Equity Board · Wednesday, February 7, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of January 10, 2024 Special Meeting

packet pp.3–6

▶ Watch from 9:59 Open packet at p.3 ↗

Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 01-10-24 Equity Board Minutes Page [0000] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Equity Board 6:00 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave. January 10, 2024 MINUTES SE, Issaquah

4. OPENING

Opening Process

[10 mins.] Ray Manahan, Equity Board Member

5. STAFF REPORT

Update on Actions Taken at January

Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator

6. AGENDA ITEMS

Resilience Hubs

[30 mins] David Reedy, Sustainability Coordinator · packet pp.7–41

▶ Watch from 1:54:37 Open packet at p.7 ↗

Staff report:

Office of Sustainability 130 E Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 issaquahwa.gov

Equity Framework: High Demand Recreation Program Registration Pilot [45 mins.]

Director · Jeff Watling, Parks & Community Services · packet pp.43–58

Topics: Equity

▶ Watch from 1:57:01 Open packet at p.43 ↗

Staff report:

Recreation Registration Process Update FEBRUARY 7, 2024 | EQUITY BOARD J E F F WAT L I N G , PA R K S A N D C O M M U N I T Y S E RV I C E S D I R E C TO R

7. OTHER BUSINESS / ANNOUNCEMENTS

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Support for Seniors [30 mins.]

Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator

▶ Watch from 8:53

Closing Process Check

[5 mins.] Priti Mody-Pan, Equity Board Chair

▶ Watch from 9:26

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0:04 ↗ we are now we are now

0:06 ↗ recording all right well welcome I call

0:10 ↗ the February meeting of the equity board

0:12 ↗ to order at 6:07 p.m. and due to the

0:15 ↗ hybrid format of today's meeting I'd

0:17 ↗ like to start by providing some

0:19 ↗ guidelines this is a reminder that the

0:21 ↗ meeting is being

0:23 ↗ recorded we have participants attending

0:26 ↗ in person and others who may be

0:29 ↗ attending by computer or my phone for

0:32 ↗ all meeting attendees speak clearly and

0:35 ↗ pause frequently state your name each

0:37 ↗ time before speaking I think that's a

0:39 ↗ growth area for us if applicable mute

0:43 ↗ your mic when not speaking if having

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0:47 ↗ using a different device or use the

0:50 ↗ call-in information in the meeting

0:52 ↗ invitation and now we will move on to

0:56 ↗ attendance and so Dale can I look to you

0:58 ↗ for that please you

1:00 ↗ can let me just go right back um okay

1:05 ↗ Christina

1:07 ↗ abon I guess I should I I'm gonna do

1:09 ↗ them alphabetically anyways um we'll be

1:12 ↗ late tonight so not currently here luri

1:15 ↗ chotto currently unexcused absence Tony

1:20 ↗ Curry currently unexcused

1:24 ↗ voka currently unexcused Shay Fleming

1:29 ↗ I'm here here Laura Gilmore uh excused

1:34 ↗ absence caric

1:36 ↗ kashinath Ray manah manahan excuse me

1:39 ↗ Ray I'm here Frey mod pan here and Kelly

1:43 ↗ man also excused

1:47 ↗ absence all right so now next on on the

1:51 ↗ agenda is public comments and public

1:54 ↗ comments are an important part of our

1:57 ↗ public process we take them seriously

1:59 ↗ and fact them into the decisions we make

2:02 ↗ and Dale do we have folks signed up for

2:04 ↗ public comment we do um Lindsay Pinkston

2:08 ↗ is here to provide at least one public

2:14 ↗ comment you can stay there if you'd like

2:16 ↗ the camera will find you regardless of

2:18 ↗ you oh you're right that does make

2:24 ↗ sense hello hello welcome well thank you

2:29 ↗ I just I want to introduce myself I'm

2:31 ↗ Lindsay Pinkston I'm the executive

2:32 ↗ director of Highlands Council and we are

2:34 ↗ the community building leg of isqua

2:37 ↗ Highlands governance um so responsible

2:39 ↗ for communications our newspaper all of

2:42 ↗ our events um Community groups and also

2:46 ↗ uh doing um oh managing our our facility

2:50 ↗ Lely Hall uh and I just I wanted to come

2:54 ↗ and kind of let you know what we do and

2:55 ↗ invite you to some of our upcoming

2:56 ↗ things we haven't seen a lot of members

2:58 ↗ of this group coming to our events and

3:00 ↗ so we would love to see you um currently

3:04 ↗ we have over 50 events community events

3:07 ↗ on our calendar for this year those are

3:08 ↗ all public events open to everyone

3:10 ↗ nothing that we do up there is exclusive

3:13 ↗ to isqua Highlands residents um

3:15 ↗ everything is for the good of the entire

3:17 ↗ Community um and one of the reasons for

3:19 ↗ that just so so you understand where

3:21 ↗ we're coming from part of a big part of

3:23 ↗ our funding comes from the commercial

3:25 ↗ properties in isqua Highlands so the

3:28 ↗ more people we bring up to is

3:30 ↗ Highlands from outside is more business

3:34 ↗ for our stakeholders so there is a good

3:37 ↗ reason why we really you know not only

3:39 ↗ do we like to have people up there but

3:42 ↗ um it's good for us um so this year some

3:45 ↗ of those events we have we do some fun

3:47 ↗ events so we have a Super Bowl party we

3:50 ↗ do Halloween events we have teen events

3:53 ↗ like a flashlight egg hunt where we send

3:55 ↗ middle schoolers out in the dark to hunt

3:58 ↗ for eggs um we do do some markets for

4:01 ↗ vendors uh we also do art programming so

4:04 ↗ we have a gallery uh in Blakeley Hall

4:07 ↗ and so we rotate our Gallery

4:10 ↗ exhibitions um monthly or every couple

4:12 ↗ of months and so those are really

4:15 ↗ exciting and a really great place for us

4:16 ↗ to um exhibit some some culture and have

4:19 ↗ just something new um we also do Open

4:22 ↗ Mic nights and art workshops um and then

4:24 ↗ we do some cultural programming and um

4:27 ↗ we have a global grubbing Groove series

4:29 ↗ that we do every summer uh that

4:31 ↗ celebrates different

4:32 ↗ cultures uh and everything we do on the

4:36 ↗ cultural side is dependent on somebody

4:39 ↗ bringing that to us um so you know we

4:44 ↗ don't put on events by ourselves we

4:48 ↗ might put on a Super Bowl event but

4:50 ↗ we're not going to put on a try to think

4:53 ↗ of a celebration Indian New Year um or

4:57 ↗ Indian we do indep Indian independence

4:59 ↗ day every other year um but that's put

5:01 ↗ on by several um volunteers that are of

5:04 ↗ the culture so uh when I say we're

5:07 ↗ putting it on I'm using we in the global

5:10 ↗ sense of uh our team and all of the the

5:13 ↗ volunteers that are there um and then we

5:17 ↗ also have 15 Community groups that uh

5:20 ↗ meet at Bley Hall and those are open to

5:22 ↗ all as well I mean it runs the Gambit

5:24 ↗ from a poker night group that meets once

5:28 ↗ a month so we have a meditation club

5:30 ↗ that meets every week and you know

5:33 ↗ different things like that so it's a

5:35 ↗ whole a whole line we have a lot of kids

5:38 ↗ kids groups as well um and again those

5:40 ↗ are open to

5:42 ↗ everybody uh but upcoming I did want to

5:44 ↗ invite you especially to our March

5:47 ↗ Gallery which is called Zen ruse and

5:50 ↗ that means uh today's woman it's a a Art

5:54 ↗ Exhibit of Persian

5:56 ↗ artists uh that are going to be showing

5:59 ↗ art that demonstrates the power of women

6:02 ↗ today in

6:04 ↗ Iran uh and then on the 10th of March in

6:07 ↗ addition to coming in and seeing the

6:09 ↗ gallery we're also having a celebration

6:11 ↗ of no Ro which is the Persian New Year

6:15 ↗ and and a vendor bizaar of Persian

6:17 ↗ vendors so we're really excited this is

6:19 ↗ our first time doing anything to

6:20 ↗ celebrate Persian culture um and I think

6:24 ↗ it's going to be incredible the Arts

6:25 ↗ commission gave us a um a nice grant

6:29 ↗ that is really helping to pay for some

6:30 ↗ fabulous art and some performers so uh

6:34 ↗ and then in April our Gallery will

6:36 ↗ convert to autism awareness and we have

6:39 ↗ a really great young autistic artist

6:42 ↗ who's going to be showing in the gallery

6:44 ↗ and then on the 4th of April we have a

6:47 ↗ reception open to the public and we'll

6:49 ↗ also have a reading by local author who

6:52 ↗ um writes stories

6:54 ↗ about characters with a

6:57 ↗ neurodiverse um background so it's a

6:59 ↗ very cool kind of a kids book she writes

7:01 ↗ about animals with

7:04 ↗ neurodiversity um and then on the 20th

7:06 ↗ of April we're hosting a teddy bear tea

7:09 ↗ um for Autism Awareness for kids five

7:12 ↗ and under if they're Teddy Bears um so

7:15 ↗ that's really cute I also wanted to

7:18 ↗ invite you on February

7:19 ↗ 25th um I'm probably more excited about

7:22 ↗ this than I have been about anything in

7:23 ↗ five years uh we're hosting a screening

7:26 ↗ of the film Join or Die so I don't know

7:29 ↗ if you've heard of it but it is a movie

7:31 ↗ about um why it is so important for

7:34 ↗ people to join groups um whether it be a

7:39 ↗ book club or a dinner club or kianis or

7:42 ↗ church or wherever wherever you find

7:44 ↗ your group but why it's so important to

7:46 ↗ the health of our country um so I've

7:49 ↗ pre-screened the movie and it's really

7:50 ↗ amazing so encourage you all to come out

7:54 ↗ awesome uh oh and then for the summer

7:57 ↗ the cultures were celebrating the summer

7:59 ↗ in June um we're doing a celebration of

8:02 ↗ um e Al Ada uh which is Muslim culture

8:06 ↗ and then in August we're doing Mexican

8:08 ↗ culture and instead of celebrating

8:11 ↗ juneth this year with a global Breen

8:13 ↗ Groove because we don't want to conflict

8:15 ↗ with what the city is doing um we're

8:16 ↗ looking at doing um a vendor Market

8:19 ↗ instead since we have a lot of

8:21 ↗ experience with that we thought we'd do

8:23 ↗ a blackowned business um vendor

8:25 ↗ Market

8:27 ↗ awesome so great and I'm happy to send

8:31 ↗ kind of more information with dates and

8:33 ↗ things that would be super I was going

8:35 ↗ to print things out but our printer got

8:37 ↗ killed in a pipe burst at leley Hall so

8:40 ↗ we flooded and our printer got killed oh

8:43 ↗ can can we ask questions I mean

8:46 ↗ technically no so really yeah not during

8:50 ↗ public comment but if you're gonna stick

8:52 ↗ around you want to propose something for

8:53 ↗ other business we can absolutely do

8:56 ↗ that well I was definitely going to stay

8:58 ↗ for David

9:00 ↗ talk

9:02 ↗ so between yeah we we could also do a

9:06 ↗ quick a quick Break um between agenda

9:08 ↗ items if you want to catch Lindsay

9:10 ↗ before she leaves okay yeah I got I got

9:12 ↗ some explicit feedback about my not

9:15 ↗ allowing us to engage in questions

9:16 ↗ during public comments so we're sticking

9:19 ↗ to it okay good Roberts Rules of

9:22 ↗ Order went to the Valentine's Day popup

9:24 ↗ Market oh did

9:26 ↗ you to walk around yeah we're really

9:30 ↗ having a good time with those great and

9:32 ↗ I'll follow up with Lindsay to get all

9:34 ↗ those dates too um and send that out to

9:37 ↗ our group as well so we can um get them

9:39 ↗ around uh before before there is no no

9:44 ↗ there's one item before you are there

9:46 ↗ two we actually have a we have to

9:48 ↗ approve our minutes and then we have a

9:49 ↗ an item right above you on the agenda

9:51 ↗ but awesome any other public

9:56 ↗ comment okay great so next up is

9:59 ↗ approval of minutes and I'll give you

10:01 ↗ all a moment to scan the minutes to see

10:05 ↗ if there's any uh changes and then call

10:08 ↗ for

10:10 ↗ um

10:12 ↗ called motion a motion to uh

10:28 ↗ approve

10:37 ↗ okay once you've had a chance to review

10:39 ↗ I'd like to ask for a member to make a

10:42 ↗ motion to approve my motion to approve

10:46 ↗ okay um let's

10:49 ↗ see so is there any

10:53 ↗ discussion oh wait wait for a second I

10:56 ↗ need a second oh I'll second it okay

10:58 ↗ thank you

11:00 ↗ um does anyone would anyone like to

11:02 ↗ discuss anything in the minutes or have

11:04 ↗ any edits to recommend or propose I just

11:07 ↗ have a comment you guys mentioned that

11:09 ↗ um wonderful event that the bajis had so

11:13 ↗ um three of us were invited and um they

11:16 ↗ were so kind um Tony as you know had has

11:18 ↗ an issue with his family because of

11:20 ↗ covid but they set up a a virtual

11:23 ↗ computer so he could join and that was

11:25 ↗ really nice and I was there in person

11:27 ↗ and we had some really good dialogue

11:29 ↗ well they're so consistent with um

11:31 ↗ getting engaged with our Equity um board

11:34 ↗ so I just want to call them out and we

11:36 ↗ had the opportunity to join their last

11:38 ↗ event that's

11:40 ↗ nice sorry um are you suggesting we add

11:44 ↗ anything to the minute around that I'm

11:47 ↗ checking

11:50 ↗ um there's probably going to be more

11:53 ↗ events and and you know they're regular

11:54 ↗ members here so if we can get other

11:56 ↗ people besides me to go to these events

11:58 ↗ host by the B for maybe one or two other

12:01 ↗ Equity board members that would be nice

12:04 ↗ the only comment that can I changes okay

12:07 ↗ no changes for okay

12:10 ↗ yeah um let's see any of any uh

12:14 ↗ discussion or

12:16 ↗ edits

12:22 ↗ proposed okay then uh let's see I will

12:26 ↗ proceed to consider the minutes approv

12:28 ↗ grou with no edits

12:31 ↗ great all righty and next we have a

12:37 ↗ ray uh beginning our opening process

12:40 ↗ with an ice breaker to initiate I have a

12:43 ↗ question about this I completely forgot

12:44 ↗ I was doing this was there backdrop with

12:47 ↗ this like what am I supposed to um we're

12:49 ↗ going to pass this around from each

12:50 ↗ board member to each board member

12:52 ↗ monthly right it's just to initiate

12:54 ↗ conversation about anything uh ideally

12:57 ↗ it would be something more related to

12:58 ↗ activating our our engagement around

13:00 ↗ Equity our Equity conversations for

13:02 ↗ tonight so last month we had the the

13:05 ↗ sort of question on what is it that you

13:06 ↗ love about Equity work you might pick a

13:09 ↗ a

13:10 ↗ slightly uh maybe a different question

13:13 ↗ when when did a but it can be lighter if

13:16 ↗ you'd like it to be lighter than

13:19 ↗ that I'll I'll try to stick to the

13:21 ↗ equity topic and can I talk about what

13:23 ↗ you and I discussed earlier before

13:24 ↗ everybody got here yeah I think

13:26 ↗ potentially I was going to say right if

13:28 ↗ you didn't have a question ready uh I

13:30 ↗ thought a good one might be one is a

13:32 ↗ time that a an a conversation around

13:34 ↗ Equity arose uh during your your past

13:37 ↗ few weeks since we last met oh yeah yeah

13:39 ↗ yeah yeah um well two opportunities um

13:43 ↗ had happened so uh a member of the city

13:47 ↗ of isqua human um Services Department

13:50 ↗ reached out to me because um Hannah

13:52 ↗ Roberts she leads that group within

13:55 ↗ Human Services and she had a meeting

13:58 ↗ with Community leadership and their

13:59 ↗ focus was around Health Equity so um she

14:03 ↗ got me involved in that so there's

14:05 ↗ opportunities for our board members to

14:07 ↗ attend meetings that are hosted by

14:11 ↗ different groups under the city of isqua

14:13 ↗ it could be Parks and Recreation it

14:15 ↗ could be Health and Human Services it

14:17 ↗ could be human

14:18 ↗ resources we we should be aware of those

14:20 ↗ meetings that are happening if there's a

14:22 ↗ board member that can sit in those and

14:24 ↗ just listen is there a topic related to

14:26 ↗ equity that we might not have the answer

14:29 ↗ to at that meeting but why not bring it

14:32 ↗ back to this group and have a discussion

14:33 ↗ so I sat in one of those meetings which

14:36 ↗ is hosted by Hannah um uh and she uh

14:40 ↗ invited interestingly enough folks in

14:43 ↗ the isqua community who are focused on

14:44 ↗ Healthcare so there we we had some good

14:47 ↗ discussions and I connected her to a

14:49 ↗ resource up at Swedish isqua that I was

14:51 ↗ aware of working on some Equity work so

14:54 ↗ if there's ways for us to be involved in

14:56 ↗ meetings that are Le that are that are

14:59 ↗ hosted by leadership within the city of

15:01 ↗ isquat representing other departments I

15:04 ↗ highly recommend that we do that and

15:06 ↗ bring it up as a talking point whatever

15:09 ↗ we learned at those meetings and and

15:11 ↗ share with us like I said we might not

15:13 ↗ have the answers but if it's Equity

15:14 ↗ related why not presented to this board

15:17 ↗ right yeah

15:19 ↗ okay that was an indepth response no one

15:22 ↗ else's response needs to be as in depth

15:24 ↗ but yeah we just we literally just had

15:26 ↗ the conversation yeah when when is the

15:29 ↗ time that a conversation on Equity came

15:31 ↗ up since we in your work or your life

15:34 ↗ since we last

15:36 ↗ met a couple of them for

15:41 ↗ you cool questions around

15:44 ↗ that yeah

15:47 ↗ Shay oh I can share um if if that's what

15:51 ↗ we're doing here just to make sure um so

15:55 ↗ uh I recently had my read team meeting

15:59 ↗ for Nestle purina and pet care we talked

16:02 ↗ about Equity when it comes to pet care

16:06 ↗ and how some areas tend to have more um

16:11 ↗ access to veterinary care and how we can

16:14 ↗ impact that um and of course we ended up

16:17 ↗ getting some new leadership so I was

16:19 ↗ able to kind of pick his brain on our

16:21 ↗ plans for how we will address some of

16:25 ↗ the newer veterinary clinics that are

16:27 ↗ coming in how we're supporting people at

16:29 ↗ West um at um any vet conferences that

16:33 ↗ we're having um so that way we can make

16:35 ↗ sure that we're giving everyone all the

16:38 ↗ options that they need and we're

16:40 ↗ actually supporting our communities in

16:42 ↗ the right way um going Beyond just

16:45 ↗ handing out pet food yeah I love

16:49 ↗ that thanks for

16:56 ↗ sharing two board members F yeah I can

17:00 ↗ go next yeah U my wife's starting a new

17:03 ↗ job on climate equity and climate

17:05 ↗ Justice with the federal government and

17:08 ↗ I work as a climate scientist so yeah um

17:11 ↗ yeah we've just had some juicy

17:12 ↗ conversations in the last few weeks

17:14 ↗ around what that means and at what scale

17:17 ↗ I work more more into the global climate

17:19 ↗ change yeah and she's focusing on the

17:21 ↗ Pacific Northwest so you know what that

17:24 ↗ looks like yeah oh very cool awesome

17:27 ↗ thanks for sharing

17:30 ↗ yeah and I can uh wrap us up so just

17:33 ↗ recently in my office uh we're working

17:36 ↗ on bringing in a training on

17:38 ↗ allyship and um just having

17:40 ↗ conversations about what does it mean to

17:42 ↗ be an ally how do you uh disrupt uh

17:47 ↗ harmful behaviors and meetings things

17:49 ↗ like microaggressions how do you

17:52 ↗ acknowledge them and heal heal from them

17:56 ↗ and move past them and become the strong

17:58 ↗ organization once she worked through it

18:00 ↗ so it was just really interesting to

18:02 ↗ hear like the model of working through

18:06 ↗ that whole process so you come out

18:08 ↗ stronger at the end so that was just

18:09 ↗ kind of a really eye openening

18:13 ↗ conversation

18:14 ↗ yeah as the board Le on I'll share as

18:18 ↗ well um I I've been just it almost seems

18:21 ↗ like month after month especially as I

18:23 ↗ stepped into this role and then

18:25 ↗ inherited some different work items the

18:28 ↗ cultural and religious calendar which

18:29 ↗ was just approved on Monday night at the

18:33 ↗ council meeting

18:35 ↗ permanentiy been one of the places where

18:39 ↗ over the last three to four months I've

18:41 ↗ had some of the the richest

18:43 ↗ conversations about Equity um about

18:47 ↗ diversity inclusion and Equity um the

18:50 ↗ difference between those words how we

18:54 ↗ can conflate them all when we just refer

18:55 ↗ to them as

18:56 ↗ Dei um

18:58 ↗ and also just given our greater Global

19:02 ↗ Climate right now um conversations on

19:05 ↗ religion at work are a a fascinating

19:08 ↗ place to stretch your empathy stretch

19:12 ↗ your ability to to Really connect and

19:14 ↗ that's been some of the the richest

19:16 ↗ opportunity to be in those conversations

19:18 ↗ Jeff has been in some of those

19:20 ↗ conversations um it's just been a really

19:22 ↗ great a really great space so yeah

19:26 ↗ thanks for accepting my impromptu

19:29 ↗ question during other business we'll

19:31 ↗ find someone to to volunteer for next

19:34 ↗ month great okay uh thank you all for

19:37 ↗ participating in that uh opening that

19:39 ↗ we're uh We've tested out last month and

19:42 ↗ now I think we've got it in standard

19:43 ↗ rotation on our agendas um so the next

19:47 ↗ item before no no I'm sorry there's one

19:50 ↗ more you got up here and

19:54 ↗ everything so we have a deal with the

19:56 ↗ staff report um updates on actions taken

20:00 ↗ at the January meeting yep so there

20:02 ↗ there's nothing this is not as uh robust

20:04 ↗ maybe as our upcoming ones will be

20:06 ↗ especially we have two two groups from

20:08 ↗ staff coming here to to get our our um

20:12 ↗ advisory uh muscles working this evening

20:15 ↗ um but from our January meeting one of

20:17 ↗ the things we decided we wanted to

20:18 ↗ Institute was a time for me to share

20:21 ↗ back with the group as a result of the

20:22 ↗ previous meeting what has changed in the

20:24 ↗ way that you know we're doing business

20:26 ↗ or what was the impact of our

20:27 ↗ conversation

20:28 ↗ um one of the big things that came out

20:30 ↗ of our January meeting was the approval

20:32 ↗ of our work plan um and the addition of

20:34 ↗ two items to the work plan that were not

20:36 ↗ on it at the start of the meeting but

20:37 ↗ are now on it um as we look forward at

20:40 ↗ the rest of the year one of them is

20:42 ↗ around

20:44 ↗ um the budget so this the board advising

20:49 ↗ on a more Equitable um on potential more

20:51 ↗ Equitable approaches to budgeting for

20:53 ↗ the upcoming 2025 2026 budget and the

20:57 ↗ second one is data Data Systems um and

21:00 ↗ and our approach to data at the city and

21:02 ↗ so that has also been added to our work

21:04 ↗ plan as well for the second half of the

21:06 ↗ year um and so you'll see those things

21:08 ↗ not just show up on the work plan but

21:09 ↗ also show up in um conversations

21:12 ↗ starting in Q2 so starting in just a

21:15 ↗ couple of months so that's the the

21:17 ↗ near-term impact of our conversation in

21:21 ↗ January I have one other thing to add um

21:25 ↗ council member D Michelle reached out

21:26 ↗ ahead of tonight's meeting just wanted

21:28 ↗ to share her gratitude for the

21:30 ↗ incredible work of this group um on the

21:32 ↗ cultural and religious calendar that

21:34 ↗ you're not only you're advising on the

21:36 ↗ front end um but also your advising and

21:38 ↗ feedback in December uh and just sent a

21:41 ↗ big congratulations to this group is and

21:44 ↗ part of your participation for that so

21:47 ↗ that is my brief staff

21:49 ↗ report thank you um I feel like we're

21:53 ↗ just rolling through these agenda topics

21:55 ↗ so I don't think it's quite time to take

21:57 ↗ a break yet so so um I would invite

21:59 ↗ David Rey to talk with us about

22:01 ↗ resilience hubs

22:04 ↗ awesome and uh yeah just so excited I

22:07 ↗ couldn't sit back there and wait I had

22:11 ↗ to jump up um it's very exciting hearing

22:14 ↗ y'all talk this uh afternoon and I think

22:18 ↗ um you know I can even

22:20 ↗ say uh what good timing it is that I'm

22:22 ↗ at this meeting we'll be able to talk

22:24 ↗ about uh Equity board members getting

22:26 ↗ involved in city project we'll be able

22:28 ↗ to talk about climate Justice and

22:30 ↗ climate uh climate change and uh there's

22:33 ↗ even space to Talk About Pets tonight so

22:36 ↗ during my presentation so there's

22:39 ↗ there's some great things coming wow um

22:42 ↗ before I jump into um first off my name

22:45 ↗ is David REI I'm the sustainability

22:47 ↗ coordinator with the city I've been

22:49 ↗ before the equity board before and

22:51 ↗ before I dived into the uh resilience

22:53 ↗ Hub topic I did want to just move back

22:55 ↗ with y'all about the sustainable

22:57 ↗ purchase policy which I brought before

22:59 ↗ the board um to let you know that it uh

23:03 ↗ got approved by the senior leadership

23:05 ↗ team yesterday and it'll be signed into

23:08 ↗ uh into an administrative policy by the

23:10 ↗ mayor in the next uh week um and so then

23:14 ↗ we get to start implementing it and

23:17 ↗ exploring with staff really across the

23:19 ↗ city across departments what does it

23:21 ↗ mean to think about sustainability when

23:23 ↗ it comes to purchases what does it mean

23:25 ↗ think about social Equity when it comes

23:27 ↗ to purchases and and really dive into

23:30 ↗ upcoming purchases and procurement so

23:32 ↗ that's um going to be a really

23:34 ↗ challenging um and exciting moment and I

23:37 ↗ wanted to thank the equity board for

23:38 ↗ your input in the creation of that

23:40 ↗ policy uh and in the feedback around the

23:43 ↗ implementation guide a lot of y'all's

23:45 ↗ advice and thoughts kind of made it in

23:47 ↗ there so we're really excited and uh

23:51 ↗ we'll see how it

23:52 ↗ goes and now to dive into our my main

23:56 ↗ topic of the night brazili

23:58 ↗ hubs so uh tonight I figure we'll be

24:02 ↗ talking to yall first what is a

24:04 ↗ resilience Hub what do we mean by this

24:07 ↗ um we're gonna I'm going to give a

24:08 ↗ little bit of background on the isqua

24:10 ↗ resilience Hub topic uh project talk

24:13 ↗ about progress to date and then discuss

24:16 ↗ uh start the discussion uh on goals and

24:19 ↗ evaluation criteria um and that's really

24:22 ↗ where we're asking I'm asking for

24:23 ↗ feedback for

24:25 ↗ tonight so the input that

24:28 ↗ um I'll be seeking tonight is for

24:30 ↗ feedback on the developed project goals

24:33 ↗ feedback on criteria that we intend to

24:36 ↗ use to evaluate potential resilience Hub

24:39 ↗ sites and then as well any gen General

24:42 ↗ feedback

24:44 ↗ recommendations um for staff to

24:45 ↗ integrate as this progress project

24:48 ↗ progresses and I'm happy of course to

24:50 ↗ answer questions as

24:52 ↗ well so uh I throw around this word what

24:57 ↗ zilian hubs I invite people to join this

24:59 ↗ project and um one of the big questions

25:03 ↗ what does this even really mean um so I

25:05 ↗ have a definition on the board provided

25:07 ↗ by the urban sustainability director's

25:10 ↗ Network which is uh the main

25:12 ↗ organization that has been kind of

25:14 ↗ pushing this concept of resilience hubs

25:16 ↗ Nationwide and this language around

25:19 ↗ resilience hubs really came out of

25:20 ↗ Baltimore about 10 years ago uh maybe a

25:23 ↗ little bit more but to to Really narrow

25:27 ↗ it down what we're talking about with

25:28 ↗ resilience hubs are trusted Community

25:31 ↗ spaces physical locations that can

25:35 ↗ support community members before during

25:38 ↗ and after disruptive events namely where

25:43 ↗ they sustainability director's Network

25:45 ↗ comes in climate change impacts but it

25:48 ↗ doesn't it's not only climate change

25:49 ↗ impacts so thinking around physical

25:53 ↗ trusted spaces that can support

25:54 ↗ community members during Wildfire smoke

25:57 ↗ event or during uh flooding or during um

26:02 ↗ a pandemic that was one that came up

26:04 ↗ right so where can people go to get that

26:07 ↗ support leading up to an event during an

26:11 ↗ event and after and one of the things

26:13 ↗ that's really important in this

26:14 ↗ consideration and one of the things I

26:16 ↗ think that um can separate it from a lot

26:18 ↗ of Emergency Management um practices

26:21 ↗ otherwise is that well Emergency

26:24 ↗ Management does this too but um 90% % of

26:28 ↗ the time we're not in one of these

26:30 ↗ disruptive events necessarily right a

26:33 ↗ lot of the the work around these

26:34 ↗ resilience hubs is thinking about how do

26:36 ↗ we build the social connections how do

26:38 ↗ we build um the understanding the

26:41 ↗ resources um and really strengthen our

26:45 ↗ community so that we can weather these

26:48 ↗ disruptive events better when they

26:50 ↗ actually occur and then when they do

26:52 ↗ occur these resilience hubs can

26:54 ↗ transition into support centers and then

26:57 ↗ also um after the events support um

27:00 ↗ community members as they uh bounce back

27:02 ↗ from those

27:04 ↗ events so the urban sustainability

27:07 ↗ director Network they have broken it

27:09 ↗ down into these five areas of

27:13 ↗ um uh or categories of how resilience

27:16 ↗ hubs operate and all of these the idea

27:19 ↗ is that all of these pieces really play

27:21 ↗ a role into the operations of these

27:23 ↗ physical locations right so the first

27:26 ↗ one is resilient programming and

27:28 ↗ services thinking that a resilience Hub

27:30 ↗ is more than just a physical space but a

27:33 ↗ space that promotes Community

27:35 ↗ preparedness it improves residents

27:37 ↗ health and well-being all of that is

27:40 ↗ going to play a role when those

27:41 ↗ disruptions

27:43 ↗ occur resilient structure thinking about

27:46 ↗ is the building safe is the building

27:49 ↗ equipped to um support community members

27:52 ↗ on extreme heat days or on extreme cold

27:55 ↗ days right resilient Power Systems so

27:58 ↗ thinking about is the building able to

28:01 ↗ continue to operate if power is lost

28:04 ↗ right if there's an outage event and our

28:06 ↗ community members need

28:08 ↗ support it's um the ideal is a resilient

28:12 ↗ power system so that that physical

28:13 ↗ location and the programming that can

28:15 ↗ occur at that location can continue to

28:18 ↗ operate resilient communication so

28:21 ↗ thinking about before an event during an

28:24 ↗ event and after event during all of that

28:26 ↗ being a ble to communicate with our

28:28 ↗ community members and the folks that

28:30 ↗ we're hoping to serve with these sites

28:33 ↗ and then finally resilient operations

28:35 ↗ you can have the best resilience Hub in

28:36 ↗ the world but if you don't have the

28:38 ↗ Personnel to St it you don't have the

28:40 ↗ funding for it you don't have the plans

28:42 ↗ and processes in place to run that

28:45 ↗ facility and that those programs it's

28:48 ↗ not going to work so resilient

28:49 ↗ operations is really key to making it

28:51 ↗ all work together and one of the other

28:54 ↗ things I want to note about this this

28:56 ↗ idea of resilience hubs

28:58 ↗ uh is we are the the goal of them is to

29:01 ↗ support all um isqua community members

29:05 ↗ but it's also really tailored on those

29:07 ↗ most vulnerable to uh to disruptive

29:11 ↗ events and climate change right so

29:13 ↗ thinking about those who might have the

29:15 ↗ most trouble or most challenges in in a

29:18 ↗ flood situation or in um a wild fire

29:21 ↗ smoke days they don't have somewhere to

29:23 ↗ go or um because their own home might

29:26 ↗ not be equipped for that right or maybe

29:28 ↗ they're just new to the city and they

29:30 ↗ just don't know where those social

29:31 ↗ connections are if we do this project

29:33 ↗ right they might know well I can always

29:35 ↗ go to XYZ resilience sub

29:38 ↗ right so there's examples of this across

29:42 ↗ the country and I would say that this is

29:44 ↗ again a fairly newer concept within kind

29:47 ↗ of the this framing of it and there's no

29:50 ↗ you know slam dunk uh example right each

29:53 ↗ Community is trying to figure out what

29:55 ↗ it means for them trying to figure out

29:57 ↗ how to implement it correctly so I have

30:00 ↗ an a map up of uh resilience hubs across

30:05 ↗ the city of Baltimore um I because I'm a

30:07 ↗ Boston native I uh threw up a Cambridge

30:11 ↗ Massachusetts Community Center and

30:13 ↗ resilience sub um picture and then the

30:16 ↗ last one is Banbridge Island and

30:18 ↗ Banbridge Islands those are actually

30:20 ↗ disaster um hubs they're not even in

30:24 ↗ their mind they don't think these

30:25 ↗ disaster hubs really r to the level of

30:28 ↗ resilience ups but really the the point

30:30 ↗ there is thinking about this as an

30:32 ↗ ongoing long-term process of how can we

30:35 ↗ improve our community facilities how can

30:37 ↗ we um improve our our locations that

30:41 ↗ serve community members across the city

30:43 ↗ over the long term um to prepare folks

30:47 ↗ for uh disruptions when they

30:50 ↗ occur

30:52 ↗ so background on our project

30:56 ↗ specifically the city of isqua applied

30:58 ↗ for a solar plus storage Grant

31:00 ↗ application and was awarded it and that

31:02 ↗ is specifically to support us doing that

31:05 ↗ resilient power system planning and with

31:08 ↗ that Grant we will be doing some we will

31:10 ↗ be able to do some Community engagement

31:13 ↗ and we'll be do uh developing solar and

31:16 ↗ battery storage site designs for

31:18 ↗ potential resilience Hub

31:21 ↗ sites when we got this we said why why

31:23 ↗ are we just doing this on its own let's

31:25 ↗ Nestle it within a broader res of

31:27 ↗ project and so staff were able to attend

31:30 ↗ some workshops on this concept in

31:32 ↗ October and December and then we had a

31:34 ↗ kickoff meeting in November where we did

31:37 ↗ roughly what I'm doing today which is

31:39 ↗ talk about what do resilience of mean

31:42 ↗ what could it look like uh things like

31:44 ↗ that bringing in together Partners from

31:47 ↗ across the city bringing in City staff

31:49 ↗ from across departments um and Lindsay

31:53 ↗ and and Brian here with us today are

31:55 ↗ part of that conversation as you'll see

31:58 ↗ um then in December we took a step back

32:01 ↗ and said all right now that we've got

32:03 ↗ built some common understanding around

32:06 ↗ uh what a resilience Hub might be let's

32:08 ↗ talk about what our goals are for an iso

32:10 ↗ specific resilience Hub project and then

32:14 ↗ the most recent meeting the January

32:15 ↗ meeting was um to discuss what are going

32:18 ↗ to be the criteria that we want to use

32:20 ↗ to evaluate potential resilience Hub

32:23 ↗ sites because not every site is going to

32:25 ↗ be a good resilience hub and if we have

32:27 ↗ 500 resilient potential resilience hubs

32:30 ↗ it makes it challenging to prioritize

32:32 ↗ resources so really thinking how can we

32:34 ↗ be um focused in our efforts here and

32:39 ↗ the pictures on the bottom are just an

32:41 ↗ example of our go development exercise

32:44 ↗ um that we did In This Very Room in

32:48 ↗ December so this is showing uh this is

32:50 ↗ the table who's at the table um right

32:53 ↗ now um for the resilience Hub project so

32:56 ↗ we on the left you'll see there's a lot

32:58 ↗ of folks across the city that roughly

33:00 ↗ fall into those three departments um the

33:03 ↗ highlands Council we have uh the circle

33:06 ↗ Community connections Isa food and

33:08 ↗ clothing bank isqua School District um

33:11 ↗ and we're super lucky to have um one of

33:14 ↗ the equity board members Lorna Gilmore

33:16 ↗ on uh as a representative um along with

33:21 ↗ a few other folks from the school

33:22 ↗ district and so the idea with this is to

33:25 ↗ bring together folks who

33:27 ↗ um are invested in this concept of

33:30 ↗ providing uh support for community

33:32 ↗ members who can who have programming who

33:35 ↗ have physical locations not all of them

33:37 ↗ do but who have physical locations and

33:40 ↗ who can help us shape this project

33:42 ↗ moving

33:44 ↗ forward thinking about our next steps we

33:46 ↗ are going to have these regular monthly

33:48 ↗ meetings to talk about um a whole host

33:51 ↗ of different topics site selection um

33:54 ↗ what does operation in A disruption mean

33:57 ↗ how do we look at resilience Power

33:58 ↗ Systems things like that and we're going

34:00 ↗ to be developing an isqua uh resilience

34:03 ↗ Hub strategy that is really tailored to

34:06 ↗ what does this idea mean for our

34:09 ↗ community and then at the same time

34:11 ↗ we'll be implementing our solar Plus

34:12 ↗ Storage brand so we're trying to run

34:14 ↗ ahead with what we have funding for and

34:16 ↗ what we can Implement now while also

34:18 ↗ taking the time to do this

34:20 ↗ right and then at the end Community

34:22 ↗ engagement and Outreach uh because again

34:25 ↗ we want to do this

34:29 ↗ so before I dive into what we're asking

34:31 ↗ for feedback on just thinking back again

34:33 ↗ on the role of the city um it it's a

34:37 ↗ little bit complicated because uh we

34:40 ↗ came into this with an idea of what we

34:43 ↗ could do um and uh there's uh it's a

34:49 ↗ it's a delicate uh conversation because

34:51 ↗ not always uh resilience Hub sites are

34:54 ↗ not always City Sites so essentially

34:57 ↗ some of those sites some of our City

34:58 ↗ Sites could be potential resilience hubs

35:00 ↗ and so we might be a site list but we're

35:03 ↗ also oning our role as a facilitator and

35:06 ↗ a convenor bringing together these

35:08 ↗ Partners to say hey um you know a

35:10 ↗ community partner might actually have

35:12 ↗ this trusted physical facility that can

35:15 ↗ um uh play this role in the community

35:18 ↗ and therefore how can we best support

35:21 ↗ each other what can the city bring to

35:22 ↗ the table what can other partners bring

35:24 ↗ to the table to help really enhance that

35:27 ↗ space and that those that existing

35:29 ↗ programming and then also the solar plus

35:32 ↗ storage Grant we did get that Grant and

35:34 ↗ we're doing that uh we're implementing

35:36 ↗ that to look at potential sites and that

35:38 ↗ is likely to include some fac City

35:40 ↗ facilities but it might also again look

35:42 ↗ at some of those Community facilities as

35:46 ↗ well so I'm going to dive into the first

35:49 ↗ thing I'm going to ask for comments on

35:51 ↗ or feedback on um which is the

35:54 ↗ collaboratively developed goal so coming

35:56 ↗ out of of that uh December resilience

35:59 ↗ Hub partner meeting um we had folks put

36:02 ↗ up sticky notes about what they want to

36:03 ↗ see as part of this project um and then

36:06 ↗ City staff uh kind of took that and

36:09 ↗ boiled it down to these three

36:12 ↗ overarching goals um that we are hoping

36:15 ↗ can guide this work moving forward and

36:19 ↗ uh these goals are not set in stone this

36:22 ↗ is again very early in the process so we

36:25 ↗ are happy to fine-tune them tweak them

36:27 ↗ really work on them as well as the next

36:29 ↗ criteria to make sure that we

36:32 ↗ are moving forward in the right way so

36:36 ↗ our three goals are establish a network

36:38 ↗ of resilience hubs that offer services

36:41 ↗ that support community members basic

36:43 ↗ needs connection and reliable

36:46 ↗ information during times of

36:47 ↗ non-emergencies and

36:50 ↗ emergencies build on the existing work

36:52 ↗ of partners by augmenting services

36:55 ↗ communication and collab

36:57 ↗ collaboration and finally increase the

36:59 ↗ resilience of the whole Community while

37:01 ↗ providing tailored support for those

37:04 ↗ most at risk including but not limited

37:06 ↗ to seniors youth unhoused neighbors and

37:09 ↗ Multicultural

37:11 ↗ families so before I dive into the next

37:14 ↗ piece of this I would happily accept uh

37:18 ↗ any comments feedback thoughts on these

37:21 ↗ goals and then also I'm happy to answer

37:23 ↗ any questions on the project

37:25 ↗ itself

37:28 ↗ that's a question I'll okay um

37:32 ↗ resilience heads so I'm still wrapping

37:34 ↗ my mind around that concept so to me it

37:37 ↗ sounds like a community center that has

37:41 ↗ some of these special features around uh

37:47 ↗ like solar or power generation um you

37:51 ↗ know air conditioning heating maybe some

37:54 ↗ facilities for shelter things like that

37:57 ↗ is that kind of a a shorthand way of

37:59 ↗ thinking about it yeah I think that's

38:01 ↗ generally a good way to think about it

38:03 ↗ you know some of the folks who at usdn

38:05 ↗ who have piloted this concept um one of

38:08 ↗ the uh I guess jokes they make is that

38:13 ↗ they're using the language of resilience

38:16 ↗ Hub is a way to um bring people into the

38:20 ↗ fold and get funding and support right

38:23 ↗ from FEMA from state governments things

38:25 ↗ like that to really fund just the best

38:28 ↗ community centers that can be right so

38:31 ↗ it's not necessar and and these

38:33 ↗ resilience hubs don't necessarily look

38:35 ↗ the same even across the city right so

38:38 ↗ if we were to look for you know the

38:40 ↗ senior center becomes the resiliance sub

38:42 ↗ that's not going to serve every single

38:44 ↗ Community member that's more tailored

38:46 ↗ towards uh the senior population right

38:48 ↗ so thinking through not all resilience

38:51 ↗ hubs look the same but essentially it's

38:54 ↗ you know a really excellent Community

38:57 ↗ Center that's resilient in the face of

38:59 ↗ climate

39:01 ↗ change um do you guys have in your group

39:05 ↗ do you have that what if

39:07 ↗ conversation what if like I'll give an

39:10 ↗ example Isa Creek overflows and there's

39:12 ↗ homes right there that people need to

39:15 ↗ find shelter get food um and and and

39:19 ↗ another example is like Cougar Mountain

39:22 ↗ that road that connects residents up

39:25 ↗ there gets shut down snow or something

39:27 ↗ so when you think about creating these

39:29 ↗ Community hubs are are you getting to

39:31 ↗ that point already not yet but that is

39:34 ↗ where we hope to go and as you saw in

39:36 ↗ the the list of organizations a number

39:39 ↗ of Emergency Management um groups are

39:41 ↗ part of this both King County and within

39:43 ↗ the city and um as a sneak preview for

39:48 ↗ for the folks in the room who are going

39:50 ↗ to be in those meetings um I think our

39:53 ↗ April conversation is going to be a

39:55 ↗ scenario M where we actually have um

39:58 ↗ what if uh there's a wildfire and

40:03 ↗ something happens what does the

40:05 ↗ resilience Hub look like in that

40:07 ↗ situation and again thinking that not

40:09 ↗ every resilience Hub is going to operate

40:12 ↗ the same in that situation depending on

40:14 ↗ what the center is or what that space is

40:17 ↗ so I would say we haven't done those yet

40:20 ↗ but that is in the plans for the

40:25 ↗ future

40:27 ↗ I had a question around um yeah just the

40:30 ↗ scale of resources and services and

40:33 ↗ facilities in in a resilience Hub that

40:36 ↗ serves people in non-emergency

40:38 ↗ situations because it seems like by

40:41 ↗ definition emergencies are early where

40:44 ↗ well hopefully not well hopefully but

40:47 ↗ that is that is changing with climate

40:49 ↗ change uh but it seems like you're

40:52 ↗ you're probably not going to be using a

40:53 ↗ resilience Hub every single day and

40:55 ↗ maybe 10% of the days of a year so what

40:57 ↗ does it look like for the remaining

41:00 ↗ 90% yes and that goes to kind of the the

41:03 ↗ first of those five pieces of resilience

41:05 ↗ Hub so thinking about resilient

41:08 ↗ programming right so um generally the

41:13 ↗ the generally accepted best practice

41:15 ↗ here is that um for these resilience

41:17 ↗ hubs to be trusted Community spaces they

41:20 ↗ need to have things going on in that

41:24 ↗ that 90% of the time when an emergency

41:26 ↗ is not happening right and so what that

41:29 ↗ looks like again might be different

41:31 ↗ depending on resilience hubs but it's

41:33 ↗ it's programming that um builds

41:36 ↗ Community Connection it's programming

41:38 ↗ that supports community members to think

41:40 ↗ about what do I do in an emergency it

41:42 ↗ might be programming that improves the

41:44 ↗ health and well-being of those community

41:46 ↗ members right um and again right the

41:49 ↗ senior center for instance might have

41:51 ↗ different types of programming than the

41:53 ↗ garage say if the garage is one of those

41:55 ↗ or

41:56 ↗ um you know a different facility across

41:59 ↗ the

42:00 ↗ city does that get a your

42:08 ↗ question would you like us to see if

42:10 ↗ there's any um feedback on the goals

42:14 ↗ yeah if there's any if you have any

42:15 ↗ feedback on these goals as written um

42:19 ↗ I'd be happy to take that

42:22 ↗ um and then um and Al I will say if you

42:27 ↗ want to submit you you sit with it and

42:29 ↗ want to submit comments to me later that

42:31 ↗ is also perfectly works for

42:35 ↗ me so I have Multicultural family and

42:39 ↗ that the phrase what do you mean by

42:45 ↗ that yeah so

42:48 ↗ um that phrase was I believe used in a

42:52 ↗ few of the sticky notes um and the idea

42:56 ↗ a and this might not be the right

42:58 ↗ wording for this but the idea is making

43:01 ↗ sure that a resilience Hub

43:04 ↗ space is both is welcoming and inclusive

43:07 ↗ to folks and trusted by folks um who

43:11 ↗ might be newer to the community or who

43:13 ↗ might not speak English as a first

43:15 ↗ language or um who might have

43:20 ↗ um different backgrounds right and so

43:23 ↗ making sure that um we're not not just

43:26 ↗ catering to some of our population in

43:29 ↗ isqua but making sure that we are that

43:31 ↗ our spaces are more

43:34 ↗ inclusive I appreciate the sentiment

43:37 ↗ behind it I just that phrase sure I

43:40 ↗ don't there is just got something that

43:44 ↗ doesn't feel right too so I'd encourage

43:46 ↗ you to explore other words there

43:55 ↗ excellent

43:59 ↗ mhm um and I guess uh to raise a

44:02 ↗ question around the what is I wonder if

44:06 ↗ um there could be

44:08 ↗ some

44:11 ↗ uh mention of like geography right the

44:14 ↗ RIS due to geography or

44:18 ↗ something I mean it's not limited to so

44:20 ↗ there's there's openness there it seems

44:23 ↗ like that could be a critical dat to

44:25 ↗ yeah something that we could either look

44:27 ↗ to work into some of these or

44:29 ↗ potentially add a fourth goal as

44:37 ↗ well any other thoughts before David

44:40 ↗ moves on to the next

44:49 ↗ slide all right um so the next few

44:53 ↗ slides there's a lot of words on them I

44:55 ↗ do apologize olog for that in advance I

44:57 ↗ threw together these slides uh the day

45:00 ↗ we had this meeting to talk about

45:02 ↗ criteria because that's when the

45:04 ↗ materials were they were due maybe even

45:07 ↗ post due so um again my apologies here

45:11 ↗ but

45:12 ↗ essentially the way we split this out

45:14 ↗ and in this this was in our January

45:15 ↗ resilience Hub conversation we had a

45:18 ↗ whole host of potential criteria that

45:20 ↗ had been submitted by uh partners that

45:23 ↗ we pulled from the usdn website and went

45:26 ↗ around giving them sticky notes or

45:28 ↗ stickies saying we think this is an

45:31 ↗ essential near-term criteria for

45:33 ↗ resilience

45:34 ↗ hubs uh this is an essential medium to

45:38 ↗ long-term criteria for resilience hubs

45:41 ↗ and then this is an ideal situation

45:43 ↗ right so it might not be an essential

45:45 ↗ piece of a resilience subub moving

45:46 ↗ forward inot but it is something that we

45:49 ↗ would like to explore right and so these

45:52 ↗ were the ones these first seven were the

45:55 ↗ CR criteria uh the first seven are the

45:59 ↗ criteria um relating to these are are

46:03 ↗ what we think are essential

46:05 ↗ near-term um aspects to to think about

46:09 ↗ when we um are evaluating potential

46:12 ↗ resilience hubs right and I will note

46:14 ↗ the the tool that we will use to to take

46:18 ↗ this and evaluate potential resilience

46:19 ↗ hubs has not been developed yet so that

46:21 ↗ is um that is in the works but again

46:25 ↗ wanted to get early feedback from the

46:27 ↗ equity board so to summarize them the

46:30 ↗ first is that the resilience Hub is a

46:32 ↗ welcoming and trusted community space

46:34 ↗ already that can be transitioned to a

46:36 ↗ resilience Hub with limited effort the

46:40 ↗ infrastructure of the resilience Hub is

46:41 ↗ safe and accessible the ability to

46:44 ↗ operate success the resilience H has the

46:47 ↗ ability to operate successfully in an

46:49 ↗ emergency via established and reliable

46:51 ↗ communication networks in coordination

46:54 ↗ with existing Emergency Management PL

46:56 ↗ plans the uh facility has adequate

46:59 ↗ Operational Support in place for

47:01 ↗ near-term resilience Hub functions

47:04 ↗ planning and design of resilience Subs

47:06 ↗ includes input from from marginalized

47:09 ↗ groups the commitment and support for

47:12 ↗ current and expanded there is sorry some

47:14 ↗ of this is phrased wrong but there is

47:17 ↗ commitment and support for current and

47:18 ↗ expanded resilience Hub functions and

47:21 ↗ the resilience subub has defined

47:23 ↗ performance and outcome expectations and

47:26 ↗ that last one after talking about it

47:28 ↗ might be a not necessarily an evaluation

47:31 ↗ criteria but um a guiding principle we

47:34 ↗ have to Workshop that one a bit but so I

47:38 ↗ would say these

47:40 ↗ uh uh I

47:42 ↗ can do you think I should run through

47:44 ↗ all of them before asking for comments

47:46 ↗ or stop on each slide you have a

47:52 ↗ preference maybe R through them all yeah

47:54 ↗ okay yeah great so thinking about

47:56 ↗ medium-term

47:58 ↗ criteria um here you can see that

48:00 ↗ flexible energy infrastructure that

48:02 ↗ resilient energy uh

48:04 ↗ system um a network of volunteers and

48:07 ↗ Community Partnerships to support

48:09 ↗ ongoing operations and expanded

48:11 ↗ operations during disruptive events

48:14 ↗ adequate hbac systems for air filtration

48:17 ↗ Heating and Cooling access to and or the

48:20 ↗ ability to house resources and

48:23 ↗ supplies and then security

48:25 ↗ infrastructure to provide a secure

48:31 ↗ space

48:32 ↗ um LCA luia Luccia I'm so sorry no you

48:37 ↗ were right actually it's

48:39 ↗ lucrecia thank you for for that for the

48:42 ↗ effort of pronouncing my name correctly

48:45 ↗ um I apologize if you've already said

48:48 ↗ this before I

48:49 ↗ arrived

48:51 ↗ but is there any

48:54 ↗ um

48:56 ↗ oh what's the word I'm looking

48:58 ↗ for what have you planned for the grid

49:03 ↗ not being able to provide all that you

49:06 ↗ are trying to accomplish when you say

49:09 ↗ adequate HVAC system air filtration

49:12 ↗ heating cooling Etc and access to all of

49:15 ↗ this stuff the first thing that comes to

49:17 ↗ my mind is that's great but what if the

49:21 ↗ system can't take on all of these new

49:24 ↗ apparatuses

49:26 ↗ because my understanding is that the

49:28 ↗ system is currently built for what we

49:33 ↗ have historically needed to provide

49:35 ↗ which is typically heat right but now

49:39 ↗ we're adding air conditioning in months

49:43 ↗ when we in the past have never needed

49:45 ↗ that and so I guess my question is what

49:48 ↗ sort of conversations have you had what

49:52 ↗ sort of um plans do you have have to

49:56 ↗ make sure that the s that the system

49:59 ↗ that the PG and or whomever psse can

50:03 ↗ actually provide for us what we may need

50:07 ↗ as the the environment changes and we

50:11 ↗ are leaning towards towards heating up

50:14 ↗ thank you yeah great question so I think

50:18 ↗ uh to answer that

50:19 ↗ uh uh we haven't had any specific

50:23 ↗ conversations on it yet

50:25 ↗ because um as we select potential

50:29 ↗ resilience of sites that's when we can

50:31 ↗ start diving into what is the the energy

50:34 ↗ system in place for that building

50:36 ↗ currently and what might be uh the needs

50:39 ↗ for that facility moving forward it you

50:42 ↗ know it doesn't have say cooling

50:44 ↗ potential right what is that going to do

50:46 ↗ to the the electrical um capacity or um

50:51 ↗ uh infrastructure for that facility I

50:54 ↗ would also say that's where that

50:56 ↗ essential medium

50:58 ↗ longterm essential medium to longterm

51:00 ↗ criteria number one comes in thinking

51:02 ↗ about resilient and flexible energy

51:04 ↗ infrastructure so if we were to support

51:08 ↗ uh a potential resilience Hub with a a

51:11 ↗ solar and battery backup system right

51:14 ↗ that in theory is not going to help that

51:17 ↗ facility operate indefinitely with um

51:20 ↗ expanded Electrical uh with expanded

51:22 ↗ equipment but it should hopefully uh

51:25 ↗ allow that facility to operate during A

51:28 ↗ disruption when the power might be out

51:31 ↗ right and so that's where those two

51:33 ↗ pieces really get paired together

51:35 ↗ thinking about how do we support the

51:37 ↗ expansion of the the energy

51:39 ↗ infrastructure at that facility and then

51:41 ↗ how do we also dive into what does that

51:43 ↗ facility need equipment wise to make

51:46 ↗ sure that it can really support

51:47 ↗ Community needs in the face of climate

51:50 ↗ emergencies and and other

51:52 ↗ disruptions thank you for that I

51:54 ↗ appreciate your

51:55 ↗ response

51:58 ↗ yeah and then the final ideal ones um

52:02 ↗ there is kind of a a catchall for other

52:05 ↗ facility infrastructure opportunities

52:07 ↗ that includes things like showers

52:09 ↗ commercial kitchens loading docks quiet

52:12 ↗ rooms

52:13 ↗ Etc um space for Sheltering um including

52:17 ↗ those who may require care for health

52:19 ↗ professionals um thinking about uh the

52:22 ↗ making sure the residance Hub space is

52:24 ↗ actively used and then finally

52:26 ↗ infrastructure for distribution of

52:28 ↗ Community Resources so these were the

52:30 ↗ ones that um within the the January

52:33 ↗ meeting were tagged as ideal

52:37 ↗ conditions and that's all I have and so

52:40 ↗ I'd welcome any other feedback on these

52:43 ↗ developed criteria and or on the project

52:46 ↗ itself before I turn it over to our my

52:49 ↗ good friends in the parks

52:51 ↗ department have one question yeah um

52:53 ↗ with your strategies do you consider the

52:56 ↗ the composition of today's ex existing

52:59 ↗ residences of isqua so you know we have

53:01 ↗ north of 40,000 residences and if if

53:04 ↗ there's a need for one of these

53:06 ↗ facilities I imagine somebody who who is

53:09 ↗ a household that nobody speaks English

53:11 ↗ so how do they how do they um

53:16 ↗ uh how are they made aware of of the

53:18 ↗ services that's provided to them is a

53:20 ↗ translator needed or a specific group so

53:23 ↗ as you plan for those you know I know

53:25 ↗ was primarily white still but I think

53:26 ↗ the next demographic is Asian which is

53:28 ↗ very large because there's a lot of

53:30 ↗ Asian countries so um if there's a need

53:32 ↗ for that that that might be something to

53:35 ↗ consider that a translator may be needed

53:37 ↗ on site to um help them get acclimated

53:42 ↗ to

53:43 ↗ this facility that's

53:46 ↗ been yeah no I think that's a great

53:48 ↗ comment and I think when it comes to

53:52 ↗ thinking about how that fits into the

53:53 ↗ criteria right when we're looking at a

53:56 ↗ potential resilience Hub site we can say

53:59 ↗ um right do they already have these

54:00 ↗ services and does does this type of um

54:03 ↗ structure already exists at the facility

54:06 ↗ and if not is that something that we

54:08 ↗ think is really important to have at

54:10 ↗ that facility moving forward and if so

54:12 ↗ how do we make it happen right and so I

54:15 ↗ think that goes into kind of those

54:17 ↗ questions around um you know how it's

54:21 ↗ How potential sites are currently

54:23 ↗ operating and then

54:25 ↗ as we get to the point of ident picking

54:29 ↗ sites what investments and what support

54:31 ↗ can we really Wrangle together to make

54:33 ↗ it so these things that we're not going

54:35 ↗ to compromise on actually happen in the

54:37 ↗ future yeah yeah and I don't know if

54:39 ↗ those other resilience helps were

54:41 ↗ created that you share do happen in

54:43 ↗ other cities the scenarios play out in

54:46 ↗ there's a need for example translator

54:49 ↗ because there's there's a certain

54:50 ↗ population that needed it more than

54:53 ↗ others right many of

54:56 ↗ them uh definitely want to want

54:59 ↗ translation services or say that's an

55:01 ↗ important part of the operations

55:06 ↗ okay yeah had a question on

55:10 ↗ um what what sort of data do we have

55:12 ↗ from emergencies of the past that we've

55:15 ↗ dealt with here inqua and how that data

55:19 ↗ might help inform the choices that you

55:21 ↗ might be making the yeah that's a great

55:25 ↗ question and um I don't have data to

55:29 ↗ share with you right right now but I

55:31 ↗ will say um there's a lot of different

55:34 ↗ data we can pull into this right so

55:36 ↗ thinking about from our um Human

55:39 ↗ Services Department who are the people

55:41 ↗ that um they are working with who might

55:44 ↗ be best to who who might take advantage

55:46 ↗ of this right similarly um the school

55:49 ↗ district and East Side Fire and Rescue

55:51 ↗ who have a lot of those strong um

55:54 ↗ Community connections right um who are

55:56 ↗ those folks what do they need and how

55:59 ↗ could these resilience hubs best support

56:01 ↗ that when it comes to Emergency

56:03 ↗ Management working with our emergency

56:04 ↗ manager working with our um Recreation

56:07 ↗ team who runs some of our own facilities

56:10 ↗ working with K County's emergency

56:12 ↗ manager thinking

56:13 ↗ around um what are the climate hazards

56:16 ↗ here and what are the other potential

56:18 ↗ hazards and um how are our spaces

56:21 ↗ currently used how uh what is the

56:25 ↗ what is the uh the ability of that space

56:28 ↗ to operate effectively in say a

56:30 ↗ situation where Isa Creek floods or you

56:33 ↗ know looking at flood planes and things

56:34 ↗ like that so there's a lot of

56:37 ↗ opportunity to pull in a lot of data and

56:39 ↗ a lot of considerations into this

56:42 ↗ question especially as we're starting to

56:44 ↗ get to the point of what resilience Subs

56:47 ↗ do we want to try and move forward with

56:48 ↗ and then when we start operating that

56:51 ↗ resilience sub what does it even look

56:53 ↗ like right

56:55 ↗ thank you there's a question from Shay

56:58 ↗ in the

56:59 ↗ chat um I don't think I can see Shay do

57:03 ↗ you want to unmute I yeah I can speak it

57:06 ↗ if that's okay um so my question was you

57:09 ↗ mentioned earlier that there was room

57:11 ↗ for like pet support so my question kind

57:14 ↗ of entailed what that would look like as

57:16 ↗ well um because I'm the pet Enthusiast

57:19 ↗ of the group um I just for example last

57:22 ↗ year or not I'm sorry not last year a

57:24 ↗ couple years ago um maybe two or three

57:27 ↗ we had that huge heat wve and everyone

57:29 ↗ was looking for a place for their pet to

57:31 ↗ go that wasn't their car um and I I kind

57:35 ↗ of wonder if that would look something

57:38 ↗ like boarding or would those spaces look

57:40 ↗ like something that people and pets

57:43 ↗ could

57:44 ↗ join yeah so it's it's a great question

57:47 ↗ and I sorry I forgot to mention it it is

57:49 ↗ listed under the additional robust

57:51 ↗ facility infrastructure as pet spaces

57:55 ↗ um but really what that looks like um I

57:58 ↗ think there's opportunity to to really

58:00 ↗ figure that out um on a on a space by

58:03 ↗ space basis so generally when we think

58:05 ↗ about resilience hubs they're not um

58:09 ↗ they're

58:10 ↗ not uh generally overnight shelters

58:14 ↗ right and so it's unlikely that these

58:17 ↗ spaces would be you know pet boarding

58:19 ↗ spaces necessarily but when we think

58:22 ↗ about um creating

58:25 ↗ or or supporting trusted Community

58:27 ↗ spaces where people want to go where

58:28 ↗ they can feel comforted and supported

58:31 ↗ and um uh you know get the resources

58:34 ↗ they might need in these in disruption

58:37 ↗ disruptive events thinking about this

58:39 ↗ was actually brought up um within the

58:42 ↗ last meeting of well having um a plan

58:44 ↗ for pets having an idea on people don't

58:48 ↗ want to leave their pets at home right

58:50 ↗ people don't want to leave uh to worry

58:54 ↗ about them pets and so really kind of

58:55 ↗ thinking about that can help make these

58:57 ↗ spaces more inclusive more uh and more

59:00 ↗ effective in serving uh our population

59:02 ↗ and of course our

59:06 ↗ pets do that question yes thank you

59:17 ↗ umcia

59:19 ↗ yes yes thank you for your

59:22 ↗ clarifications David um um another

59:25 ↗ clarification I would like is that you

59:28 ↗ state space for Sheltering uh

59:30 ↗ approximately 100 people I would like to

59:33 ↗ better understand how you came up with

59:35 ↗ that number and also um you just stated

59:41 ↗ that Sheltering is not overnight and

59:45 ↗ therefore where would these hundred or

59:48 ↗ so people be going in the evenings and

59:51 ↗ at what point or at what level of of

59:55 ↗ catastrophe would we be you know calling

59:58 ↗ for the National Guard to pitch tents

1:00:00 ↗ somewhere thank you yeah so that's a

1:00:03 ↗ great question and so this is where it

1:00:05 ↗ gets into kind of just the complications

1:00:06 ↗ of thinking about resilience hubs within

1:00:09 ↗ the context of Emergency Management as

1:00:12 ↗ well right and so I think one way we

1:00:14 ↗ want to think about this is these

1:00:16 ↗ resilience Hubs Don't replace existing

1:00:18 ↗ Emergency

1:00:19 ↗ Management uh you know plans especially

1:00:23 ↗ in a major disaster like in earthquake

1:00:25 ↗ or something that is going to displace a

1:00:27 ↗ lot of folks right um and so in that

1:00:31 ↗ sense it's not meant to to be shelters

1:00:34 ↗ in that way this number was put in by um

1:00:38 ↗ this was really advocated for by our

1:00:40 ↗ emergency manager and so again this

1:00:42 ↗ isn't necessarily thinking that all

1:00:44 ↗ resilience hubs thinking about back to

1:00:46 ↗ our goal where we want a network of

1:00:48 ↗ resilience Subs in the city of isqua so

1:00:50 ↗ not every resilience sub will

1:00:51 ↗ necessarily have Sheltering capacity and

1:00:54 ↗ this would be for this it would be

1:00:56 ↗ overnight Sheltering capacity is what

1:00:58 ↗ our emergency manager had in mind for

1:00:59 ↗ this but thinking about what can we do

1:01:02 ↗ to um leverage this project and this

1:01:05 ↗ idea to um build the connections build

1:01:09 ↗ the Partnerships so that um we can

1:01:12 ↗ perhaps find a space that in an

1:01:14 ↗ emergency could shelter overnight um up

1:01:17 ↗ up to a 100 people and I think that

1:01:20 ↗ number 100 I'll have to ask him how he

1:01:22 ↗ got that I think that might have just

1:01:24 ↗ been um a number that he threw in for

1:01:27 ↗ now but um we can I'll I'll check with

1:01:30 ↗ him and we can kind of fine-tune that

1:01:31 ↗ number a bit um as well but again and

1:01:35 ↗ the the final thing I'll point out is

1:01:37 ↗ this is in the ideal criteria piece

1:01:39 ↗ right so thinking

1:01:41 ↗ around maybe down the line or maybe as

1:01:44 ↗ we really expand this convers or this

1:01:47 ↗ topic and and um question of what

1:01:49 ↗ resilience hubs look like for the city

1:01:51 ↗ this could be something that we're

1:01:52 ↗ really trying to work towards versus

1:01:54 ↗ something that um is going to be an

1:01:56 ↗ essential near-term aspect of the

1:01:59 ↗ resilience hubs here in

1:02:03 ↗ isqua okay so I've got maybe a couple of

1:02:05 ↗ comments one is uh thinking about

1:02:08 ↗ geographic distribution as you think

1:02:11 ↗ about where to site you know multiple

1:02:13 ↗ resilience hubs and then um there's

1:02:19 ↗ throughout the slide deck there's words

1:02:20 ↗ like you know the most vulnerable

1:02:23 ↗ Multicultural

1:02:25 ↗ marginalized groups and so I think it

1:02:28 ↗ would be helpful to to think

1:02:30 ↗ about which group specifically um you

1:02:34 ↗ all mean and are referencing and then

1:02:37 ↗ also thinking about like the specific

1:02:40 ↗ maybe the more unique needs that those

1:02:42 ↗ groups have with respect to facilities

1:02:45 ↗ because there's you know when you talk

1:02:47 ↗ about welcoming that that could be very

1:02:49 ↗ different depending on the identities of

1:02:53 ↗ the folks and um I'm especially thinking

1:02:57 ↗ of like Sheltering for a 100 people you

1:02:59 ↗ know there might be some requirements or

1:03:02 ↗ unique needs based on religion and

1:03:05 ↗ things like that so I think you know

1:03:06 ↗ maybe like uh shelters have probably

1:03:09 ↗ solved for some of those problems but

1:03:11 ↗ just thinking yeah around like language

1:03:14 ↗ religion um well families just you know

1:03:18 ↗ all of those things and especially when

1:03:20 ↗ you start looking at like intersectional

1:03:22 ↗ identities and what does that mean for

1:03:24 ↗ folks to be welcome so um I don't

1:03:27 ↗ necessarily I mean I think these words

1:03:29 ↗ are big and they're all in here but kind

1:03:31 ↗ of thinking about how those like add up

1:03:34 ↗ together and what it needs to be

1:03:36 ↗ welcoming yeah at these different

1:03:39 ↗ rers yeah thank you that's that's really

1:03:42 ↗ helpful as as we think about it and I

1:03:44 ↗ think narrowing in on the the language

1:03:47 ↗ that we want to use um has been

1:03:50 ↗ challenging right and you know I know

1:03:52 ↗ this has come before the board before

1:03:53 ↗ what do we mean by different terms right

1:03:55 ↗ and so um I think that's playing a role

1:03:59 ↗ in this conversation as well and um I I

1:04:01 ↗ definitely appreciate that one note I'll

1:04:03 ↗ just make on the geographic uh it

1:04:05 ↗ doesn't show up in these criteria right

1:04:07 ↗ now um and

1:04:10 ↗ that's we'll look to add that that

1:04:13 ↗ wasn't something that had come up at the

1:04:14 ↗ January meeting I I did expect it to

1:04:16 ↗ come up but nobody actually raised it

1:04:18 ↗ which is kind of funny but um within the

1:04:20 ↗ solar plus storage Grant um we actually

1:04:22 ↗ have a piece written in there that we

1:04:24 ↗ have to look at more than one

1:04:26 ↗ neighborhood of isqua so for instance

1:04:28 ↗ all three of those solar site designs

1:04:30 ↗ and uh projects can't just be in Bic

1:04:33 ↗ Center or

1:04:35 ↗ um Historic downtown or anything so

1:04:38 ↗ specifically thinking about um we don't

1:04:42 ↗ want all of our resilience Subs in one

1:04:43 ↗ corner the

1:04:44 ↗ same yeah and I do know I'm over time so

1:04:48 ↗ I'll just Elevate Shay had one other

1:04:51 ↗ question question comment in the chat

1:04:53 ↗ that got a lot of love and also taught

1:04:55 ↗ me that fist bump is an emoji that

1:04:58 ↗ Microsoft teams allows you to use which

1:05:00 ↗ I did not know prior to 7:08 PM so uh

1:05:06 ↗ Shay I'll I'll let you give voice to to

1:05:08 ↗ your question here

1:05:10 ↗ though yes um I wanted to ask about um

1:05:13 ↗ the needs of birthing people that may

1:05:16 ↗ have to utilize these areas um because

1:05:19 ↗ my thought would be would we be

1:05:22 ↗ considering feeding spaces or even

1:05:24 ↗ parent and children spaces um within the

1:05:27 ↗ sphere of health or more so in the

1:05:29 ↗ sphere of Sheltering maybe both um I'm

1:05:32 ↗ just kind of trying to get a better

1:05:34 ↗ understanding of how that kind of plays

1:05:37 ↗ into um what you envision for this

1:05:41 ↗ project yeah I think I think that's a an

1:05:44 ↗ a really great um aspect as well and I

1:05:48 ↗ think when we think about kind of a

1:05:50 ↗ network of resilience hubs again right

1:05:53 ↗ um certain spaces may be appropriate for

1:05:57 ↗ um for a mother's room or a feeding

1:06:00 ↗ space for instance and then again others

1:06:02 ↗ may not um but thinking about them as a

1:06:07 ↗ network right being able to make sure

1:06:10 ↗ that we are thinking about which spaces

1:06:12 ↗ do need that and also for a space that

1:06:15 ↗ might not have that what resources or

1:06:17 ↗ support or where can they Point folks to

1:06:20 ↗ to make sure that they can access that

1:06:22 ↗ support and have those spaces as well

1:06:24 ↗ right so um and then also I think one of

1:06:28 ↗ the other constraints that we will be

1:06:30 ↗ working with right is that some of our

1:06:32 ↗ some of the facilities that might move

1:06:34 ↗ forward in this are

1:06:36 ↗ small right so the food and clothing

1:06:38 ↗ bank if that is a space that folks want

1:06:39 ↗ to move forward with it's a small

1:06:41 ↗ building um right and so thinking about

1:06:44 ↗ how do we take small spaces and make

1:06:48 ↗ sure that they can be um able flexible

1:06:52 ↗ use for um for whatever the community

1:06:57 ↗ needs at any given moment right and

1:07:00 ↗ while also planning for the fact that

1:07:02 ↗ there might be a lot of needs in in uh

1:07:04 ↗ disruptive events right and so thinking

1:07:06 ↗ about how do we plan for that as well so

1:07:10 ↗ that was kind of a long way of saying um

1:07:12 ↗ it's a great idea I'll make sure it's

1:07:14 ↗ part of the considerations as well and

1:07:17 ↗ um uh it'll be definitely a great thing

1:07:20 ↗ to to include within planning for these

1:07:23 ↗ sites

1:07:25 ↗ thank

1:07:27 ↗ you Ste do you have what you need from

1:07:30 ↗ us I do I think I have some great

1:07:32 ↗ comments and points I will incorporate

1:07:34 ↗ those into this um and we are going to

1:07:38 ↗ keep rolling on this and I'll say I'm

1:07:40 ↗ I'm happy to come back and chat with

1:07:41 ↗ youall about this again as much uh or as

1:07:45 ↗ little as you want want to hear about it

1:07:47 ↗ and also since Laura's part of the group

1:07:50 ↗ um Laura will be able to uh I'm sure

1:07:53 ↗ keep you all updated as well yeah well

1:07:55 ↗ thank you and your team and all of your

1:07:58 ↗ partners on this SC it sounds like it's

1:08:00 ↗ a real uh just important part of uh

1:08:04 ↗ building our city up yeah thank you

1:08:07 ↗ thank you so I think with that maybe uh

1:08:10 ↗ can I suggest we take a five minute

1:08:13 ↗ break and then reconvene at 7:20 that

1:08:16 ↗ sounds

1:08:22 ↗ great

1:08:27 ↗ your

1:08:42 ↗ chance all the way and then it ends at

1:08:52 ↗ like oh no okay so you're hting off the

1:08:56 ↗ transit center you know where Ladro CFE

1:08:59 ↗ lad you're going up that up into the

1:09:02 ↗ Highland yeah and then all the way up at

1:09:05 ↗ the top

1:09:08 ↗ bys um and then we have our little our

1:09:11 ↗ Village Green s the park and it's right

1:09:13 ↗ there on the edge um that was question

1:09:16 ↗ number one and then question number two

1:09:17 ↗ were you aware as you start planning

1:09:19 ↗ some different um groups up there that

1:09:22 ↗ that calendar that we created was you

1:09:25 ↗ topic for any given

1:09:28 ↗ month yeah we have think that we haven't

1:09:31 ↗ the new one because it just got approved

1:09:34 ↗ but last year we

1:09:41 ↗ we we we put your calendar that calendar

1:09:45 ↗ on our calendar so we were aware of it

1:09:47 ↗ so especially because we didn't want to

1:09:48 ↗ schedule any specific meetings on days

1:09:51 ↗ so we follow that as well

1:09:54 ↗ and yeah in terms of holidays and things

1:09:58 ↗ like that for the most part abolutely we

1:10:01 ↗ wait for people to come to

1:10:03 ↗ us um it

1:10:06 ↗ feels it just doesn't feel good for me

1:10:08 ↗ to go out and hey we wanna you know we

1:10:12 ↗ really want to celebrate ex culture this

1:10:15 ↗ summer will you help us will you help us

1:10:17 ↗ it just feels organizing to be so I we

1:10:21 ↗ usually wait for people or yeah or comes

1:10:24 ↗ up in more of a organic conversation I'm

1:10:27 ↗ having a conversation

1:10:29 ↗ with unless the community really request

1:10:32 ↗ something

1:10:34 ↗ specific and then I might

1:10:37 ↗ looking out but in general try to have

1:10:41 ↗ people say we want to do

1:10:44 ↗ this do you think you can help us

1:10:48 ↗ yeah I'm excited for super

1:10:52 ↗ commun

1:10:57 ↗ yes almost done there's not really any

1:10:59 ↗ more space for

1:11:06 ↗ single and it's gonna be a few years

1:11:08 ↗ before anything

1:11:10 ↗ goes yeah but then there's 12200

1:11:13 ↗ Apartments going

1:11:18 ↗ in Big F between m s and

1:11:21 ↗ hospital that's thats

1:11:26 ↗ and then there's another

1:11:29 ↗ property doesn't

1:11:32 ↗ seeman and they're gonna build I think

1:11:34 ↗ apartment there oh wow okay thank you

1:11:36 ↗ allk you please always reach out if you

1:11:39 ↗ have any questions we can sit

1:11:43 ↗ for you don't have to sit next to each

1:11:45 ↗ other yeah all the better to make eyes

1:11:48 ↗ at each

1:11:52 ↗ other are you

1:11:59 ↗ Yeahs like we turn

1:12:03 ↗ the should

1:12:09 ↗ Beal place to watch the Super Bowl it's

1:12:14 ↗ free Ray you might have to put your your

1:12:17 ↗ tailor and your 49ers ey aside just for

1:12:21 ↗ the cookies ners fan then no

1:12:24 ↗ actively

1:12:34 ↗ against we get prizes for commercial

1:12:36 ↗ bingo so we support those people watch

1:12:39 ↗ the game we have plenty things to do

1:12:43 ↗ lots of

1:12:47 ↗ food to work okay there we

1:12:51 ↗ go yeah

1:12:54 ↗ little different than us where yeah our

1:12:56 ↗ work doesn't travel at home all that

1:12:58 ↗ take careks the parks home thank you

1:13:00 ↗ Lindsay for coming we'll talk soon and

1:13:02 ↗ if if you want to send me the dates that

1:13:05 ↗ you mentioned I'll get it I'll get it

1:13:07 ↗ sort of included in the

1:13:08 ↗ minutes I'll my not yeah I typed out my

1:13:12 ↗ notes and I didn't say things on them

1:13:14 ↗ because I was trying

1:13:19 ↗ to

1:13:22 ↗ obviously

1:13:25 ↗ have a good good evening of

1:13:29 ↗ them but you're right they move yes

1:13:32 ↗ please go for it I'll let you

1:13:41 ↗ drive yeah always fun when you can drive

1:13:44 ↗ yourself it probably is easier

1:13:48 ↗ than people back yes we can so I guess

1:13:51 ↗ for our friends on team when you're uh

1:13:54 ↗ when you're when you've rejoined can you

1:13:56 ↗ please turn your cameras on or raise

1:13:58 ↗ your hands so we know you're ready to

1:14:06 ↗ go this seems to be a technical issue

1:14:09 ↗ but it's not on them it's it's on us

1:14:11 ↗ over here there we go there we go there

1:14:13 ↗ we go okay I got you we're good hi

1:14:17 ↗ Shay oh Fair gotcha okaya we see your

1:14:23 ↗ I was going to do that here in person so

1:14:26 ↗ you're really setting the standard I

1:14:27 ↗ will not open my dinner while we're at

1:14:29 ↗ the table here Christina can you raise

1:14:32 ↗ your hand or something so we know if

1:14:34 ↗ you're ready to

1:14:36 ↗ go

1:14:42 ↗ Christina yes I'm ready to go okay

1:14:45 ↗ awesome great thank you all right and so

1:14:48 ↗ with that I think we've got Jeff and

1:14:50 ↗ Brian to Sher come back to return back

1:14:52 ↗ to talk about uh let's see the high

1:14:55 ↗ demand Recreation program registration

1:14:58 ↗ pilot so

1:15:00 ↗ yeah I will I will kick it off and then

1:15:03 ↗ uh pass the Baton over to Brian but uh

1:15:05 ↗ thank you for having us back um time

1:15:08 ↗ flies it was November uh that we were

1:15:11 ↗ discussing with you and and really um

1:15:14 ↗ you know as a department um as we look

1:15:16 ↗ at utilizing the equity framework on a

1:15:18 ↗ number of things that we do um I think

1:15:22 ↗ at that meeting we or talked about the

1:15:24 ↗ the joy we have as a department with the

1:15:26 ↗ diversity of services we provide from

1:15:29 ↗ Human Services to park operations to rec

1:15:32 ↗ programs um to designing parks there so

1:15:35 ↗ many ways to really think from an equity

1:15:38 ↗ standpoint um how are we delivering

1:15:40 ↗ services but what we brought to you in

1:15:42 ↗ November was one that um quite honestly

1:15:45 ↗ is a little bit more of a Nuance

1:15:46 ↗ challenge that we really wanted to to

1:15:48 ↗ have a discussion with you and look

1:15:49 ↗ forward to to tonight's discussion as we

1:15:53 ↗ look look at piloting um some ways we

1:15:56 ↗ look at registration differently but I I

1:15:58 ↗ guess I want to say this in preface this

1:16:00 ↗ with this is going to be a multi-year

1:16:01 ↗ effort for us um um if you remember the

1:16:05 ↗ discussion we have some immensely

1:16:07 ↗ popular Recreation programs namely our

1:16:09 ↗ swim lessons and our and our summer

1:16:11 ↗ camps that fill within minutes um we can

1:16:14 ↗ say that's a success but that in in a

1:16:17 ↗ lot of ways isn't a success it's not

1:16:19 ↗ giving the access um um that we really

1:16:22 ↗ want to provide so from the conversation

1:16:25 ↗ we had in November uh we just want to

1:16:27 ↗ report back on some things that we're

1:16:29 ↗ going to be instituting this year uh boy

1:16:31 ↗ calendar goes fast we're we're going to

1:16:33 ↗ be opening up and beginning to Market um

1:16:37 ↗ uh registration for for Camp so just

1:16:40 ↗ want to talk through some of that get

1:16:41 ↗ your feedback and perspective as as

1:16:44 ↗ we're looking at this and and in many

1:16:45 ↗ ways maybe develop some measures that we

1:16:48 ↗ want to take a look at this year as we

1:16:50 ↗ Institute this um and and again

1:16:52 ↗ understanding this is a going to be a

1:16:54 ↗ multi-year effort um one last preface I

1:16:57 ↗ want to make before handing it to Brian

1:16:59 ↗ is that as we as staff looked at this

1:17:01 ↗ over the last couple of months I think

1:17:02 ↗ we began to realize

1:17:04 ↗ when when we have a

1:17:07 ↗ limited um

1:17:09 ↗ quantity product that we're delivering

1:17:12 ↗ right so so it's it's not a product that

1:17:15 ↗ we could necessarily provide to

1:17:16 ↗ everybody there there's a limited number

1:17:18 ↗ of spots um so many of the things we're

1:17:21 ↗ looking

1:17:22 ↗ at definition feel more like this is

1:17:25 ↗ about

1:17:26 ↗ accessibility and equality of access um

1:17:31 ↗ not necessarily Equity of access and and

1:17:34 ↗ I I'll I guess I I want to oppose that

1:17:37 ↗ to you all and and as we think of of

1:17:40 ↗ again what we're doing this year uh with

1:17:43 ↗ increasing capacity and some things

1:17:45 ↗ we're looking at reg um resident

1:17:48 ↗ registration priorities

1:17:51 ↗ um I want to prepare for what feels like

1:17:54 ↗ is going to be a conversation for a

1:17:56 ↗ couple years in terms of as we build and

1:17:59 ↗ as we realize we're we're talking about

1:18:02 ↗ access to a finite resource um and and

1:18:07 ↗ how do we handle that and how do we work

1:18:09 ↗ with that and and um I'm G to stop there

1:18:12 ↗ because I could I could keep going

1:18:14 ↗ because it this starts to morph into

1:18:16 ↗ some of the some survey work we're going

1:18:18 ↗ to be doing with the community just

1:18:19 ↗ around how we deliver Recreation

1:18:20 ↗ programs so so that this this starts to

1:18:23 ↗ have tentacles so um I'm G to stop there

1:18:27 ↗ and and excited to get your feedback and

1:18:29 ↗ share what we're going to be um how we

1:18:31 ↗ how we're tweaking our registration

1:18:33 ↗ process this

1:18:35 ↗ yearing thank you once again I'm Brian

1:18:37 ↗ burs and I'm the Recreation services

1:18:39 ↗ manager for the parks new Services

1:18:41 ↗ Department uh Recreation services is a

1:18:43 ↗ reminder again is like all the programs

1:18:45 ↗ activities and events that are run

1:18:46 ↗ through the um isqua Community Center

1:18:49 ↗ Julius B pool isqua Senior Center pick

1:18:52 ↗ Barn and all the programming and rent to

1:18:55 ↗ take place on all the city in city parks

1:18:57 ↗ and on the ball field so that very

1:19:00 ↗ basically is your Recreation services

1:19:03 ↗ department or division

1:19:06 ↗ uh

1:19:08 ↗ okay all just I'm trying to figure out

1:19:10 ↗ how my oh there we go uh purpose tonight

1:19:13 ↗ Jeff sort of touched on this you know

1:19:15 ↗ it's to update you on the work that

1:19:17 ↗ we've been done in the registration

1:19:18 ↗ process that we kind of touched on in

1:19:19 ↗ our last meeting and said you know hey

1:19:21 ↗ we shared a lot of different input

1:19:23 ↗ we're here to share with you sort of

1:19:25 ↗ where we're at on that process um what

1:19:27 ↗ we heard Jeff again shared a bit on this

1:19:30 ↗ one but you know this kind of goes back

1:19:32 ↗ to the discussion we had in November

1:19:33 ↗ where we were sharing that you know some

1:19:35 ↗ of these high very popular programs with

1:19:38 ↗ limited capacity and we were talking

1:19:40 ↗ about day camps we talked about swim

1:19:42 ↗ lessons and a number of the folks in

1:19:44 ↗ this room were like uh been there done

1:19:46 ↗ that yes it's it's challenge right so

1:19:49 ↗ that's kind of why why we're addressing

1:19:51 ↗ this one as the first part of of this as

1:19:53 ↗ we go through it

1:19:57 ↗ um sorry my Mouse's a little

1:20:02 ↗ sensitive tonight as like said as we

1:20:04 ↗ discuss those different topics we

1:20:05 ↗ focused on three different items right

1:20:07 ↗ now for 2024 that uh is what we're going

1:20:10 ↗ to address what we're going after right

1:20:11 ↗ now at this moment that's increasing the

1:20:13 ↗ capacity of our of our popular programs

1:20:17 ↗ uh that's uh making the res you know uh

1:20:19 ↗ registration process easier hopefully a

1:20:21 ↗ little bit easier especially for this

1:20:22 ↗ our residents uh and then marketing and

1:20:25 ↗ Outreach and how we you how we getting

1:20:26 ↗ the word out to people I'm going to go

1:20:28 ↗ through each one of these in the next

1:20:29 ↗ couple slides so we'll be able to uh go

1:20:31 ↗ over

1:20:32 ↗ those uh with capacity increases um like

1:20:36 ↗ I said the two the two Focus programs we

1:20:39 ↗ have right now our camps our swim

1:20:40 ↗ lessons I have just a little bit of data

1:20:43 ↗ to share with you that I think I think

1:20:45 ↗ hopefully you'll find it interesting

1:20:46 ↗ because I find it interesting as I was

1:20:47 ↗ going through it and developing it with

1:20:49 ↗ our teams uh if you remember beginning

1:20:51 ↗ in 24 24 Recreation services is going to

1:20:54 ↗ we're going to add two additional camps

1:20:56 ↗ right so we're going to add a what's

1:20:58 ↗ called an adventure camp and we're also

1:21:00 ↗ going to add two weeks of a brand new

1:21:02 ↗ Spanish speaking camp that uh we've

1:21:04 ↗ never done before um that along with

1:21:07 ↗ some program modifications of some of

1:21:10 ↗ our other camps that I will I'll get

1:21:11 ↗ into as I start sharing a little bit of

1:21:13 ↗ the data on that um some are we're

1:21:16 ↗ planning for the following camps being

1:21:18 ↗ offered um so I'm I'm going to list them

1:21:20 ↗ to you so that you can sort of know what

1:21:23 ↗ they are I'll share the numbers with

1:21:24 ↗ them so I'm happy to repeat them it's a

1:21:26 ↗ bit of data but I think it's important

1:21:28 ↗ data to share um Al also I want to place

1:21:30 ↗ a quick caveat to this what I'm going to

1:21:33 ↗ share is we rely heavily upon this W

1:21:35 ↗ school district for the use of spaces so

1:21:38 ↗ the numbers I'm going to give you

1:21:40 ↗ assumes that we get the spaces we're

1:21:42 ↗ requested if we don't get the spaces we

1:21:45 ↗ request or it's a smaller space request

1:21:47 ↗ the program would be modified and the

1:21:48 ↗ numbers would be a little less so just

1:21:51 ↗ we're still waiting we work in the

1:21:52 ↗ school district has been very great

1:21:53 ↗ partners with us in the past and we

1:21:55 ↗ usually get what we request and some

1:21:57 ↗ capacity they work closely with us so

1:22:00 ↗ big nod with the school district because

1:22:01 ↗ a lot of these camps wouldn't even

1:22:02 ↗ happen without them um but it is harder

1:22:05 ↗ when they're not our facilities our

1:22:06 ↗ facilities we know exactly what we have

1:22:08 ↗ and what we to use we're still waiting

1:22:11 ↗ to figure out what those uses are with

1:22:12 ↗ the school district so um in 2023 we had

1:22:17 ↗ a Kinder Camp which is our um it was for

1:22:19 ↗ grades K1 this year it's going to be for

1:22:22 ↗ kind K1 is kindergarten first grade and

1:22:25 ↗ then this year it's going to be uh for

1:22:27 ↗ kindergarten for second grade uh run it

1:22:30 ↗ ran for eight weeks uh with 40 campers

1:22:33 ↗ per week um in this year we're planning

1:22:36 ↗ on running the same camper with 50

1:22:39 ↗ campers so we're going to expand that

1:22:40 ↗ capacity by 10 kids per week which will

1:22:43 ↗ give us additional 80 summer spaces

1:22:45 ↗ within that one Camp our camp qua which

1:22:48 ↗ is for grades second through 5ifth that

1:22:50 ↗ runs for nine weeks with 60 kids that

1:22:53 ↗ camp is staying the same same numbers

1:22:55 ↗ sameeh program with that one uh

1:22:58 ↗ adventure camp is for grades 5 through 7

1:23:01 ↗ and that's going to be a brand new camp

1:23:03 ↗ so that's 40 additional that's 40

1:23:07 ↗ campers per week which is going to add

1:23:09 ↗ 320 additional spaces for camps this

1:23:13 ↗ year uh and then our Spanish speaking

1:23:15 ↗ Camp is uh we're running that for two

1:23:17 ↗ weeks for grades 2 through five uh

1:23:20 ↗ that's 40 kids per week so 80 additional

1:23:23 ↗ camper spaces for this year in that new

1:23:27 ↗ program um so pending the school

1:23:30 ↗ district approval we're talking 480 SPAC

1:23:33 ↗ additional Camp spaces that we'll have

1:23:35 ↗ in 2024 that we didn't have in

1:23:40 ↗ 2023 um you know what that averages per

1:23:43 ↗ week Brian just for on a how many how

1:23:46 ↗ many spots per additional spots per week

1:23:49 ↗ oh uh way to hit me with the detail

1:23:52 ↗ question on that data I could break it

1:23:54 ↗ down and I have I have it broken down at

1:23:56 ↗ the higher numbers but I want to say for

1:23:58 ↗ the camps it's it's in the 40ish range I

1:24:01 ↗ think for week 40 40 additional spots a

1:24:03 ↗ week

1:24:05 ↗ within yeah within yeah you're getting

1:24:08 ↗ some Applause and some thumbs up oh

1:24:10 ↗ outand hey outand thank you so much but

1:24:12 ↗ significant on a weekly I just wanted to

1:24:14 ↗ sh from a weekly perspective many of

1:24:17 ↗ these camps have

1:24:19 ↗ a from a parent from a family standpoint

1:24:22 ↗ it's it's that that weak week by- week

1:24:26 ↗ lens looking at a pretty sizable

1:24:30 ↗ increase yeah it's 50 per week just

1:24:32 ↗ within the camps that we're directly

1:24:34 ↗ around that doesn't include the Spanish

1:24:36 ↗ speaking um and really quickly too just

1:24:39 ↗ want to share that you know we also and

1:24:41 ↗ is modifying the program a little bit is

1:24:43 ↗ we were a lot more like hey it's kind

1:24:45 ↗ our Kinder Camp was Kindergarten first

1:24:46 ↗ grade our camp CL was second through

1:24:48 ↗ fifth grade then you have the little bit

1:24:50 ↗ of the older camps we've crossed them

1:24:52 ↗ over a little bit so Kinder Camp is now

1:24:54 ↗ kindergarten through second grade Camp

1:24:57 ↗ qual runs second through 5ifth and then

1:24:58 ↗ adventure camp is 5ifth through seven

1:25:01 ↗ right so the second and fifth grades

1:25:03 ↗ depending on you know those could be big

1:25:05 ↗ transitional periods too sometimes your

1:25:06 ↗ kids like yeah second grade ready to be

1:25:08 ↗ in there some older kids well they might

1:25:11 ↗ want to be might want to stay in

1:25:12 ↗ kindrick or they're a fifth grader

1:25:15 ↗ that's oh my gosh I'm going to be some

1:25:16 ↗ sixth and seventh graders we don't want

1:25:18 ↗ to have that so if they don't they can

1:25:20 ↗ stay in Camp CLA or they toally they

1:25:23 ↗ launch with a lot of them are they can

1:25:24 ↗ be an adventure camp so that is also

1:25:27 ↗ going to help us spread out the youth a

1:25:29 ↗ little bit um so yeah it's GNA be really

1:25:32 ↗ exciting and we're excited to see how

1:25:34 ↗ some of these changes take effect this

1:25:36 ↗ year um with the swim lessons going into

1:25:39 ↗ that one a little bit you know beginning

1:25:41 ↗ in 2024 um you the swim

1:25:45 ↗ lesson program we at the very beginning

1:25:47 ↗ of this year we increased all the swim

1:25:49 ↗ lesson classes by one participant

1:25:53 ↗ doesn't seem like much so one student

1:25:54 ↗ more per class right but in 2023 we had

1:25:59 ↗ 3,41 spots available within the swim

1:26:01 ↗ lesson

1:26:02 ↗ program um in 2024 we're projecting

1:26:05 ↗ we're going to have

1:26:06 ↗ 3,985 spots available so that's

1:26:09 ↗ 944 additional swim lesson spaces in

1:26:12 ↗ 2024 than we had in

1:26:15 ↗ 2023 um and just s percentage this

1:26:18 ↗ percentage comes up that's a 31%

1:26:20 ↗ increase in available swimming lessons

1:26:23 ↗ that we're going to have that's if

1:26:24 ↗ everything's the same as 2023 as it will

1:26:27 ↗ be in 2024 and 2024 is actually probably

1:26:30 ↗ going to be a little bit bigger more

1:26:32 ↗ robust lesson program than we had in 20

1:26:35 ↗ space so conservatively I think we're

1:26:37 ↗ saying 944 additional

1:26:39 ↗ spaces and those of you that have had

1:26:41 ↗ kids in swim lessons no ratio is really

1:26:44 ↗ really important and so again hats off

1:26:47 ↗ to the step as we're looking at that

1:26:49 ↗ pretty sizable percentage increase we

1:26:51 ↗ want to do it in a way that that still

1:26:53 ↗ keeps a really important ratio um

1:26:57 ↗ instructor to to child ratio very much

1:27:00 ↗ so I'd say that our our ratios are we

1:27:02 ↗ have a lot more teacher to student a lot

1:27:06 ↗ less kids per class than a lot of other

1:27:08 ↗ places too we really put a high priority

1:27:11 ↗ it gives the it gives each kid a little

1:27:13 ↗ bit more attention for that class that's

1:27:14 ↗ a really like Jeff say very important

1:27:16 ↗ piece of the instruction for

1:27:20 ↗ us next uh topic is the resident

1:27:23 ↗ registration uh process that we talked

1:27:25 ↗ about like I said uh thanks for the

1:27:28 ↗ discussion on this last November we we

1:27:30 ↗ discussed a whole bunch of different

1:27:31 ↗ things uh one of the things we talked

1:27:33 ↗ about was uh what would it look like if

1:27:35 ↗ we did create a little bit of a

1:27:37 ↗ different program for our

1:27:40 ↗ um registrations and and including a

1:27:43 ↗ piece of the

1:27:44 ↗ um uh resident component right

1:27:49 ↗ um quick reminder you know people can

1:27:52 ↗ register with us on the phone they can

1:27:54 ↗ do it in person they can do it online

1:27:56 ↗ right so that's the venues it's almost

1:27:58 ↗ any way you want um in previous years

1:28:01 ↗ registration was opened to one was

1:28:03 ↗ opened at one time for City Visa

1:28:05 ↗ residents and City Visa non-residents at

1:28:08 ↗ the same time uh in 2024 you know

1:28:11 ↗ popular programs um the

1:28:13 ↗ capacity such as camps and swim lessons

1:28:16 ↗ um that we run it just they're filling

1:28:19 ↗ so quickly we have implemented a

1:28:22 ↗ opportunity for

1:28:24 ↗ registration for the citizens s the

1:28:28 ↗ residents of

1:28:29 ↗ this I've learned that one that's one of

1:28:31 ↗ my learning pieces in My Equity pieces

1:28:33 ↗ saying residents of dis for Citizens so

1:28:37 ↗ apologies for that I am really working

1:28:39 ↗ hard on my some of my own un what what's

1:28:42 ↗ that word it's the things you don't know

1:28:44 ↗ but you actually do

1:28:46 ↗ um culture BMP no not culture B you got

1:28:50 ↗ things that you do that you know aren't

1:28:52 ↗ aware of like saying that like not using

1:28:54 ↗ like

1:28:56 ↗ using it doesn't matter I'm there but

1:28:58 ↗ I'm obviously losing everybody no

1:29:00 ↗ worries we'll move on uh so what we've

1:29:03 ↗ what we've done is we've implemented a

1:29:05 ↗ uh a resident registration period for

1:29:08 ↗ summer camps what that's going to look

1:29:10 ↗ like is we're going to do it a week

1:29:11 ↗ prior right so this year and it just

1:29:14 ↗ information just came out where or this

1:29:16 ↗ gets a little bit more marketing and

1:29:18 ↗ Outreach but we just put out the

1:29:20 ↗ information that our res is going to be

1:29:22 ↗ able to register for camps on March 16th

1:29:25 ↗ and then the open registration is on

1:29:26 ↗ March 23rd right so that's a that's a

1:29:29 ↗ full weight difference there um with our

1:29:31 ↗ swim lessons um beginning in April for

1:29:34 ↗ our spring one session uh we're going to

1:29:37 ↗ do swim lessons just a little bit

1:29:38 ↗ differently we're going to have then

1:29:39 ↗ there's going to be a three-day

1:29:40 ↗ difference so um the resident

1:29:43 ↗ registration is going to be on April 5th

1:29:47 ↗ and then the open registration for

1:29:49 ↗ everybody will be on April 8th that's a

1:29:51 ↗ Friday to a mon M day um little bit of

1:29:54 ↗ reasoning behind that is and and please

1:29:56 ↗ know that everything I'm sharing tonight

1:29:57 ↗ is totally fluid um we're doing way

1:30:00 ↗ feels best but we are going to do it

1:30:03 ↗ we're going to assess it and change it

1:30:04 ↗ as needed to make it better if that's if

1:30:06 ↗ that is intended so with swim lessons

1:30:08 ↗ that shorter window they feel so fast

1:30:10 ↗ right if you've tried in literally

1:30:12 ↗ minutes right so they feel really

1:30:14 ↗ quickly it's a little bit more

1:30:15 ↗ streamline process for filling that out

1:30:17 ↗ so the three days will still need plenty

1:30:20 ↗ of time to help people that may having

1:30:22 ↗ challenges getting registered the day

1:30:24 ↗ camps have a lot more information right

1:30:26 ↗ lots to fill out lot more information

1:30:28 ↗ that week's going to give us a full week

1:30:30 ↗ before the open registration to help any

1:30:33 ↗ is Club residents get registered so we

1:30:35 ↗ can help walk like I was talking like in

1:30:37 ↗ November we talked about you know the

1:30:40 ↗ the the programs that don't have

1:30:42 ↗ capacity we can just run

1:30:45 ↗ them it's not too big of an issue

1:30:47 ↗ because we can work with people to get

1:30:48 ↗ them in there so it's when these ones

1:30:50 ↗ that fill so quickly and then if they're

1:30:51 ↗ not you they don't have the technology

1:30:54 ↗ or they don't know exactly what they're

1:30:55 ↗ doing and then they just miss it and

1:30:57 ↗ that's really tough when you live in a

1:30:59 ↗ Sly and you're like wow I bunch of

1:31:01 ↗ people that don't live in the sah got in

1:31:03 ↗ and I didn't get in so this it'll be

1:31:06 ↗ real interesting to see how this works

1:31:08 ↗ and we're excited to see you what how

1:31:11 ↗ how quick does it get for I can add to

1:31:13 ↗ that too Brian yeah it also gives us

1:31:16 ↗ that time that week gives us time to

1:31:17 ↗ work through scholarship information and

1:31:20 ↗ other other things and I know we talk

1:31:22 ↗ with with the team um as we talked with

1:31:24 ↗ the recreation team and really looked

1:31:26 ↗ through pros and cons do we consider a

1:31:29 ↗ lottery do we consider this sort of

1:31:31 ↗ Resident registration we really felt

1:31:33 ↗ like resident registration felt like the

1:31:36 ↗ the the the best first step uh to to

1:31:39 ↗ Really pilot this um because as as we

1:31:43 ↗ operate our facilities as Brian said

1:31:45 ↗ whether it's the pool the community

1:31:47 ↗ center the senior center we we're not an

1:31:50 ↗ exclusive resident only club and yet we

1:31:54 ↗ recognize and want to make very sure and

1:31:57 ↗ very very clear um our residents um

1:32:02 ↗ support those facilities in a different

1:32:04 ↗ way they they support them differently

1:32:07 ↗ than than our non residents do and um as

1:32:11 ↗ we Market this we're prepared and

1:32:12 ↗ certainly preparing staff I'm prepared

1:32:15 ↗ as a director and we're all prepared to

1:32:17 ↗ we'll have some non-residents who this

1:32:19 ↗ this isn't necessarily going to be the

1:32:21 ↗ the greatest news but we want to work

1:32:23 ↗ with those non-residents and make them

1:32:26 ↗ certainly aware we're we're we want our

1:32:29 ↗ facilities accessible and available to

1:32:30 ↗ them that when it comes to programs that

1:32:33 ↗ fill up so fast uh we really feel like

1:32:36 ↗ piloting a resident registration a

1:32:38 ↗ resident

1:32:39 ↗ pre-registration period um is really

1:32:42 ↗ really important so no thank you

1:32:45 ↗ absolutely no no that's big time helpful

1:32:48 ↗ um yeah so I'll move on to the

1:32:52 ↗ uh and thank you for bringing up the

1:32:54 ↗ scholarship piece because that is part

1:32:55 ↗ of that week time frame is sometimes

1:32:57 ↗ especially when you start talking with

1:32:58 ↗ some I can't tell you how many times

1:32:59 ↗ we've talked to a customer and you know

1:33:01 ↗ sort like you start talking would you

1:33:03 ↗ would you be interested in the

1:33:04 ↗ scholarship you know and they're like oh

1:33:05 ↗ what does you know sometimes if they

1:33:07 ↗ don't know then we're able to share that

1:33:08 ↗ with them get them signed up and then

1:33:10 ↗ get them registered so that that you

1:33:12 ↗ know is nonissue for them

1:33:15 ↗ um going back to the camps really quick

1:33:18 ↗ I did want to remind everybody that you

1:33:20 ↗ know we offer the camp the camps I'm

1:33:22 ↗ talking about are the camps are directly

1:33:23 ↗ run by a Recreation services team you

1:33:26 ↗ know mostly most of them are house and

1:33:28 ↗ newent we also offer a large Vari of

1:33:31 ↗ camps I mean tons of camps that we do

1:33:33 ↗ with our partners so those often have a

1:33:36 ↗ lot more capacity there's half day camps

1:33:39 ↗ there's full day camps so we also offer

1:33:42 ↗ a variety of camps amongst um all of our

1:33:45 ↗ partnered organizations um those camps

1:33:48 ↗ as well will be open for that

1:33:50 ↗ pre-registration with the residents

1:33:52 ↗ because all of our camps are going to be

1:33:54 ↗ open for registration at the same time

1:33:56 ↗ so the residents will have that extra

1:33:58 ↗ week for all those camps as well that's

1:34:01 ↗ Lego camp and Sports Camp yeah

1:34:05 ↗ exactly do do you all want to take any

1:34:08 ↗ questions that are coming up at this

1:34:09 ↗ time or do you have a question pause

1:34:10 ↗ coming up oh I'm way okay Christina you

1:34:14 ↗ have a great question in the chat um and

1:34:19 ↗ I don't want us to miss it so you like

1:34:22 ↗ would you like to ask

1:34:24 ↗ it well it is not a question it is more

1:34:27 ↗ like a comment because I would like to

1:34:30 ↗ to put the at the point table um maybe

1:34:34 ↗ you can consider uh to to block a

1:34:38 ↗ specific U amount of spaces for people

1:34:41 ↗ who are not using technology as you

1:34:43 ↗ mention it before

1:34:46 ↗ so it is good them so they can go in

1:34:49 ↗ person and block thank you you that's

1:34:52 ↗ all no thank you I remember that comment

1:34:55 ↗ from the first meeting and ab that that

1:34:56 ↗ that is one of the items on on our list

1:34:58 ↗ to be aware of no thank you for

1:35:04 ↗ that Lucia have acia you had your hand

1:35:07 ↗ up but

1:35:09 ↗ then yes um so to piggyback on what

1:35:13 ↗ Christina is saying um I would like to

1:35:16 ↗ know how you are taking into

1:35:19 ↗ consideration um the different groups

1:35:23 ↗ that make up our community and what I

1:35:25 ↗ mean by that is not only the people who

1:35:28 ↗ have limited access to technology but in

1:35:32 ↗ addition to let's say um if we know that

1:35:38 ↗ our community is made up of and these

1:35:39 ↗ numbers are just made up by the way for

1:35:41 ↗ my comment I don't know what the numbers

1:35:42 ↗ are but accessing is aest School

1:35:46 ↗ District data if you recognize that

1:35:49 ↗ let's say 25% of the students AR are on

1:35:51 ↗ free and reduced lunch and during the

1:35:55 ↗ pandemic we established that 30% of our

1:35:58 ↗ students do not have access to

1:36:00 ↗ technology at home VI it via computer or

1:36:04 ↗ Internet Etc are we making allotments

1:36:09 ↗ for that sort of information to inform

1:36:12 ↗ you so that when people go go to sign up

1:36:15 ↗ we have something in place to capture

1:36:18 ↗ those people in terms of giving them

1:36:21 ↗ Equitable access to these um these

1:36:26 ↗ courses that you are offering thank

1:36:30 ↗ you yeah it's hear you quick is how are

1:36:33 ↗ we gonna how are we reaching out to

1:36:35 ↗ those folks and and families that may

1:36:37 ↗ not have

1:36:39 ↗ as as much access as others do to that

1:36:43 ↗ information is that what I'm so not just

1:36:46 ↗ access but like for example like to

1:36:48 ↗ Christina's Point saying you know if we

1:36:50 ↗ know that there are 30% of students who

1:36:54 ↗ are part of the free and reduced lunch

1:36:57 ↗ um and we know that they do not have

1:37:01 ↗ computers at home or they do not have

1:37:03 ↗ internet that in that we should be

1:37:06 ↗ providing 30% of those slots to students

1:37:10 ↗ who meet that criteria whatever that

1:37:13 ↗ whatever criteria it is that we are

1:37:15 ↗ establishing as not being Equitable

1:37:19 ↗ making sure that that criteria

1:37:21 ↗ is you know

1:37:24 ↗ allotted representation for a lack of

1:37:27 ↗ better words thank you well well thank

1:37:30 ↗ you that's great

1:37:32 ↗ Point good

1:37:34 ↗ comment yeah if I can add and I know

1:37:36 ↗ Brian you're going to touch on this with

1:37:38 ↗ marketing and Outreach you know as we

1:37:40 ↗ look at having a much longer R runway

1:37:43 ↗ for getting information out for in

1:37:47 ↗ particular camps uh and swim lessons um

1:37:50 ↗ we're going to be working with our

1:37:51 ↗ partners in the department and Human

1:37:53 ↗ Services to make sure we're U getting

1:37:56 ↗ that getting that information out um

1:37:59 ↗ sort of all all population groups um and

1:38:03 ↗ I think as we learn or see if there's

1:38:05 ↗ need for um Assistance or support uh As

1:38:10 ↗ registration periods are coming we want

1:38:12 ↗ to be able to adapt to that um uh both

1:38:16 ↗ of your comments Christina and and lcia

1:38:19 ↗ were were really good and honestly speak

1:38:21 ↗ to I think we're trying to be realistic

1:38:24 ↗ with the capacity we have this year um I

1:38:27 ↗ think there's a lot more data that we

1:38:29 ↗ still need to collect as we're um sort

1:38:32 ↗ of piloting this first step um I don't

1:38:36 ↗ know that we know enough this year to

1:38:38 ↗ say hey let's absolutely set aside X

1:38:42 ↗ number of spots um uh for um again a a

1:38:47 ↗ um a a a small number of our programs

1:38:51 ↗ but these programs that are are so

1:38:53 ↗ immensely popular but um I think we

1:38:56 ↗ still have more work ahead this is not a

1:38:59 ↗ a one year hey we've we've we've done it

1:39:02 ↗ kind of

1:39:03 ↗ thing well thank you thank you Jeff for

1:39:07 ↗ contributing your opinion or your

1:39:09 ↗ feedback on my question I appreciate

1:39:14 ↗ it Christina you had your hand up

1:39:20 ↗ again yes basically is that I would like

1:39:23 ↗ to comment maybe we we

1:39:25 ↗ cannot uh know exactly how much or how

1:39:29 ↗ many people are able to use the

1:39:31 ↗ computers of Technology but at Le we can

1:39:35 ↗ uh block the specific some spe specific

1:39:39 ↗ uh spaces for one or two days because I

1:39:43 ↗ know in my experience when I go into the

1:39:46 ↗ into the website and try to block it is

1:39:49 ↗ so quickly it is feeling so quickly so I

1:39:52 ↗ cannot do it it is like five

1:39:55 ↗ minutes you have five minutes and that's

1:39:59 ↗ or less when you are checking the

1:40:01 ↗ classes everything is

1:40:03 ↗ gone so that's why I was thinking it's

1:40:08 ↗ good to keep at least few

1:40:10 ↗ spaces really good we're hoping that

1:40:13 ↗ window changes with the increased number

1:40:15 ↗ of spots and at least again allowing

1:40:17 ↗ residents to

1:40:19 ↗ have that that early access that's

1:40:23 ↗ that's where I was going to go with that

1:40:24 ↗ one is yeah that we're hoping that

1:40:26 ↗ window of like for Camp that week is

1:40:28 ↗ going to give those yeah that it

1:40:31 ↗ hopefully won't matter to an is resident

1:40:34 ↗ um that they will have that full week to

1:40:36 ↗ get registered if there's any problems

1:40:38 ↗ we can work through them with them the

1:40:40 ↗ important thing is getting the word out

1:40:41 ↗ to the people to make sure that

1:40:43 ↗ everyone's getting that word if they are

1:40:45 ↗ interested in a camp that they have that

1:40:47 ↗ they they know about it and can reach

1:40:49 ↗ out to us for that assistance and be

1:40:51 ↗ there for

1:40:52 ↗ them so I know you haven't quite

1:40:55 ↗ finished your presentation but um so I'm

1:40:59 ↗ I'm I'm thinking about so Jeff your

1:41:01 ↗ comment about equality of access versus

1:41:05 ↗ like equity and so I've been just kind

1:41:08 ↗ of thinking a little bit more about that

1:41:10 ↗ so when I think about swim lessons and

1:41:12 ↗ summer

1:41:13 ↗ camps um and I'm thinking about Equity

1:41:18 ↗ there's there's access right so people

1:41:21 ↗ you know lowincome families onl reduced

1:41:24 ↗ uh lunch there's

1:41:28 ↗ um I think not just that but if we look

1:41:32 ↗ at school related data we know like

1:41:36 ↗ summer camps can help uh prevent Summers

1:41:39 ↗ slide you know so keep kids caught up

1:41:42 ↗ for school the following year there's

1:41:45 ↗ social emotional skill development

1:41:47 ↗ executive functioning so there's all

1:41:49 ↗ these benefits to for that access to

1:41:51 ↗ Sumer spring um when I think about swim

1:41:54 ↗ lessons I know that there are certain

1:41:56 ↗ demographic groups

1:41:58 ↗ that uh die more from drowning than

1:42:02 ↗ other groups so you know there's just

1:42:04 ↗ all of these like Equity Dimensions that

1:42:07 ↗ getting Upstream with camps and lessons

1:42:10 ↗ can help offset and mitigate you know

1:42:13 ↗ like different health indicators

1:42:14 ↗ drowning you know these

1:42:17 ↗ educational um success you know measures

1:42:20 ↗ along the way we know the disparities

1:42:22 ↗ exist as soon as kids enter you know

1:42:24 ↗ before they enter kindergarten and they

1:42:27 ↗ keep the gaps keep widening as you know

1:42:29 ↗ students progress and so when I think

1:42:31 ↗ about Equity I think there is an

1:42:33 ↗ opportunity for you all to and I I don't

1:42:36 ↗ have the answer but to be thinking about

1:42:39 ↗ that as these are access points for kids

1:42:43 ↗ to have better life outcomes and

1:42:47 ↗ so access is one thing so I guess you

1:42:50 ↗ know think about so you've increased

1:42:52 ↗ capacity and you're uh giving preference

1:42:55 ↗ to Residents um do you know like so I

1:43:00 ↗ guess 2023 and earlier what your

1:43:03 ↗ demographic profile of kids for swim

1:43:06 ↗ lessons are in terms of like race

1:43:08 ↗ ethnicity you know and how that tracks

1:43:11 ↗ with like

1:43:13 ↗ educational um success measures and then

1:43:16 ↗ similarly like yeah swim lessons who has

1:43:20 ↗ access to pools because that has been a

1:43:23 ↗ historical uh barrier to certain groups

1:43:26 ↗ by Design so when we think about all of

1:43:29 ↗ that I think those are the opportunities

1:43:31 ↗ you all have to um to redress kind of

1:43:35 ↗ historical inequities and government

1:43:38 ↗ policies so I just want to put that out

1:43:40 ↗ there for just consideration I know

1:43:43 ↗ you're focused on equality of access but

1:43:45 ↗ I guess I just I do Wonder to what

1:43:49 ↗ degree we're going to see some

1:43:51 ↗ demographic changes with what your uh

1:43:54 ↗ new kind of capacity changes in

1:43:57 ↗ registration is is it going to

1:43:58 ↗ substantially increase access to groups

1:44:01 ↗ who might need like uh access to

1:44:05 ↗ Affordable swim lessons access to pools

1:44:08 ↗ access to you know higher quality summer

1:44:12 ↗ programming so to me that that's would

1:44:14 ↗ big question I'm not sure you're

1:44:16 ↗ touching the and I don't think we are

1:44:19 ↗ and you're so spoton and it's great

1:44:21 ↗ feedback and again as maybe I awkwardly

1:44:24 ↗ said in the introduction right this this

1:44:27 ↗ this framework conversation we had in

1:44:29 ↗ November around

1:44:30 ↗ registration is is important but it

1:44:33 ↗ really starts to overlap into Recreation

1:44:35 ↗ program in into how we build how we

1:44:39 ↗ deliver Recreation programs that I I

1:44:41 ↗ think your questions are incredibly

1:44:45 ↗ spoton um I don't know that we have all

1:44:48 ↗ those data points at this at this

1:44:51 ↗ juncture but we need to continue to get

1:44:53 ↗ them um we have yeah yeah you know we

1:44:57 ↗ have voluntary um our

1:45:01 ↗ registrant um have the voluntary

1:45:03 ↗ opportunity to give demographic

1:45:05 ↗ information so um it's it's not a high

1:45:08 ↗ return on on knowing some of those

1:45:12 ↗ um your your comment about pools and

1:45:15 ↗ lessons are so spoton to the point mayor

1:45:18 ↗ and I were having a conversation earlier

1:45:19 ↗ this week about

1:45:21 ↗ um you may or may not be aware we're

1:45:23 ↗ looking at how we can add pool capacity

1:45:25 ↗ at a very overprescribed pool and as we

1:45:27 ↗ add that

1:45:28 ↗ capacity um we both got really excited

1:45:32 ↗ about what what would it look like to

1:45:35 ↗ offer a lessons or the first session of

1:45:38 ↗ lesson is free to everybody um or let's

1:45:41 ↗ go back and let's partner with the

1:45:42 ↗ schools and let's let's partner with all

1:45:45 ↗ all fourth graders all fifth graders

1:45:47 ↗ have right I mean there's just some

1:45:49 ↗ things that we can do that are not

1:45:51 ↗ necessarily registra it's not this topic

1:45:53 ↗ of registration but it really opens up

1:45:56 ↗ and thank you for that because as we as

1:45:58 ↗ Recreation professionals to start

1:46:00 ↗ talking about registration and access to

1:46:03 ↗ registration it we we naturally then

1:46:06 ↗ start going well how are we delivering

1:46:07 ↗ the programs and how might we model that

1:46:10 ↗ or do that differently so um thank you

1:46:14 ↗ and I these the two topics um definitely

1:46:19 ↗ intersect

1:46:21 ↗ yeah a lot more work for us to do yeah

1:46:23 ↗ we should continue to yeah a lot more

1:46:26 ↗ work for us to

1:46:28 ↗ do how many how many years of data are

1:46:30 ↗ you do you have access to um as far as

1:46:33 ↗ the regist that I've been able to get

1:46:35 ↗ yeah I was thinking like

1:46:37 ↗ we got quite a few I mean the whole Co

1:46:40 ↗ years are a little interesting I was

1:46:42 ↗ just thinking like as you were talking

1:46:43 ↗ I'm thinking about a registration system

1:46:45 ↗ what what what data pieces is it

1:46:47 ↗ collecting and can we extrapolate that

1:46:49 ↗ what you're asking can we pull out from

1:46:51 ↗ the system I have to look into that and

1:46:53 ↗ see what we have it's I said I agree

1:46:55 ↗ Jeff you spot on it I'm just curious

1:46:57 ↗ like can our system pull that data and

1:46:59 ↗ do we have it in there so we shifted to

1:47:01 ↗ online registration in

1:47:06 ↗ 20 18 19 just before the

1:47:09 ↗ pandemic um so we have data I I think

1:47:13 ↗ and

1:47:14 ↗ and I'm gonna say this I'm pretty

1:47:17 ↗ certain as I think of the registration

1:47:19 ↗ form when we ask some of those

1:47:21 ↗ demographic questions um age ethnicity

1:47:25 ↗ Etc that's all voluntary and I don't

1:47:28 ↗ think our collection rate is all that

1:47:31 ↗ high I think most OP out so you know I I

1:47:35 ↗ agree that it would be very useful to

1:47:37 ↗ begin to get that there's a policy shift

1:47:40 ↗ we would need to make to say hey that's

1:47:42 ↗ not voluntary we we we really want to

1:47:44 ↗ collect that and obviously we can't

1:47:46 ↗ mandate it but how do we emphasize that

1:47:48 ↗ more to maybe get um get a higher return

1:47:53 ↗ I mean I I think you could use R rough

1:47:55 ↗ estimates of demographics and use an

1:47:59 ↗ overlay of what the the the school

1:48:01 ↗ report card for isqu school district or

1:48:04 ↗ the surrounding school districts to kind

1:48:06 ↗ of it's not going to be like the rigor

1:48:08 ↗ of a research study but there could be

1:48:11 ↗ some absolutely yeah you can glean from

1:48:15 ↗ that and we're and we're getting some of

1:48:17 ↗ that as we you might remember we shifted

1:48:19 ↗ our scholarship program to be um far

1:48:22 ↗ more accessible I think as we begin to

1:48:25 ↗ understand what what the the data we're

1:48:28 ↗ getting from

1:48:29 ↗ that um is going to be helpful in this

1:48:32 ↗ bigger picture of how how and who are we

1:48:35 ↗ delivering and how are we packaging the

1:48:37 ↗ delivery of recreation programs to make

1:48:39 ↗ sure we're making it um

1:48:44 ↗ um e equitably more equitably accessible

1:48:49 ↗ um to all of our residents

1:48:52 ↗ yeah well thank you for indulging that

1:48:55 ↗ no no me good to do some little bit of

1:48:59 ↗ research on thank

1:49:02 ↗ you I now we're nearing the end of time

1:49:05 ↗ you yeah say marketing Outreach and

1:49:07 ↗ we've had a lot of discussion and

1:49:08 ↗ feedback I would like to just you really

1:49:11 ↗ quickly and this is because it's me and

1:49:13 ↗ it's the people I get to work with you

1:49:15 ↗ know going through this list of stuff is

1:49:18 ↗ like really it looks really oh hey yeah

1:49:20 ↗ we're increaseing programs and camps

1:49:22 ↗ there is a large body of work that goes

1:49:24 ↗ on with it's huge it's hard to explain

1:49:26 ↗ how much work goes by it and so I'm just

1:49:28 ↗ giving a shout out to the rec Services

1:49:30 ↗ team that just is doing a lot of the

1:49:31 ↗ work on that because it's it's a big

1:49:33 ↗ lift and everybody's 100% behind it and

1:49:36 ↗ excited for it because it's making the

1:49:37 ↗ process better so I just a shout out to

1:49:40 ↗ too many names I can't name them but the

1:49:42 ↗ re Services teams Echo that Brian I too

1:49:45 ↗ was going to say in closing 40

1:49:47 ↗ additional spots a week that that that

1:49:50 ↗ has dominoes that's that many more

1:49:52 ↗ part-time staff that's that many more I

1:49:54 ↗ mean there's a lot of logistics and

1:49:57 ↗ dynamics that that go into

1:50:00 ↗ that excited we feel like this is just a

1:50:03 ↗ a little incremental step and we really

1:50:05 ↗ again look forward to um what's produced

1:50:08 ↗ from it but it's not this isn't light

1:50:11 ↗ and if I could say this shift to

1:50:13 ↗ resident registration this week ahead is

1:50:16 ↗ going to have that's a lot of that's a

1:50:19 ↗ there's a lot of shift that goes into

1:50:20 ↗ that and working with our GIS folks and

1:50:22 ↗ making sure we're we're we're ready

1:50:26 ↗ right and and part of this Outreach is

1:50:28 ↗ getting this news out to the community

1:50:30 ↗ six five six weeks ahead of time so they

1:50:32 ↗ can understand and hey are are you

1:50:34 ↗ curious if you're a resident or not here

1:50:36 ↗ please do this research ahead of time

1:50:38 ↗ we're really GNA do all we can to um

1:50:41 ↗ make that registration date not feel so

1:50:44 ↗ crazy but um um customers are able to to

1:50:47 ↗ plan and prepare for that too so a lot

1:50:49 ↗ of lot lot of moving Parts as Brian said

1:50:51 ↗ hats off to the Brian and the recreation

1:50:54 ↗ team yeah we got like so we had a little

1:50:56 ↗ information go out already through City

1:50:58 ↗ News blast and then next week or two

1:51:00 ↗ we're going to have Flyers brochures

1:51:01 ↗ going out to all the school all the

1:51:03 ↗ elementary schools in it's school

1:51:05 ↗ district and then we also have some

1:51:07 ↗ other social media follow-ups that will

1:51:09 ↗ be coming as we're going so we're we're

1:51:11 ↗ well ahead of this trying to get word

1:51:12 ↗ out there right and also like Jeff was

1:51:15 ↗ saying talking with our Human Services

1:51:17 ↗ how do we to trying to get it just to

1:51:18 ↗ all facets because there's a lot of

1:51:20 ↗ people that know about the how do we get

1:51:21 ↗ the ones that aren't hearing from us

1:51:24 ↗ too you all are doing I mean I think you

1:51:26 ↗ can tell from our passion you know time

1:51:30 ↗ you community and so thank you and your

1:51:34 ↗ team for well thanks for having us it's

1:51:36 ↗ yeah

1:51:40 ↗ pleasure

1:51:42 ↗ CIA I believe I brought this up the last

1:51:45 ↗ time we spoke but I'm still wondering if

1:51:50 ↗ there is any way to partner with the

1:51:51 ↗ school district since the school

1:51:54 ↗ district is able to identify those

1:51:57 ↗ students who have either language

1:51:59 ↗ barriers Andor Financial

1:52:02 ↗ barriers as they're doing an intake

1:52:04 ↗ Andor registration is there a way where

1:52:08 ↗ we could add to those forms a simple

1:52:10 ↗ thing like are you interested in

1:52:13 ↗ swimming lessons for your child or if

1:52:16 ↗ this was made available to you would you

1:52:18 ↗ be interested and therefore you

1:52:22 ↗ basically already have the information

1:52:24 ↗ as to how many

1:52:27 ↗ people we have from those demographics

1:52:30 ↗ who are wanting to access these services

1:52:34 ↗ and maybe through the school district

1:52:36 ↗ access those

1:52:37 ↗ people it's to me it it just seems like

1:52:41 ↗ if we already have the data somewhere

1:52:43 ↗ how do we access that data so

1:52:47 ↗ that we have a a more

1:52:53 ↗ or Equitable representation of our

1:52:55 ↗ community just a question thank

1:53:04 ↗ you well thank

1:53:08 ↗ you coincidentally Brian and I have a

1:53:11 ↗ meeting with the school district on

1:53:12 ↗ Friday to some of pretty Key School

1:53:15 ↗ District leadership and talking about

1:53:17 ↗ pool and and some other things so um

1:53:19 ↗ it's a great point we'll bring that up

1:53:21 ↗ we we've certainly talked to them about

1:53:22 ↗ that there's some limited information

1:53:25 ↗ that they can provide us since we're not

1:53:26 ↗ School District employees but um it's a

1:53:28 ↗ great point and we're constantly trying

1:53:30 ↗ to figure out how we can best partner so

1:53:33 ↗ that you know their students are our

1:53:35 ↗ customers our customers or their

1:53:37 ↗ students how are we uh working together

1:53:40 ↗ and and making sure we're abiding by all

1:53:43 ↗ privacy rules and and

1:53:48 ↗ laws again thank you

1:53:50 ↗ Jeff well thank you both appreciate your

1:53:54 ↗ time here with us thanks and I think

1:53:58 ↗ we're we'll just do yeah we'll do one

1:54:00 ↗ last thing right so because I think we

1:54:02 ↗ we're skipping the culturally

1:54:05 ↗ linguistically diverse support for Sen

1:54:07 ↗ yes I'll PR I'll provide a quick update

1:54:09 ↗ so Alisia um from the from the circle

1:54:14 ↗ was going to join us she and I did not

1:54:16 ↗ have a chance to connect this week my

1:54:17 ↗ email ended up in her SP

1:54:20 ↗ um and so we're going to connect ahead

1:54:23 ↗ of the March meeting and so she'll come

1:54:25 ↗ to to share some perspectives and input

1:54:28 ↗ at our March meeting around this topic

1:54:30 ↗ so you'll see that show up um on our

1:54:32 ↗ upcoming

1:54:33 ↗ agenda thanks and I think um the last

1:54:37 ↗ agenda item we have is Expos to process

1:54:40 ↗ check and I think last month we talked

1:54:42 ↗ about it being maybe just like a onew

1:54:44 ↗ checkout like how are you feeling at the

1:54:46 ↗ end of the meeting today and uh um it's

1:54:51 ↗ just popcorn out

1:54:53 ↗ f one word or takeaway maybe that you

1:54:56 ↗ have from today's

1:54:58 ↗ meeting and other staff should you

1:55:00 ↗ should feel free to to

1:55:03 ↗ participate sorry caric I cut you

1:55:10 ↗ off Trey had a word for

1:55:14 ↗ us yes because I was going to say robust

1:55:17 ↗ I I loved the conversation I I think we

1:55:20 ↗ we got some things

1:55:24 ↗ accomplished oh yeah again inspired

1:55:27 ↗ Inspire fantastic

1:55:33 ↗ Christina oh you're

1:55:37 ↗ muted okay just I don't want to leave

1:55:40 ↗ without telling something about the the

1:55:43 ↗ previous um information I was thinking

1:55:47 ↗ you thought something about the Spanish

1:55:50 ↗ Immersion in for summer camps so I was

1:55:55 ↗ why chose Spanish why not other

1:55:59 ↗ languages great question great question

1:56:02 ↗ um the community down Squad Valley

1:56:03 ↗ Elementary the school the circle a bunch

1:56:06 ↗ of the uh parents actually approached us

1:56:08 ↗ on that and we're looking to run a a

1:56:11 ↗ pilot a program we thought it was you

1:56:13 ↗ know because we had so much Community

1:56:14 ↗ interest from that group that we figured

1:56:16 ↗ it was a great opportunity to Pilot with

1:56:18 ↗ them we we had some discussion with the

1:56:20 ↗ school district we had some discussions

1:56:22 ↗ with this group they have a program that

1:56:25 ↗ is a what is it it's an ersing program

1:56:27 ↗ where they speak Spanish at that school

1:56:29 ↗ and so they just had a lot of energy and

1:56:31 ↗ resources behind it so we're working

1:56:33 ↗ with them to Pilot it this year to see

1:56:35 ↗ you how this will work and you know

1:56:36 ↗ maybe we can build off these types of

1:56:38 ↗ things in the future and make the camp

1:56:40 ↗ available to the entire Community right

1:56:43 ↗ yeah right yeah yeah no thank you yes

1:56:46 ↗ thanks

1:56:48 ↗ clarification

1:56:55 ↗ is a pleasure I will meet you next

1:57:00 ↗ time thank you

1:57:03 ↗ uh oh uh uh better connected better

1:57:07 ↗ connected yeah okay uh let's see

1:57:13 ↗ lcia yes I I believe I I feel very

1:57:17 ↗ hopeful I truly app appreciate each of

1:57:20 ↗ the presenters and your effort to answer

1:57:23 ↗ our questions when our questions are at

1:57:26 ↗ least for me some of my questions are

1:57:28 ↗ not necessarily the best worded but you

1:57:32 ↗ you parse out the meaning and I and I

1:57:34 ↗ truly appreciate how you're meeting me

1:57:38 ↗ and others more than halfway in order to

1:57:42 ↗ move forward with being more inclusive

1:57:44 ↗ in our community and I truly appreciate

1:57:47 ↗ that thank

1:57:48 ↗ you

1:57:51 ↗ Brian you I de with appr precies I

1:57:55 ↗ appreciate the time you guys gave us I

1:57:57 ↗ appreciate the input and I appreciate

1:57:58 ↗ this just conversation I appreciate

1:58:00 ↗ especially that you guys are actually

1:58:01 ↗ engaged with the stuff that we do so

1:58:03 ↗ thank you for that because it's it's

1:58:05 ↗ always nice to hear from people that

1:58:06 ↗ actually really enjoy what we do and

1:58:08 ↗ have that passion for so thank

1:58:12 ↗ you yes I

1:58:15 ↗ did uh I'll go with uh

1:58:20 ↗ how will we

1:58:21 ↗ know say it fast and it's one word how

1:58:24 ↗ will we know how will we

1:58:30 ↗ know yeah wow one word um there like

1:58:33 ↗ three I could say real fast I would just

1:58:35 ↗ say

1:58:37 ↗ encouraged just I I'm encourage we we um

1:58:42 ↗ as a department are

1:58:45 ↗ are so committed to serving the the

1:58:48 ↗ entire community and just encourage to

1:58:51 ↗ to have an equity board like this and

1:58:53 ↗ just your perspective that we're able to

1:58:54 ↗ bounce off and get honest feedback and

1:58:59 ↗ um yeah just encouraged this this is

1:59:03 ↗ helping us this is helping us move the

1:59:07 ↗ beatle and I'll say

1:59:09 ↗ energized for my word and I think so I

1:59:13 ↗ think everyone is gone and with that um

1:59:16 ↗ I will move us to adjournment so next

1:59:19 ↗ meeting is currently scheduled for March

1:59:22 ↗ 6 at our normally for normal first

1:59:24 ↗ Wednesday of the month I adjourn this

1:59:26 ↗ meeting at 8:06 PM have a lovely meeting

1:59:30 ↗ everyone and thanks so much for engaging

1:59:32 ↗ with us tonight have a good night thank

1:59:35 ↗ you good night

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Attendance

Council / Members (7)

Cristina Abonce (virtual attendee, 7:05PM)

Lucrecia Choto (virtual attendee, 6:40PM)

Shalanda Fleming

Lorna Gilmour (absent, excused)

Karthik Kashinath

Ray Manahan

Priti Mody-Pan

Staff (4)

Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator

David Reedy, Sustainability Coordinator

Jeff Watling, Parks and Community Services Director

Brian Berntsen, Parks and Community Services Manager

Excused

Tony Curry

Varnika Dokka

Kelly Munn

Recommendations & actions (5)

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a) Minutes of January 10, 2024 Special Meeting The Minutes of the January 10, 2024 Special Meeting were unanimously approved without edits.
Markey-Crimp also shared gratitude from Deputy Council President de Michele, thanking the Equity Board for their contributions to the City’s recently adopted Religious and Cultural Calendar.
a) Resilience Hubs Presented by: David Reedy, Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability Coordinator Reedy provided an update on the Sustainable Purchasing Plan, sharing that it was approved by the Senior Leadership Team…
Another board member also recommended again that staff look to collaborate with the Issaquah School District.
It will be moved to a future meeting.