point out that in the chat I've

1:58:38 ↗ shared um what is currently being um

1:58:42 ↗ published through the association of

1:58:44 ↗ Washington cities with regards to um

1:58:48 ↗ Equity resource

1:58:50 ↗ that are being implemented in the

1:58:51 ↗ Pacific

1:58:53 ↗ Northwest thank you for sharing that one

1:58:56 ↗ I've got it bookmarked on my

1:59:00 ↗ computer

1:59:03 ↗ great okay any any last thoughts

1:59:07 ↗ that's all I wanted to make sure that we

1:59:09 ↗ talked

1:59:10 ↗ about and um I'll take a note to myself

1:59:13 ↗ to also get some of the resources from

1:59:15 ↗ my previous employer which was Lawrence

1:59:17 ↗ Berkeley lab and

1:59:20 ↗ and I work with some folks at udub that

1:59:22 ↗ I know are involved in DIA as well Dia

1:59:26 ↗ di um so that they might have some

1:59:28 ↗ resources too so try to get some of

1:59:32 ↗ that great right and Dale just real

1:59:36 ↗ quickly um there is time to continue

1:59:39 ↗ sending you information that we that we

1:59:41 ↗ have I'm I'm currently not with a

1:59:43 ↗ computer but on my computer I have other

1:59:46 ↗ resources that I would like to share as

1:59:48 ↗ well absolutely absolutely absolutely I

1:59:51 ↗ will not be following up with this

1:59:52 ↗ tomorrow um so definitely over the

1:59:56 ↗ course of the next week please feel free

1:59:57 ↗ to send other resources that you come

1:59:59 ↗ across and I'll send out an email

2:00:01 ↗ reminder to everyone next week ask

2:00:04 ↗ making an ask again um so think about it

2:00:08 ↗ take your time um I know that I've got

2:00:10 ↗ like a running Google doc from my former

2:00:13 ↗ employer that has some things that I

2:00:14 ↗ want to make sure I look at as we move

2:00:16 ↗ forward as well um so yeah yeah no no

2:00:19 ↗ immediate no immediate action needed

2:00:25 ↗ tonight

2:00:26 ↗ right I'm wanting to check to see if

2:00:30 ↗ folks have any announcements that they'd

2:00:32 ↗ like to

2:00:37 ↗ share okay well one um that I would want

2:00:41 ↗ to share I it it is on the the uh

2:00:45 ↗ calendar but um Monday is indigenous

2:00:48 ↗ people's day and so it's something that

2:00:50 ↗ has been kind of acknowledged as a

2:00:54 ↗ holiday or paid day off for some

2:00:56 ↗ jurisdictions um not in isqua but um for

2:01:00 ↗ King County it is so just wanting to

2:01:03 ↗ kind of share that and see if uh folks

2:01:06 ↗ uh have the time to uh to learn and

2:01:09 ↗ celebrate indigenous cultures that day

2:01:12 ↗ is Monday and although it doesn't meet

2:01:14 ↗ its own day but um it could be a day

2:01:18 ↗ of

2:01:22 ↗ celebration okay um and I guess with

2:01:26 ↗ that I think we're ready to adjourn um I

2:01:29 ↗ should go back to my script but um it is

2:01:32 ↗ 803 and I am adjourning this meeting of

2:01:36 ↗ the equity board thank you all for your

2:01:39 ↗ uh participation I feel like we had a

2:01:41 ↗ great conversation around comprehensive

2:01:44 ↗ planning and policy and code um and

2:01:48 ↗ appreciate everyone's H participation

2:01:51 ↗ hope you all have a good

2:01:52 ↗ night thank you thank you all have a

2:01:55 ↗ good night

2:01:59 ↗ goodbye I was going to listen to last

2:02:01 ↗ week's or last month's meeting I

2:02:04 ↗ couldn't find

2:02:05 ↗ it where would it be

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