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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

6:00 PM
Topic tracked across meetings:
Mobility Implementation Plan COM 0082 3/4
Section
Topic
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3a
Minutes of July 17, 2024 Meeting
packet pp.3–5
Staff report:
Facilitated by: Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator Assistant to the City Administrator Markey-Crimp provided a brief overview of the opportunity for the Equity Board to host a table at the upcoming Welcoming Week event on September 6, 2024. Members present expressed interest in this opportunity and a working group was formed to further build out the purpose, mission, and details for the table.
4. CHAIR REPORT
4a
Opening Question Facilitated by: Priti Mody-Pan, Equity Board Chair
Topics: Equity
5. STAFF REPORT
5a
Updates from July Meeting Items
Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator
6. AGENDA ITEMS
6a
Mobility Implementation Plan Update
30 min · Thomas Valdriz, Senior Transportation Planner · packet pp.7–433
Topics: Transportation
Staff report:
The Administration is requesting Board feedback on proposed updates to the Mobility Master Plan (MMP) to better align the plan to the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Transportation Element. The Administration has the following questions for the Board to consider:
6b
Equity Impact Assessment
40 min · Gillian Straub, Management Analyst · packet pp.435–778
Topics: Equity
Staff report:
The City of Issaquah has taken numerous steps to advance equity, including the creation of the Equity Board and development of the Equity Framework. The Administration seeks an equity assessment to create a shared vision of equity in Issaquah, measure our work and outcomes against that vision, and move forward with strategic actions to advance equity. The assessment would be performed by a consultant, and the Administration is gathering feedback and goals from the Equity Board to inform the Request for Proposal process. This project is subject to
6c
Public Comment Discussion Facilitated by: Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator
15 min
7. OTHER BUSINESS / ANNOUNCEMENTS
7a
Culture Fest Table
10 min · Dale Markey-Crimp, Assistant to the City Administrator
Topics: Arts & Culture
7b
Community Building Social
5 min · Ray Manahan
7c
Closing Thought Facilitated by: Priti Mody-Pan, Equity Board Chair
5 min
Topics: Equity
0:03 made it some time we are good to go
0:05 great here thank you Dale I call
0:08 our September Equity board meeting to
0:11 order at 6:04
0:14 p.m um all right I'm going to go through
0:17 the pullet points that PR to usually
0:20 goes over um just some Administration
0:24 for our folks who are joining us online
0:26 be sure to speak clearly and pause
0:29 frequently share your name each time
0:31 before you speak and um just a reminder
0:34 to keep your mics on mute um when you're
0:37 not speaking if you're have any
0:38 technical issues the best way to resolve
0:41 that is to log off your device and log
0:43 back in but I think everybody familiar
0:46 so um attendance let's start with that
0:49 um I'm going to call off names and you
0:51 just say that you are present I'll start
0:52 with myself Ray manam um Shay fluming
1:00 I am here hi
1:03 everyone evening um carthic
1:10 kashina everyone I'm
1:13 here
1:19 Christina
1:24 hi okay
1:26 um lesie Mander Irwin
1:31 hello everyone I am
1:32 present great Lura Gilmore
1:36 here Kunal
1:38 sastav
1:40 here shaie kapor here lesie excuse me
1:45 Kelly M yeah
1:48 okay D I think that's it I don't have to
1:50 call out ones we're not there you do not
1:53 need to okay and right as important to
1:56 note as we have we have an absence for
2:00 every alternate that is here tonight so
2:02 all alternates are acting in full
2:04 capacity this
2:06 evening thank you okay as we start with
2:08 every meeting we want to make sure we
2:10 give time for public comments and we
2:13 have um Ted lcas member of the bahis of
2:17 isqua is's going to share some updates
2:20 for US News sure come on up good evening
2:23 everybody nice to see you and some new
2:25 members and
2:27 stuff the old members have see me before
2:30 we've been so happy to collaborate uh
2:32 with everybody in the community very
2:34 much including the equity board with
2:37 hosting about every three months a
2:38 community building social where we have
2:40 conversation everyone in the community
2:42 who's uh would like to share thoughts or
2:45 learn from each other are invited and
2:47 the next one will be on September 14th
2:49 um Dale I think has the electronic
2:51 invite some of you have attended several
2:54 times over in the past um and this this
2:57 time it's going to be in Ray's home his
3:00 house up the road so let's be sure
3:02 everybody you know has enough
3:04 invitations you have enough over there
3:06 give a couple more to pass around but
3:09 you have this as well as the electronic
3:10 and feel free to bring family members or
3:12 friends and the whole idea just simply
3:15 sponsored by the bahis of isqu is to
3:18 have conversations about things that
3:20 build community and make this a welcome
3:21 community and a healthy community and so
3:23 on and in fact say Roy's going to Ray's
3:25 going to be the speaker he's going to
3:26 talk about Health Equity Health Equity
3:29 in a very kind informal informed kind of
3:31 conversation where everybody's involved
3:33 followed by um conversation and dinner
3:36 actually so we start as usual at 5
3:38 o'clock end up anytime you want to end
3:40 up at 7 or 7:30 or something like that
3:42 but food and and fellowship included
3:45 that kind of thing and just so that's
3:47 just a week from Saturday as you'll see
3:49 here and there's Ray's address he hosted
3:51 once last year as well really wonderful
3:54 and heads up for the November Community
3:56 Building social we're excited I mean
3:58 it's interesting
4:00 um Deputy president uh of the city
4:03 council D Michelle attended with uh Kaye
4:07 of the garage she was Kaye was the
4:09 speaker a couple times ago and um
4:12 Barbara came as well and as a followup
4:14 she reached back out to the theis and
4:17 said she on behalf of the council would
4:19 like um three members to be the speaker
4:23 facilitators at the next one in November
4:26 well that's pretty interesting and
4:27 exciting they want to share what the
4:29 council is doing and where the council
4:32 is going kind of with Community Building
4:35 conversations and support and she's told
4:38 us that Victoria hunt Tola Marts and
4:40 Chris Ray will be at the November one
4:43 just spaceold on November 16 as we do
4:45 this every two three four months so
4:47 everybody's excited about the chance to
4:49 sit down and share with each other and
4:51 learn so that's the idea thanks very
4:54 much I would normally say but we have an
4:57 assembly the sports fall assembly at the
4:59 high SCH School my son saying are you
5:01 going to be there or
5:02 not so close yeah all right thanks very
5:05 much thanks
5:10 thanks okay um before we get started we
5:14 like we Chang things around a couple
5:16 meetings ago and we want to start off
5:17 with our opening question right we
5:20 started a meetings ago so the one got do
5:24 one thing oh sorry go ahead approval of
5:27 minutes okay see good I got
5:30 you um I asked my fellow board members
5:34 to review the minutes from last month
5:37 and I'm seing for um two
5:47 okays I'll make a motion that the
5:53 minutes as
5:57 is okay thank you the meeting spr
6:00 we got to invite there's any discussion
6:02 or edits you got this we got this are
6:05 there any discussions or edits Mee you
6:07 can some notes in the meeting from last
6:17 month okay we we officially call the
6:19 meetings from last month
6:22 approved you're doing a great job okay
6:24 I'm really excited about this
6:27 question our opening question and we
6:29 welome our guests to get in this as well
6:32 is what is something you want to make
6:36 sure you do before the end of summer can
6:38 we believe the end of summer is almost
6:40 here and the official last day of summer
6:43 if you weren't aware is September 22nd
6:46 so it's just less two weeks away so I'm
6:50 just going to go around the room here
6:51 starting to my right and see if any
6:54 anybody would like to share what is it
6:55 that you want to make sure that you do
6:57 before the end of year let's start with
7:01 can you repeat that what is one last
7:03 thing that you would like to get done by
7:05 the end of summer which is officially
7:07 September
7:09 22nd I have a site of my house that
7:11 needs to be
7:13 painted I have been putting it on my
7:15 list in Old Main and you know not Happ
7:19 but it will have hope that tasks got to
7:22 be done Kelly uh my son my husband and I
7:26 are going to do one last little
7:27 backpacking trip onv
7:31 it's easy just hike a little bit and
7:33 then camp out for two days where is that
7:35 I didn't catch it ohic okay all right
7:40 I'm shie well surprisingly that's one
7:43 thing um I haven't been to that side of
7:46 Washington at all but every year I kind
7:49 of sit down to make plans if that
7:51 happens I'd be really
7:55 happy okay well for me it feels like
7:59 Summer's already
8:02 over um but one thing I would like to do
8:04 before summer um ends was probably
8:07 finish a book series I started at the
8:08 start of
8:11 summer okay I'm gonna um get back to the
8:13 room but I want to make sure that our
8:15 board members online how about you
8:19 shay oh Shay you're
8:22 muted sorry I I think summmer prevented
8:26 me from figuring out to hit the mute
8:28 button before
8:30 I start speaking um so essentially uh
8:33 what I would like to do before the end
8:34 of the summer is get moved into my
8:38 news so moving really
8:41 sucks it does it does
8:49 Christina uh I think if I hear properly
8:52 you say about the summer how was my
8:53 summer so I think really good I enjoyed
8:55 the family and as you know this will be
8:59 my last meeting so I am grateful with
9:01 everything you are teaching me I'm
9:04 learning from different places and
9:06 obviously from you a lot of things and
9:09 thank you thank you always thank
9:12 you thank you how about you
9:16 carthic hi yeah I'd love to go camping
9:20 either in berer or in M Baker or the
9:24 North Cascades National Park
9:30 First St you gotta get
9:32 those um
9:38 Leslie yeah so what would I like to do
9:41 by the end of summer well my husband
9:43 told me that the official end was
9:45 September 1st so that's not true
9:49 so so apparently apparently there's
9:52 still time for uh end of summer plan so
9:56 I've been wanting to go to the uh what
9:58 is it it's the Mount reneer Scenic uh
10:01 railroad I've been dying to do that and
10:04 I'm still new as as my family to
10:06 Washington so we're still tourists a
10:09 little bit so um I'm dying to do that it
10:12 looks absolutely beautiful and uh I can
10:15 officially say the mountain is out if
10:17 we're there I can say that I know what
10:19 it means there so yeah looking forward
10:23 to it wonderful okay I think I oh I see
10:26 Andrea on the line can I make sure we
10:28 make sure
10:29 absolutely hi
10:32 Andrea hi everybody good
10:35 evening um what I would like to do
10:38 before the end of the summer is take one
10:40 last swim in uh the lake um I did it at
10:45 the beginning of Summer haven't done it
10:47 since June and so one last dip would be
10:50 really nice before the weather turns
10:52 thanks supp a nice and warm this week
10:55 and end of the weekend good idea how
10:57 about Thomas yeah um today is my dog's
11:01 birthday so I am very excited to
11:03 celebrate that with the family I guess
11:07 yeah um yeah okay what breed how old
11:10 he's a Australian shepherd He is seven
11:13 years old yeah he's a very good boy
11:16 Milestone yeah and are you Jillian yeah
11:20 welcome
11:21 Jillian go ahead share anything You'
11:22 like um I'm a newb to Washington so I
11:26 just want to go for a hike and see a
11:28 lake and like a sandwich up there with
11:30 my dog that sounds perfect in the next
11:32 like two weeks I got
11:35 so Dale yeah I gotta stick with the
11:39 outdoor technically the thing I'm most
11:41 looking forward to is I'm cheating on
11:44 pretty's question it's right after it's
11:46 right in early fall I have a permit for
11:48 the enchantments at the end oh my gosh
11:52 and I am gonna be grasping on to the
11:54 last bits of warm
11:56 weather in late September up in in the
11:59 up in the wilderness wonderful looking
12:02 forward to that well um just to add I
12:05 just got a spot this Saturday for
12:15 paragliding so I was like it's so busy
12:18 right now and we just but it's going to
12:21 be tandem right
12:24 I braaz
12:29 okay um mine I have two very close
12:31 friends and one of our routines is every
12:33 fall we run a marathon so um uh and
12:37 usually we we started this like 15 years
12:40 ago so this is to I think it's going to
12:42 be our 22nd or so w but um this my
12:45 training Long training runs are coming
12:47 up so I have to run 20 uh 18 miles on
12:50 Saturday and then my longest run is
12:52 between 20 to 22 miles a week from
12:54 Saturday and the actual marathon is the
12:55 first Saturday of October in Portland
12:59 Maine we usually choose one on the east
13:02 coast because we try to catch a little
13:03 bit of Fall Foliage although it's going
13:05 to be early I don't think you're going
13:06 to really catch it that early so if you
13:08 see me running out there don't don't run
13:10 over me because
13:12 I'm bra it's supposed to be nice weather
13:15 on Saturday so just gotta
13:17 start oh yeah yeah sometime it's
13:20 unpredictable it could start earlier
13:21 sometimes it starts like last year last
13:23 two years it was late didn't come till
13:24 like early no we have a great time
13:27 anyway okay okay um thank you everybody
13:32 for that Dale I'm going to return back
13:34 and now is it time for our guests to
13:37 speak the next item is a staff report
13:39 from me oh thank you and then it will be
13:41 time um so a very quick update so as you
13:44 know and as I will remind everyone we
13:46 added this portion of the meeting in at
13:49 the beginning of this year as an
13:51 opportunity to make sure that we're
13:53 continuing to go back to items from
13:55 previous months and to better understand
13:57 the impact uh that this board has on the
14:00 work that the city does uh and so in
14:02 July there were two agenda items one was
14:05 a presentation around our approach to
14:07 Emergency Management and specifically to
14:10 notification um during emergencies from
14:13 Jared Schneider our emergency manager uh
14:17 there were no immediate additional
14:20 actions that the board requested Jared
14:22 take except to continue doing the good
14:24 work that Jared is doing um given what
14:27 he he shared with us about the current
14:29 process that he's undergoing um and the
14:31 approach to Emergency Management through
14:33 the lens of equity the second item that
14:36 we discussed um and approved was a
14:38 letter that was then sent to the mayor
14:41 and the city council um and we received
14:45 a response from both the mayor and the
14:47 city council president um and actually I
14:49 would say the most uh maybe immediate
14:52 action is that we have a presentation
14:53 tonight about the equity impact
14:55 assessment which was the main ask that
14:57 was included in that that letter was an
14:59 asked to move forward with including
15:01 that in the upcoming budget so you'll be
15:03 hearing tonight uh and being asked to
15:06 weigh in a bit more about that next up
15:09 and that concludes the brief staff
15:12 report on updates from July meeting
15:14 items okay thank you Dale all right
15:17 we're going to in have our guests come
15:20 in and talk about their topics we're
15:23 going to start with the mobility
15:25 implementation Plan update from Thomas
15:28 in my ing this right Val
15:30 valre thank you Thomas go
15:40 ahead um well Equity board thank you for
15:43 having me today my name is Thomas valr
15:45 and the your transportation planter at
15:48 isqua I'm hoping to get your feedback on
15:51 the mobility master plan um and have a
15:55 couple questions for the board
15:57 essentially do you agree with the
15:59 proposed changes to the implementation
16:02 actions and are there any other changes
16:04 you'd like to
16:05 see um so one thing you'll notice uh is
16:09 I have changed my slide deck based on
16:11 what was posted online um I have 30
16:14 minutes with you I'm really hoping to
16:15 have a focused conversation as it
16:17 relates to equity so I'm I've changed
16:19 the the slides a little bit uh just to
16:22 provide some background um the
16:25 transportation element of the comp plan
16:27 provides the 20-year vision for the
16:29 transportation Network um so there's a
16:31 vision statement and goals and policies
16:34 that sort of help make that a reality
16:37 the mobility master plan which we're
16:38 talking about today is the functional
16:40 plan that really provides the actions
16:43 and strategies to implement the goals
16:45 and policies of the transportation woman
16:48 so this is really just uh based on
16:50 technical analysis these are the actions
16:52 that the city is going to take in the
16:54 next 20 years to make our vision of
16:57 Transportation
17:01 reality and at a very high level what
17:04 we're looking at today in terms of
17:05 changes um we're hoping to rename the
17:09 title of the document to Mobility uh
17:12 implementation plan and this is really a
17:15 uh this is based off of some work that
17:19 the equity board has done uh there's a
17:21 de Andi glossery and talks about some
17:24 words that we should avoid so this is
17:26 you can think of this as sort of the
17:27 first of many implementations um of of
17:31 changing up the words that we use
17:33 there's also some housekeeping updates
17:36 and some updates to analysis within the
17:40 mobility master plan um these are really
17:43 just because the document has been
17:44 updated in four years so getting up to
17:46 speed with those and what we're talking
17:50 about today is some goals that relate to
17:53 equity um and transportation there's
17:56 also other revisions related to Transit
17:58 sustainability and climate resiliency so
18:01 those are pretty much the high Lev
18:03 takeaway of the document um this uh
18:07 major major changes were related to the
18:10 transit study uh that I brought to this
18:12 board um over a year ago um but there's
18:17 a lot of uh things related to Transit
18:20 and how to get to bus stops and such so
18:23 all these sort of actions are fed back
18:26 into the mobility master plan
18:28 any questions at this
18:35 point um so just really diving in and I
18:38 I'll defer to the the vice chair on this
18:40 but I think my goal was to go Slide by
18:43 slide and then see if there was any
18:45 feedback if that works sure okay great
18:49 um so again the first update we're
18:51 hoping to make is related to the name of
18:53 the document we're hoping to change the
18:56 name to reduce uh you know unintentional
18:58 harm and just generally just promoting
19:01 more inclusionary
19:02 language then the next two items are
19:06 actions uh within the document the first
19:09 one is a annual Collision monitoring
19:11 report um this is really taking
19:13 inventory on where accidents happen
19:16 throughout the city and there's uh you
19:20 know the contributing factors is what
19:23 it's called what led to that accident um
19:26 primarily so taking inventory in this
19:28 way can help us understand where
19:30 accidents are happening and also know
19:32 how to uh you know intervene in the
19:35 future so just being proactive with with
19:39 accidents the next one related to equity
19:42 is a review of speed limit setting
19:44 policies so the example that I've been
19:47 giving with this is uh in a school zone
19:50 which is very Salient because schools
19:52 now started um in a school zone
19:54 oftentimes the speed limits are reduced
19:57 when children are present and that's
19:59 because of the context right there's
20:00 there's children there we want to make
20:02 sure that people are driving a little
20:04 bit slower so that there's reaction time
20:07 and you know people can you know Drive
20:10 they can still get through but we also
20:12 need to reduce the speed um based on the
20:14 context so in reviewing uh speed limit
20:17 setting policies this is an action that
20:19 the city can take uh we can make sure
20:22 that we're still allowing people to get
20:24 through um certain areas uh while taking
20:28 into the consider ation the context of
20:30 where speed limits are um and also
20:33 thinking about how people are getting
20:35 around if they're more Walkers or
20:38 cyclist present or if there's you know
20:40 bus present that's the these are all
20:42 things that um could be thought about as
20:44 we're considering speed limit setting
20:47 policies so I think I'll pause here and
20:49 see if any any questions at this point
20:52 any does anything stand out you have any
20:55 feedback to provide
21:01 track the demographics of the people who
21:04 get speeding
21:07 to that's a great question I you know so
21:11 I don't I don't think so uh the all this
21:14 is through like the sheriff's department
21:17 so data is pulled through them that's
21:19 usually data that the city wouldn't have
21:21 access to and I'm not sure that the the
21:25 sheriff's department does and what is
21:26 the policy around people camp
21:30 okay yeah great question uh I I'm not
21:33 I'm not aware of what the the sheriff's
21:35 uh do unfortunately so it's all through
21:38 the sheriff not the city um so the the
21:41 police department uh does I think
21:44 they're contracted through the Sheriff's
21:45 Department um yeah I unfortunately don't
21:49 know that question
21:55 yet it would be interesting to know what
21:57 happens people C and the demographics
22:00 and you probably can figure out what M
22:02 right
22:11 yeah any other
22:13 questions I think
22:18 we the next set these are uh you know
22:21 also related to equity so the first one
22:24 is updating the Ada Americans with
22:26 Disabilities Act uh transition plan um
22:29 every 5 years this is something that the
22:31 city uh has been doing and uh you know
22:35 it relates to uh having a schedule of
22:40 when we're planning on upgrading
22:43 infrastructure in order to make sure
22:45 that things are accessible to folks with
22:46 disabilities um and just making sure
22:49 that facilities in general are uh are
22:52 accessible to
22:54 everybody um the next one is related to
22:57 creating performance measures
22:59 Bas based on all ages and abilities um
23:02 these performance measures are part of a
23:05 larger um action that we're doing uh
23:08 related to making sure that when
23:11 development comes to the City upgrades
23:13 are done to not just roads but also like
23:17 sidewalks and like bike lanes and such
23:19 um so thinking about not just the needs
23:21 of cars but also people who walk people
23:25 who bike people take transit um so this
23:28 performance measures related to making
23:29 sure that um upgrades will be done so
23:32 that it provides for people with other
23:35 needs other than just
23:38 driving I'm sorry I can't remember if
23:40 you mentioned this earlier this is done
23:42 annually that right so this performance
23:45 measure uh this would be a brand new
23:47 thing okay um this would it this would
23:50 be related to a larger effort called
23:52 Transportation concurrency um which we
23:55 have we we do have this but this would
23:57 be like a a new new way of looking at it
24:01 okay and what do you mean by performance
24:03 measure yeah performance measures um
24:06 these would be
24:07 like uh well we haven't defined them yet
24:10 but an example could be um a sidewalk if
24:13 based on the context a sidewalk is
24:15 usually like five to six feet but if
24:17 it's near an area where there's a lot of
24:19 people typically that could be a
24:21 bottleneck like maybe there isn't enough
24:23 space for people to walk on a sidewalk
24:26 um so it could be cont specific where
24:29 like if it were in a really bustling
24:32 area of the city maybe the um
24:35 performance measure would be the
24:36 sidewalk should be wider because you
24:39 expect more people will be using it
24:41 otherwise you might have to walk into
24:42 the street which would be like failing
24:45 like what you what you would need
24:48 yeah um I had a question about the Ada
24:50 trans
24:52 transition so in the past how do you yes
24:55 go about like measuring um which areas
24:58 have
24:59 like good good enough access for those
25:01 people yeah well Dale worked on the ADH
25:04 transition plan do you yeah so it I the
25:09 question is multifaceted and depends on
25:11 what type of access you're thinking
25:13 about So the plan itself looked at
25:16 actually I'm trying to think if the plan
25:17 came to the equity board um but the plan
25:19 looked at a number of different
25:21 dimensions of the of the Americans with
25:24 Disabilities Act so I looked at the
25:26 physical infrastructure and the public
25:27 right of way so things like crosswalks
25:31 and curb ramps and the rectangular
25:35 flashing Beacon um rapid rectangular
25:39 flashing Beacon I learned a lot about
25:41 Transportation lingo when I was working
25:43 on this so that's just one aspect we
25:46 also looked at the facil city facilities
25:48 so you know are the doors wide enough
25:51 are the bathrooms the right shape and
25:53 size and are the um the sort of handles
25:57 within the B BS and the are all those
26:00 things at the right height or are they
26:02 in the right place are they accessible
26:04 physically for folks um and then also we
26:07 looked at our somewhere in between right
26:09 our parks and open spaces so our parks
26:11 and Open Spaces both have curb ramps and
26:14 sidewalks um and also packed gravel
26:17 Pathways and things like that so we
26:19 actually had a group come and do an
26:20 assessment of all of that across the
26:23 entire city to determine where do we
26:27 have they kind of looked at it in
26:29 different dimensions so they looked at
26:30 where do we have the things that are the
26:32 most out of compliance so where are they
26:34 the most physically they provide the
26:37 greatest number of barriers or the
26:38 greatest amount of barrier for people um
26:41 and then we also looked at movement
26:44 pattern so where are people most
26:46 frequently and so it was determined at
26:48 sort of a um the word is not Nexus but
26:53 looking at both of like looking at both
26:55 those sets of
26:57 criteria each work group so our work
26:59 group that looks at our parks and Open
27:01 Spaces our work group that thinks about
27:04 um our facilities and our work group
27:05 that thinks about our public right of
27:07 way um has a plan um and this plan says
27:11 very specifically what they're going to
27:13 do over the next seven years but also
27:15 outlines what needs to be done in
27:18 perpetuity um to bring those physical
27:22 parts of the city into compliance of the
27:24 Americans with Disabilities Act and then
27:26 there's a whole additional P portion
27:27 which is around our services programs
27:30 and just the ability for people maybe
27:32 who have maybe don't have physical
27:34 disabilities in movement but might
27:35 struggle with being able to see um or
27:39 hear um or engage in different ways
27:41 there's a whole section of the plan also
27:43 around things like that as
27:49 well great I'll just keep moving
27:53 on um okay so this next one is related
27:56 to equity evaluations infrastructure
27:59 planning um so this is related to how
28:02 the city plans for large purchases um
28:05 related to Capital Improvements um you
28:08 know building new roadway segments um
28:12 you know construction that that sort of
28:14 things so this action would be um
28:17 ensuring the equity is sort of built
28:19 into that process into the capital
28:21 Improvement and transportation
28:22 improvement
28:23 process the next two are related to um
28:27 bike and scooter share program or an
28:29 ebike Library program um so these are
28:32 two separate ideas but um some of you
28:36 may recall uh at one point I think it
28:38 was a year and a half ago or so um there
28:42 was talks about potentially a bike or
28:44 scooter share program coming to the city
28:46 um and ended up being just like a
28:48 program that really wasn't a great fit
28:50 for the community um but there is still
28:53 some appetite to consider another
28:57 opportunity if there was a program that
28:59 would really was tailored to the
29:01 community um another related idea is the
29:05 idea of having an ebike Library program
29:08 um so as we all know like isqua has lots
29:11 of hills and um you know having an ebike
29:15 could help you get up that hill um and a
29:18 library program would be a way um you
29:21 know depending on how it's structured it
29:23 could be a way where um bikes uh live uh
29:28 somewhere um either owned by the city or
29:31 an other organization and they're lent
29:34 out so that people can try it out before
29:36 they commit to getting an ebike um or
29:39 it's or it could be um renting it just
29:42 for some time period um for use so these
29:46 are just ways to enhance Mobility
29:48 options um for some folks that don't
29:51 have access to an ebike this could be a
29:54 great way to get around um on a
29:56 temporary basis uh just sort of like an
29:59 a rental just like a scooter share
30:01 program where you're sort of sharing
30:02 resources um so these are just ways to
30:05 make sure that um access is more
30:07 affordable and
30:10 sustainable tell the bottom to are very
30:12 clear to me yeah the first one is really
30:16 vague
30:17 and in
30:19 my just in reading it it seems that's
30:23 fraught with the most possible
30:26 inequities because of how it's done so
30:30 can you speak more to number the 332
30:33 sure yeah um so Equity evaluations in
30:36 infrastructure planning this would be um
30:39 you know considering the context of
30:41 where a road is for example um it could
30:45 be related to demographics like who
30:47 might be benefited from a new Trail
30:50 facility for example um so you would uh
30:54 you know you'd look at demographic
30:55 information you'd look at sort of like
30:57 how people are getting around um so you
31:00 can sort of assume uh based on like uh
31:05 how people travel we have data on that
31:08 you can make assumptions of like who
31:11 might benefit from like a new sidewalk
31:13 or a new bike lane um and these uh these
31:18 sort of benefits would then be sort of
31:21 built into project evaluation criteria
31:24 so let's basically just keep track and
31:27 collect data data
31:28 on and ensuring
31:32 that certain groups and certain
31:35 communities are
31:36 getting right right so it's it's it's
31:39 data driven it's also um you know we
31:42 receive feedback in meetings so we're
31:44 taking all this into consideration but
31:46 it is sort of built into how we like at
31:49 a numerical level are like scoring
31:54 projects does that sort of make sense
31:58 how does Equity how in your mind does
32:00 Equity go into that
32:03 mapping yeah so I would say the equity
32:07 um often when we're looking at the
32:09 capital Improvement side we're looking
32:11 at demographic data I think that's
32:14 answering what your question is
32:16 RA completely okay so similar to what
32:21 Kelly has a lot of it is Data driven so
32:25 um how are we collecting that number one
32:28 and number two that data which is being
32:32 collected how do we know that we have
32:34 all the variables within it uh that lead
32:39 to the lens of equity you know yeah yeah
32:43 we we do have limited data sources uh
32:46 available but primarily we're relying on
32:49 like the census data which does have
32:52 some margin of error um and I I don't
32:55 know if there's other ways that we sort
32:58 try
33:00 to use other Benchmark data for that but
33:03 I think census data is primarily the the
33:05 data source that we would use I think
33:08 I'm really struggling with that one
33:09 because it's so Broad and under like
33:13 promoting Fair access to
33:17 Transportation it's a lot of different
33:19 people and whose voices at the table and
33:22 how you collecting it and what is your
33:25 measure I love the bottom I I I maybe
33:28 it's just in the wrong section it should
33:31 be on its own because it's throwing me
33:33 off because it feels like it's an entire
33:35 project on it so that it encompasses all
33:39 of these different programs I guess it's
33:41 my worry and wonder okay one thing that
33:44 came up is are you all on the list serve
33:47 where you get updates from
33:49 Transportation updates from the city etc
33:51 etc there was one that came up last week
33:53 and it was talking about putting another
33:56 through Fair a brick over I90 so I was
34:00 curious and I I was going to probably
34:02 attend one of those meetings but before
34:04 they decide on where to put this I would
34:07 assume those city planners have some
34:10 inkling in their heads that they feel
34:12 one part of the city is not being served
34:14 by the current infrastructure does that
34:16 make sense so far so if they're going to
34:18 put a bridge over I90 my question back
34:21 to that group is was there again data
34:25 that led you to believe that one area of
34:28 the city is being underserved that we
34:31 felt need to create a new overpass over
34:34 I90 what prompted this I think when I
34:37 think about it it's that backup on 900
34:39 that's causing this and we did another
34:41 route to to get that through but as far
34:44 as what kind of equity lens they put
34:47 into that discussion or that planning
34:49 maybe that would be a good example for
34:51 us to follow I can I can actually yeah I
34:54 can answer question yeah great uh that
34:57 is not my project but I can speak to
34:59 that yeah um so the central isqua
35:03 neighborhood which is generally like
35:06 Bound by the state park to the north and
35:09 Newport to the South and then uh just
35:13 west of sr900 and then sort of yes
35:16 backing up to Oldtown over here yeah um
35:19 we're expecting like 23ds of all jobs
35:22 and housing over the next 20 years to be
35:25 in that area so really funneled growth
35:28 um which is why we're expecting Light
35:29 Rail um also in that neighborhood um but
35:34 like you said uh that neighborhood is
35:37 bisected by the freeway yeah um so in
35:40 order to make sure that the growth that
35:42 we're envisioning happens in that area
35:46 uh we need to connect both north and
35:47 south of the the neighborhood um yeah so
35:53 the the overcrossing the undercrossing
35:55 whatever it is that uh will
35:58 basically connect the largest growth
36:01 that we'll expect in 20 years um that's
36:05 yeah does that does that sense yeah from
36:08 from the equity standpoint I think that
36:09 was the next exactly from an equity
36:12 standpoint was there something that is
36:14 either if it wasn't part of the
36:16 conversation what are you looking to the
36:17 equity board to bring to the table to
36:20 say and I think a lot of that is data
36:22 driven was there some sort of data that
36:23 led us to believe that oh one part of
36:25 isqua is underserved
36:28 based on income based on whatever right
36:32 that that was incorporated into the
36:34 planning right I think uh to answer that
36:36 uh I would say that in the future we are
36:39 expecting uh that neighborhood to be the
36:43 most diverse neighborhood in the city
36:45 okay um so by connecting it that becomes
36:47 a reality and we're GNA have like way
36:50 more housing diversity there we're going
36:52 to have lots of different job types for
36:54 all income levels that that's that's um
36:58 that's like sort of helping that just
37:00 become a
37:03 reality I'm sorry but the complexities
37:06 around that are huge so look at rainy
37:09 Valley right they were it the idea was
37:13 to bring transportation in for the
37:14 community but the community was pushed
37:17 out in order for that to occur that
37:20 would be right so that's why I think
37:22 there's so much
37:24 like feeling about that statement is
37:28 for it doesn't feel like Equity was it
37:31 was backward planning because you didn't
37:35 at least that was it it feels like you
37:37 plann something in the thinking that
37:40 it's going to and I'm not saying it's
37:42 wrong right but I'm just confused
37:44 because it doesn't feel like it matches
37:47 that statement that it's with equity in
37:50 mind it's for growth in mind that may
37:54 have Equity but we can't project where
37:57 the low-income house I mean that seems
38:00 scary that
38:01 you're projecting where the underserved
38:03 communities because my Wonder and my
38:06 hope is we make sure that we don't have
38:08 any underserved communities in the
38:10 future so we can plan for these
38:12 underserved communities for the future
38:14 because they're going to make sure we
38:16 don't have so I think for right
38:20 now and I think so I think part of my
38:22 concern is I feel like that statement
38:25 under is for all of your things
38:28 at least that's what I'm seeing I guess
38:30 I'm just confused why it's called out
38:31 separately and maybe that section is
38:34 different in general I'm not so two
38:36 things because I need to get us moving
38:37 along um for the folks on the line I
38:40 just want to be respectful does anybody
38:41 have a question I don't see any hands
38:42 raised for Thomas the rest of
38:49 us okay so so it what you're getting
38:51 from us is the first one is a little
38:53 foggy for on it and if it's if it's uh
38:57 an upcoming meeting where there's data
38:58 or whatever progress is going on with
39:00 that as it relates specifically to that
39:02 that first line underserved communities
39:05 that's what sticks out of my I don't
39:06 even know who the ERS Sur communities
39:08 are inqua it sounds like there's there's
39:10 some thought given around that that
39:11 would be interesting dat okay sounds
39:17 great thank you okay keep moving
39:21 on um so this next one is related to
39:24 access improvements um
39:28 so essentially making sure that getting
39:31 to a bus stop or a bus station um there
39:35 is a way to get there uh that there's a
39:37 sidewalk that connects you there's a
39:39 bike lane that will take you to the
39:41 transit center or the bus stop um making
39:44 sure that there's curb ramps um there
39:46 could be a great option to ride Transit
39:49 but if you physically cannot get there
39:51 it's not great so making sure that
39:53 that's um sort of built into the
39:56 actions um
39:57 next one is related to microtransit so
40:00 we currently have Metroflex which is
40:01 this great program in the city um I
40:04 think maybe some of you have ridden it
40:06 but it's it's a van system that takes
40:08 you through samamish and isqua it's it
40:11 provides um really affordable uh way to
40:14 get around and it takes you to some
40:15 great spots um it also currently takes
40:17 you to uh the hospital so I know that
40:21 some folks use that to reach their
40:22 medical appointments um so just another
40:25 great option um this is related to
40:28 sustaining that Metroflex is currently a
40:30 pilot um to be discontinued um or
40:35 extended uh in December of 25 so this is
40:39 an action that says we should um
40:41 consider sustaining it beyond that uh
40:44 and then we're just calling it
40:45 microtransit in case can County Metro
40:48 changes the name on us or
40:53 something and just out of curiosity on
40:55 Metroflex because it's a pilot are we
41:00 again looking at like a data on who all
41:03 are using it and how frequently or yeah
41:07 yeah we do have that data um I'm not the
41:10 program manager for that um I do know
41:12 that uh I think the only like sort of
41:15 demographic data that would distinguish
41:18 uh one person or another for the
41:19 purposes of this discussion um there's a
41:22 way that it's it's app based so you can
41:24 toggle if you have Mobility um or like
41:28 any sort of disabilities there's there's
41:30 like a Mobility or like hearing um so
41:32 there's there's ways to sort of indicate
41:34 um if you are impaired in some way um
41:37 it'll pick you up like literally where
41:39 you're at otherwise you might have to
41:40 walk a couple blocks to to reach it um
41:44 so yeah we do have a pretty good writers
41:47 ship uh and it's it's growing every
41:49 every month I'm told so yeah
41:59 next is related to bus stop locations
42:01 and bus amenities so these are really
42:04 sort of working with King County Metro
42:06 uh or Sound Transit who provides our
42:09 buses making sure that the locations are
42:11 strategically located um near where
42:14 people actually are or like need to get
42:16 to um so we often will work uh you know
42:20 every every like sort of season with
42:22 sound transit to make sure that our bus
42:24 stops are located in in good spots um
42:27 the other thing related to that is the
42:28 amenities that are actually like
42:30 provided at the bus stop um so you could
42:33 have a great bus stop but if it feels
42:36 like it's uncomfortable or unsafe to be
42:38 at that bus stop we need to do something
42:40 about that um so advocating for bus stop
42:44 amenities with sound transit or Metro
42:48 one example of this is there's a bus
42:50 stop over here that does not have a
42:51 shelter um we're currently working with
42:54 K County Metro to get a cover over
42:57 yeah so uh this is already in the words
43:00 but um again it's just sort of
43:02 formalizing this action so that we keep
43:04 on it
43:06 um um I just had a quick question about
43:09 this so um over the summer I went to
43:12 Vancouver or sorry Victoria in Canada
43:14 and all we did to go around is go on
43:16 public transportation it was really
43:18 connected anywhere you wanted to go on
43:21 buses were everywhere um and they also
43:23 collected a lot of data I feel that can
43:26 count when it's a the buses don't
43:28 necessarily collect so on the Metro app
43:32 there were um like I guess survey
43:35 questions about how do you feel about
43:37 the quality of the bus stop was it
43:39 comfortable how clean was it vandalism
43:42 and then I feel like there's also some
43:44 fun to it you could like put Emojis for
43:46 how you felt for each bus stop on so I
43:50 think that would be good way
43:53 yeah yeah that's great yeah I know that
43:55 Metro is Con doing surveys um sometimes
43:58 they do onboard surveys where they they
44:01 walk I feel like most people probably
44:03 wouldn't want to talk to somebody if
44:04 they're you know waiting for the bus um
44:07 but yeah these are these are all great
44:08 options and maybe like the phone based
44:10 or said it was phone based yeah that
44:13 okay great yeah or or that's that's a
44:16 great comment like if you're standing at
44:17 the bus stop keep having a QR code to
44:19 have comment it might not be on the app
44:22 I'm very familiar with that app because
44:24 I took 5 my4 to Seattle like every other
44:26 day um so if you have something that
44:29 came up for you personally that you can
44:31 even do anonymously right you don't have
44:33 to just so they can actually C some
44:34 opportunities for feedback would be
44:36 great
44:41 yeah great thank
44:43 you so this is the last action for a
44:47 discussion uh but and this is sort of
44:49 loosely related to Transportation it's
44:51 more about parking though so
44:54 um this this action came about there was
44:58 an existing policy that talked about the
45:00 need to uh ens ensure that parking is
45:05 address um in the old town area so this
45:07 is a adjustment to that parking um
45:11 action so the city is planning on doing
45:13 a parking study and the intent of this
45:16 study is to rightsize the parking that
45:19 re require uh as a condition of building
45:22 um like housing or like new sort of
45:25 commercial areas um and really like
45:29 making sure that the context is sort of
45:31 taken into consideration um parking is h
45:36 a big area to build and it costs money
45:40 and that money is passed on to the
45:43 purchaser or the renter um so if we can
45:47 reduce parking requirements or if we can
45:50 make sure that parking is just fitting
45:53 the needs of like now and then like uh
45:56 into the future when we need it um we
45:58 can make sure that the cost of building
46:00 things is lower we can make sure that
46:03 housing is more affordable we can make
46:05 sure that um parking doesn't become the
46:08 issue for the reason why we don't get
46:11 things that we would like in this
46:12 community so this parking study which
46:15 we're GNA kick off uh and it's going to
46:18 take about a year to do it um this is uh
46:21 addressing that and making sure that
46:23 it's right size to the community that we
46:25 have today and also like where we're
46:27 trying to go in the
46:28 future that would be fascinating
46:31 considering what's going on all around
46:32 us right with the Lynwood and and
46:35 communities that are popping up there
46:36 soon that's going to probably be paid
46:38 for parking if you're a commuter to
46:39 catch that bus and we're lucky it's not
46:41 happened to us yet here but might be
46:44 down the
46:46 road thank
46:50 you all right well that's that's most of
46:52 what I got um I just wanted to maybe
46:55 give uh an opportunity I guess were
46:57 there any other comments for the
46:59 mobility master plan that uh I could get
47:03 from this board any other things that
47:05 stuck out to you
47:07 all for me personally it was just that
47:09 one that we called out and think think
47:11 we probably just need to elaborate on
47:13 that more would help us with that
47:15 narrative is some numbers right some
47:17 data yeah what we shared with you that
47:19 would be really helpful okay I think
47:21 besides the underserved Community I
47:24 think I was stuck on the action of
47:26 Equity evaluation and infrastructure
47:28 planning because for me that could be
47:31 something we do in all of us like in
47:33 parking location so I think I'm I'm
47:36 stuck on why is that called out
47:38 separately rather than embedded in every
47:41 single one of the actions as part of the
47:44 smart goals or whatever you're calling
47:46 it like as you're doing each one of
47:49 these actions why isn't that thing
47:53 evaluation embedded in each like the bus
47:55 stop location
47:57 that's infrastructure planning so why is
48:00 this as one infrastructure planning and
48:02 the other one separate and how do they
48:05 come together so why can can we is it
48:09 possible to just make sure that that
48:11 that sentence that fa that action is
48:14 being done in every single thing like an
48:17 overing
48:18 message
48:21 yeah it's a it's a part the process it's
48:24 a process action not a it's a how not of
48:27 what exactly because everything else is
48:29 very concrete except for that one where
48:32 it's an evaluation process you're going
48:34 through to do this action and it's a
48:37 lens because I think our group is to
48:39 help the the city look at the lens and
48:44 are we are you taking all the steps as
48:46 you're doing these actions so I think
48:48 that action needs to be embedded but I
48:51 think it's been separated somehow yeah
48:54 that makes sense
48:57 so maybe that comes back at some point
48:59 sure we get a better idea in probably
49:02 ear honestly early in 2025 because we've
49:04 got a lot our we are full for the endov
49:07 the here all it was hard getting these
49:10 two in
49:11 tonight had to push things but I think
49:14 seeing with what is that process what
49:15 does it what does an equity evaluation
49:18 and I see the equity built in the
49:21 actions on the how very often so I was
49:23 really happy with all of that so I was
49:25 really confused that
49:27 you pulled it out over here and I'm like
49:29 but you and now I'm wondering you know
49:31 like you're saying you're going to do it
49:33 with Equity so that should include all
49:36 of that so
49:38 absolutely but the other ones great okay
49:42 great um anybody on the uh line
49:46 questions carck Christina
49:49 Shay
49:51 Lesley I think we're
49:55 question thank you Thomas thanks so much
49:57 thanks M thank
50:02 you okay we're going to continue then
50:05 our agenda and our next speaker is
50:07 Jillian
50:09 stra um who's going to share an update
50:11 on our Equity impact
50:14 assessment yeah absolutely I'll think
50:16 Thomas is sounds
50:18 great bye Thomas bye thank you
50:28 thanks Thomas thank
50:30 you right let me get set up to share
50:44 here and while Jillian is doing this hi
50:47 Andrea Deputy City administrator here
50:50 and while she's setting us up and
50:51 Jillian's going to be taking on most of
50:53 the presentation today I just wanted to
50:55 queue us up and kind of of remind us
50:57 where we left off last time um I I came
51:01 before the board a few months ago I want
51:05 to say it was all the way back in April
51:07 to talk about how we're um embedding
51:09 Equity into the budget process this year
51:13 and one of those items that you might
51:14 recall is this Equity assessment that we
51:16 will be asking Council to provide some
51:19 funding for and so we wanted I think at
51:22 that April meeting I said we're going to
51:24 come back to you in the fall and have
51:26 another conversation about what could
51:28 this Equity assessment look like and
51:30 what some of our ideas are and so that
51:32 is the purpose of this this meeting so
51:35 here's um here we are back and wanting
51:38 to talk with you a little bit more in
51:40 depth about the equity assessment and
51:41 Jillian has done some great work in
51:44 terms of um doing some research about
51:46 what other jurisdictions have done has
51:48 really um uh helped us get a little more
51:51 organized around this idea of an
51:53 assessment so with that I'd like to
51:55 thank Jillian for her work so far and um
51:59 and turn it over to you thanks Andrea um
52:03 like Andrea mentioned I'm a management
52:04 analyst um with the city I started in
52:06 May so I'm relatively new um but I come
52:10 to this work with some other local
52:11 government government experience in the
52:13 midwest where I was also part of equity
52:15 teams like the internal staff team so
52:17 this has been an important part of my
52:19 professional career um and a big part of
52:21 Wyman government so I'm excited to
52:23 present to you today on the equity
52:24 impact assessment so
52:27 um the purpose of today's presentation
52:29 is for me to introduce um a little bit
52:31 more of what we're thinking give you an
52:32 update from that April meeting answer
52:34 your questions about the assessment um
52:37 and then we'll spend the bulk of the
52:38 time identifying those goals the scope
52:41 um and your role in shepher the
52:43 shepherding the assessment and owning
52:44 the results so to that end um we'll
52:47 first preview the discussion items you
52:49 all can kind of think about those as we
52:50 talk through um some of the other
52:53 information we'll review past actions of
52:55 the city the board and the
52:56 administration of Taken um and why we
52:59 need an equity assessment we'll talk
53:01 through four different Equity assessment
53:03 examples because that can look pretty
53:04 different from Community to community um
53:07 and to kind of ground Us in kind of
53:08 what's possible for an assessment like
53:10 this we'll talk through what
53:12 administration identifies as its goals
53:14 for an equity
53:15 assessment um and then finally I'll talk
53:17 a little bit about the roles of the
53:19 administration this board um and City
53:22 Council in the equity assessment um but
53:25 we're going to Crunch all of that into
53:26 hopefully less than half the time we
53:28 have allotted because I want to spend
53:29 most of the time um turning it over to
53:31 all of you to talk about what you
53:33 envision your role being what your most
53:35 important goals are um and those things
53:38 so um I'm saying it you all can also
53:41 keep me
53:41 accountable but um so as we talk through
53:46 some of the um information I just
53:49 mentioned I'll want you all to be
53:51 considering what are your top goals for
53:53 the assessment knowing that we can't do
53:54 everything um what are the most
53:56 important things for an an assessment to
53:58 do what scope is appropriate um as we
54:01 talk through some of the examp examples
54:03 you'll see that some cities measure and
54:06 assess things that are not directly
54:07 under City control or influence what
54:09 feels right for Isa from your
54:11 perspective um and then finally what's
54:13 the board's role um in the
54:16 assessment so with all that um I took a
54:19 little snapshot of some of the past
54:20 actions that the council and the equity
54:22 board has taken um in 2020 with adopting
54:25 the police accountability equity and
54:27 Human Services action plan which was
54:30 then the impetus for the creation of
54:31 this board um in the subsequent year um
54:35 the work that you all did um or this
54:36 board did um along with the
54:38 administration to develop the equity
54:40 framework um and then spending last year
54:42 and this year assessing and applying the
54:45 equity framework um as an outsider when
54:48 I when I see these actions I can see
54:50 clear Community Drive to pursue equity
54:53 in a lot of our work and I think we
54:54 heard that today from Thomas's as well
54:57 um but I don't exactly know what the
54:58 vision is I don't know like where we're
55:00 going necessarily um and that's a little
55:03 bit of what I think we hope the equity
55:05 assessment uh can bring to us so when we
55:08 talk about an equity assessment we hope
55:10 that it's going to first give some of
55:12 that strategic Direction um or I guess
55:15 not first but give some of that
55:16 strategic Direction um and create space
55:20 to create that Community Vision of
55:22 equity and isqua taking into account
55:24 voices like our elected leaders
55:26 community members like all of you the
55:28 rest of the community the administration
55:30 creating a centralized kind of
55:32 communally driven vision of equity um
55:36 then assessing where our current
55:37 policies and practices are or aren't
55:39 aiding Us in reaching that Vision um
55:41 that assessment portion um and then
55:44 creating a plan to kind of go from there
55:47 making sure that we match our actions
55:50 with our vision um this is also called
55:53 out as you all well know in the
55:54 Strategic Plan update task force
55:57 um as Equity is the only value that the
55:59 city has adopted that doesn't have a
56:00 functional plan to go along with it so
56:02 there's clear Community Drive for the
56:04 equity assessment um and we think it can
56:07 really help kind of strategically align
56:09 a lot of our efforts that we're
56:11 undertaking
56:13 so um an equity assessment can mean
56:16 different things to different people and
56:18 different things to different
56:19 communities so I took a look at four
56:21 different communities that have done an
56:22 equity assessment relatively recently um
56:25 these were provided in your pack if
56:26 you're if you want to do a deeper dive
56:28 um but I'll just run through them
56:30 briefly now um so that we're all on the
56:32 same page so Hopkins Minnesota is a
56:35 small suburban community in the Twin
56:37 Cities they conducted a survey which
56:39 included community members as well as
56:40 elected officials and staff um assessing
56:44 essentially how the or is the
56:46 organization um is doing related to
56:48 equity um and how it's perceived so an
56:52 example question that was part of that
56:54 survey was rate your agreement with this
56:57 organization has an annual budget for
56:59 Dei that allows it to meet its goals
57:02 there are a lot of different ways to
57:03 answer that question and there are a lot
57:04 of different approaches to that question
57:05 depending on where you sit as a
57:07 community member versus a staff member
57:09 versus an elected leader so um just kind
57:11 of gives you an example of the scope of
57:13 that assessment um and they don't
57:15 necessarily do um action plans in the
57:18 same way that isqua has done them they
57:20 take kind of one-year bites at um
57:23 particular gaps noted in their
57:25 assessment create action plan for that
57:27 year for one to two topic areas
57:29 including measurement and things like
57:31 that but they're definitely shorter
57:32 terain plans um and some of the plans
57:35 that isqua has the next city we looked
57:38 at was Oakland California um quite a bit
57:40 different um a large metropolitan area
57:43 obviously um and they're really focused
57:45 on measurements so they took a
57:47 literature review of some of the
57:49 indicators that are important given
57:50 Oakland's history and context and then
57:53 measured present day how are we doing on
57:55 those things
57:56 that included things like the life
57:58 expectancy of different demographic
58:00 groups um I think we all realize that
58:03 city services definitely have an impact
58:04 on life expectancy but it is by no means
58:07 the Only Lover so this is a really good
58:09 example of a really broad scope in an
58:11 assessment um it might be difficult to
58:13 measure um how City efforts are moving
58:16 the needle on something like that when
58:18 there are so many other inputs um when
58:21 we were looking at that so that's
58:23 oaklands the next is Zana Minnesota it's
58:26 a suburban community I'm a little bit
58:28 larger affluent and wider than Hopkins
58:30 Minnesota um that we just talked about
58:33 um so they did an assessment with a
58:35 third party that conducted an assessment
58:37 of a couple of several different um
58:40 cities and counties in the area so they
58:42 were part of a peer cohort who went
58:43 through this assessment together one
58:45 survey was distri was distributed to
58:47 staff who um then assessed whether or
58:50 not the city had implemented best
58:53 practices for advancing racial Equity um
58:55 so these are tightly controlled by what
58:57 the city can and cannot do so quite a
58:59 bit diff different than Oakland um it
59:02 was highly comparable to other cities
59:03 but there was no action plan um and it
59:08 was F focused on racial Equity so that's
59:11 a little bit little bit about
59:13 tinas um and then finally West Westland
59:16 Oregon um this is a suburb of Portland
59:20 um they used a variety of methods
59:22 probably the most of any of the ones
59:23 that I looked at um they surveyed staff
59:26 Community leaders um they also dropped
59:29 in on meetings they interviewed
59:31 neighborhood association conducted focus
59:33 groups um reviewed policies and
59:35 procedures so it was a really
59:36 comprehensive assessment um and then the
59:39 consultant kind of mapped them on an
59:41 external proprietary Dei index um so it
59:46 does um lose a little bit in terms of
59:48 being able to replicate that um or
59:50 directly compare maybe to other other
59:52 peer organizations um and there was no
59:56 action plan included in in that kind of
59:58 an assessment so now that we've run
1:00:01 through those four and you kind of have
1:00:03 a sense of the scope of what's possible
1:00:05 with an equity assessment um we
1:00:08 presented all of this to the equity team
1:00:10 I believe earlier in the summer but I
1:00:12 don't remember what month um we talked
1:00:14 through all the examples and then we had
1:00:15 a discussion about what was most
1:00:17 important to them um and these were the
1:00:20 top priorities so that first one this is
1:00:23 from the internal Equity team yes yes
1:00:27 um so that vision of equity and isqua
1:00:29 that sense of where we're going what's
1:00:31 our North Star that was um of primary
1:00:34 importance um sequential sequentially
1:00:37 there then the gaps and needs analysis
1:00:39 evaluating how we're doing compared what
1:00:40 we've stated our goal is um they also
1:00:44 thought that one of the strengths um of
1:00:46 several of the examples was engaging the
1:00:48 community right calling people into this
1:00:50 conversation um so a community
1:00:52 engagement plan that'd be provided by a
1:00:54 consultant was important to staff on or
1:00:56 TR the
1:00:57 administration um that action and
1:01:00 implementation plan also called out by
1:01:01 the Strategic Plan update task force um
1:01:05 and a way to measure our performance
1:01:07 those two go hand inand um and then
1:01:10 staff also called out um a need to
1:01:12 review and recommend on staff training
1:01:14 this is a good example of Staff knows
1:01:16 where some of the gaps are right um they
1:01:19 want to be able to do to engage in best
1:01:21 practices there but we really need that
1:01:23 gaps and needs analysis if we don't know
1:01:25 what our blind spots are so I just
1:01:27 included that there as an
1:01:29 example so these are the items that were
1:01:31 the administration's
1:01:33 goals um and then this I believe is our
1:01:36 last slide before we move into
1:01:37 discussion so considering what this
1:01:41 assessment could look like with the
1:01:42 three groups who would be primarily
1:01:43 involved the administration the equity
1:01:45 board and the city council um in
1:01:48 conducting the assessment and owning
1:01:49 their results this is kind of what we
1:01:51 had envisioned we thought that both the
1:01:53 administration and the equity board
1:01:54 would have a role in informing that
1:01:56 scope of work um how broad do we take it
1:01:59 do we take it to an Oakland life
1:02:01 expectancy level or is there scope of
1:02:03 work that's more appropriate and I can
1:02:05 share what administration thought of
1:02:06 that as well um Administration would
1:02:09 draft and propose that scope of work um
1:02:11 but we might we might see the equity
1:02:13 board reviewing that um and then we'd
1:02:17 obviously manage the consultant team and
1:02:18 set priorities once there is a
1:02:20 consultant on board um we see the equity
1:02:22 board as also setting some of those
1:02:24 priorities for the cons
1:02:26 consultant um city council and
1:02:29 conducting the assessment uh it
1:02:31 intersects with their budget process
1:02:32 they're currently considering or they
1:02:34 will consider in September and October
1:02:37 the 2526 Bal budget this is a budget cut
1:02:40 year for the city of isqua so every
1:02:42 department is considering reductions so
1:02:44 any new items even onetime items like an
1:02:47 equity assessment are subject to a high
1:02:49 level of screeny knowing what it what it
1:02:51 kind of cost to to be able to do
1:02:53 something like that um we think this
1:02:56 work is important um and we need to move
1:02:58 forward with it so even if we don't get
1:03:01 that whole package from Vision to action
1:03:03 plan funded by the city council we still
1:03:06 won't be able to make progress on this
1:03:08 um and not wait till the next ium so
1:03:10 that's why we're bringing it to you
1:03:11 today before we know whether whether we
1:03:13 have funding for this or not so I just
1:03:14 wanted to kind of underscore why this is
1:03:17 in front of you um and that ultimate
1:03:19 kind of decision power lies with city
1:03:22 council uh they may be involved in
1:03:24 approving the scope for Consultants also
1:03:26 setting priorities um then once we were
1:03:28 to have an assessment uh we see
1:03:30 Administration as um being responsible
1:03:33 for making progress in a lot of the
1:03:34 priority initiatives measuring that
1:03:37 progress we think that the equity board
1:03:39 may have room to base a portion of your
1:03:40 work plan on assessment results um and
1:03:44 hold Administration accountable which
1:03:45 we'd also see city council as doing this
1:03:48 is what we've proposed um this is one of
1:03:50 our discussion questions for all of you
1:03:52 so I'll be curious to hear your
1:03:53 reactions to this um and with that
1:03:57 before we move into discussion I just
1:03:58 want to make sure first with the folks
1:04:00 online if there are any kind of
1:04:02 clarifying questions I can answer before
1:04:04 I move into like the discussion
1:04:09 questions all right anyone in the room
1:04:11 have like a clarifying
1:04:13 question all good okay oh go ahead so we
1:04:18 keep talking about the
1:04:20 vision um where is the vision coming
1:04:24 who's working on the vision
1:04:26 uh we think that that would be part of
1:04:27 the Consultants yeah that would be part
1:04:30 of their job to kind of develop to kind
1:04:33 of put together a plan to get that
1:04:35 Vision if that makes sense so put
1:04:38 together a plan to engage with the um
1:04:40 the kind of Partners right our elected
1:04:42 leaders all of you community members
1:04:44 staff and kind of guide and Shepherd
1:04:47 that process so it's all all of that's
1:04:50 going to be outsourced basically and
1:04:52 then somebody is going to work on
1:04:54 getting that by involving the
1:04:55 communities and however it is descided
1:05:01 yes sh did you have a question I thought
1:05:03 I saw your hand
1:05:07 raised oh thumbs up okay thank you I
1:05:10 have that I don't have a question okay
1:05:13 thank you um if you guys recall there
1:05:15 was a consultant that was here a couple
1:05:17 years ago so um I'm not sure what
1:05:21 happened to that but some of us took
1:05:22 some um some considerable amount of time
1:05:25 attending a training session this is
1:05:27 around Dei so can you connect some of
1:05:30 that past work with that consultant if
1:05:32 get passed on or do we have to start a
1:05:34 new again from this new consultant
1:05:36 that's coming in I see that Andrea's
1:05:37 kind of come off mute there so I'm gonna
1:05:39 pass it to
1:05:40 her hi yes I think um you're talking
1:05:43 about Shannon who did great yeah Shannon
1:05:47 uh she was hired to do lots of trainings
1:05:51 with City staff as well as um our city
1:05:54 council and all of our board
1:05:56 so her primary um role was really to do
1:05:59 a training um and start having
1:06:02 discussions about it within the city
1:06:05 organization um you know what we took
1:06:07 out of that was I think um after that
1:06:11 training is really when the framework
1:06:13 was finished in development and adoption
1:06:17 um so what we're talking about is really
1:06:19 what the next step is and I think um we
1:06:23 have talked a lot about Equity but I
1:06:25 don't know that um we have really
1:06:27 defined it well for the city of isqua
1:06:29 what it really means gotten Community
1:06:32 buyin for that in terms of what does it
1:06:34 mean for the city of isqua um I know we
1:06:38 we kind of stumbled upon that even in
1:06:40 our April discussion of how we wanted
1:06:43 Equity to be included in our budget and
1:06:46 so one of those things that we would
1:06:47 want to do is taking from those
1:06:50 trainings that we've started several
1:06:52 years ago and we've certainly done
1:06:53 additional trainings since then I think
1:06:55 more trainings are planned um for next
1:06:57 year for boards um going into an
1:07:01 assessment of how are we doing let's
1:07:03 let's all get under this on the same
1:07:05 page about what that definition of
1:07:07 equity what does it mean to us how do we
1:07:08 want to Define it in the city um have a
1:07:11 community engagement in a process around
1:07:13 that um and kind of build off of some of
1:07:16 the trainings that were done so she
1:07:17 didn't really do an assessment she more
1:07:19 did trainings but we want to build off
1:07:20 of that and um really take a hard look
1:07:24 at how we're delivering programs it and
1:07:26 services thank you that's helpful uh
1:07:28 followup question for those because we
1:07:30 have new board members who weren't here
1:07:32 present at that first session is there
1:07:34 going to are they going to be at a
1:07:36 disadvantage because they didn't go
1:07:37 through the same training that we did no
1:07:40 okay no I think you know I think we
1:07:42 recognize that um we need to this is
1:07:46 something we need to continually work on
1:07:48 we need to have continuous trainings on
1:07:50 this as we all deepen our skill sets and
1:07:53 understanding um of what
1:07:56 um Equity inclusion belonging Etc really
1:07:59 means to us and how we can Implement on
1:08:02 those values so I we're going to we're
1:08:05 going to format it so that um people can
1:08:07 enter the conversation from whatever
1:08:09 starting point they're at knowing that
1:08:11 that's true in the general Community as
1:08:13 well as on our boards right everybody's
1:08:15 kind of start um part of this
1:08:17 conversation coming from a different
1:08:19 perspective coming from a different
1:08:20 place and so um that's going to be a key
1:08:22 point of our participation plan is to
1:08:24 make sure that um everybody can weigh
1:08:31 in thank
1:08:33 you and with that um we can turn to our
1:08:36 discussion items for tonight so we'll go
1:08:38 in order here um but I'll just read them
1:08:40 briefly for those online we're first
1:08:43 going to talk about what are the top
1:08:44 goals of this group for the assessment
1:08:47 um what scope is appropriate
1:08:51 um and sorry I was reading the the chat
1:08:55 what scope is appropriate should an
1:08:56 assessment include items that the city
1:08:57 does not directly influence and what is
1:09:00 the board's role um I see that there is
1:09:05 message that what parallels we're seeing
1:09:08 between the four cities that we reviewed
1:09:10 in isqua is there one or more that would
1:09:12 make sense for isqua to
1:09:14 emulate um yeah so I'll address that
1:09:16 briefly before we move into the
1:09:18 discussion um these cities are pretty
1:09:20 different from isqua both because of
1:09:22 their geographic location and the
1:09:24 context
1:09:25 um in which they were formed um I'd say
1:09:28 demographically Hopkins might be the
1:09:30 most similar but again it is smaller
1:09:32 it's 18,000 people um wesland Oregon has
1:09:35 the advantage of being on the west coast
1:09:38 um and in a Suburban setting as well but
1:09:41 their diversity stats are quite a bit
1:09:43 different and they are again a smaller
1:09:44 city um and they all engaged in pretty
1:09:47 different kinds of assessment so I don't
1:09:49 think there is necessarily one that we
1:09:51 thought that's it let's replicate that
1:09:54 for isqua we thought oh I really like
1:09:56 that or I really like that component of
1:09:59 it but I could take or leave some of the
1:10:01 others so that's what that's what we
1:10:03 kind of saw in our evaluation of
1:10:05 it okay but with that um I'd like to
1:10:09 return
1:10:11 to the what are the top goals for the
1:10:14 assessment and I I'll actually put the
1:10:16 administration's top goals back up there
1:10:18 so we can kind of react to
1:10:21 those did anything surprise you on this
1:10:30 well this is me personally because this
1:10:32 group knows this same question I ask
1:10:34 over and over again um and I'd like you
1:10:37 guys to chime
1:10:38 in defining Equity within this room
1:10:42 cannot be done we we need to be able to
1:10:44 hear the voices of our community that's
1:10:45 why the third bullet is particularly
1:10:47 important to me like are we going out
1:10:49 there um and what can the board do in
1:10:52 regards to that third bullet are are you
1:10:54 looking to us to be the ones driving
1:10:56 those discussions within the community
1:10:58 asking them do you feel inequity
1:11:00 anywhere around here that we need to
1:11:01 bring together and discuss as a board so
1:11:04 we can craft and maybe share with our
1:11:06 leadership I I don't know what that is
1:11:08 so for I I I was one at one point
1:11:11 willing to walk down Front Street and
1:11:12 ask business owners saying do you feel
1:11:14 there's inequity in the city and and can
1:11:16 I just understand a little bit more
1:11:17 about that so if if something that might
1:11:20 probably with these bullets with these
1:11:21 administrative goals can we be specific
1:11:23 on what is it that the plan is asking of
1:11:26 the of the members of the board here
1:11:28 specific
1:11:29 tasks yeah I think that
1:11:32 um we we haven't defined that yet that's
1:11:35 a little bit of what we want to hear
1:11:36 from you um it sounds like involvement
1:11:38 in crafting the community engagement
1:11:40 plan and I think I've seen Community
1:11:42 engagement plans be successful when you
1:11:44 will promote and encourage people to
1:11:46 join um discussions about this kind of
1:11:48 thing um but without a lot of these
1:11:51 tasks are ones that would be undertaken
1:11:53 by the consultant um in part parnership
1:11:56 right with with the administration with
1:11:59 city council with the community with all
1:12:01 of you um so we don't have clear answers
1:12:05 on that yet um but it sounds like bullet
1:12:08 three is is a clear priority yeah okay
1:12:11 and I'd love to hear my fellow board
1:12:13 members thoughts around this I'd love to
1:12:16 add to Jillian's answer real quick um in
1:12:19 that the second question if you recall
1:12:21 is what is the equity board's role in
1:12:23 all of this and so um I think what
1:12:27 typically happens with functional plans
1:12:31 um as we look at other plans the city
1:12:34 has that are shephered by other boards
1:12:37 the city has typically a consultant um
1:12:41 would perform a lot of the work and the
1:12:44 board would provide kind of highlevel
1:12:47 guidance in terms of scope um in terms
1:12:49 of what kind of deliverables we'd like
1:12:51 to see you know what are the overall
1:12:53 goals for the work to be done so that's
1:12:57 most typical for our boards um but the
1:13:00 second question really is how involved
1:13:03 does the board want to be and put effort
1:13:06 towards this I think we really respect
1:13:08 our boards we want um advice from you on
1:13:12 policy level decisions um we want you to
1:13:15 be engaged and we also know that this
1:13:18 isn't your full-time job you have you
1:13:21 have other work you have families uh
1:13:23 this is volunteer work
1:13:25 and um and so we want to be really
1:13:29 respectful um of you and the time that
1:13:31 you choose to give and donate to the
1:13:33 city as well and the community so you
1:13:36 know um we can have more of a discussion
1:13:38 on what the board wants their role to be
1:13:40 um but certainly it um we haven't had
1:13:44 many boards that have uh been able to
1:13:47 volunteer more of their time to be so
1:13:50 heavily involved in such Outreach
1:13:55 just want to know you've got a question
1:13:56 in the chat from Shay and then Shay I
1:13:58 think I saw you raise your hand briefly
1:14:00 as well so feel free to take yourself
1:14:03 off of
1:14:04 mute yes um because uh when you asked
1:14:09 what I found surprising to be on this
1:14:11 list the vision of equity and isqua
1:14:14 seems really surprising to me um because
1:14:18 I've always thought that it was quite
1:14:20 clear that our goal is to ensure that
1:14:24 not only is there racial diversity but
1:14:27 there's cognitive diversity there's
1:14:29 functional diversity and that we um are
1:14:33 utilizing that knowledge to give
1:14:36 everyone the opportunity to enjoy our
1:14:40 city um so I I had to ask whether or not
1:14:47 we took the time to look at the
1:14:49 dimensions of equity and deib in those
1:14:54 respects so that
1:14:56 we um can better Define those uh those
1:15:02 dimensions for the
1:15:04 community yeah so I think we definitely
1:15:06 talked about in response to the first
1:15:08 part about whether or not we need to
1:15:11 Define what Equity means in an isqua and
1:15:14 Define a vision around it um it sounds
1:15:17 like this kind of feedback is exactly
1:15:18 the kind of thing we'd be looking for
1:15:20 right if this is a strongly held
1:15:22 Community belief that's prevalent and
1:15:24 already well defined it might just be a
1:15:26 matter of in some way codifying that if
1:15:29 that's not the case and if we need to
1:15:31 hear from other folks or need to call
1:15:32 other people into the conversation then
1:15:35 that's a little bit of what that is it's
1:15:36 ensuring that we're all on the same page
1:15:39 about what it means to provide Equitable
1:15:41 service and have equable outcomes in
1:15:43 isqua so that's like a conversation to
1:15:46 be had um sort of goal as a part of this
1:15:50 and then have we looked at the equities
1:15:52 uh or the sorry the dimensions of equity
1:15:55 um yes we did a little bit it stuck out
1:15:58 to the administration and to staff that
1:16:00 looking at just racial Equity like yina
1:16:03 did um wouldn't be a good fit and
1:16:05 wouldn't be what we wanted to do for
1:16:06 isqua like there was a broader approach
1:16:09 that that was um that was needed so we
1:16:11 definitely talked about that um in that
1:16:14 sense wanting to acknowledge the
1:16:15 intersectional nature of a lot of this
1:16:18 um and and fit our community a little
1:16:21 bit better does that answer your
1:16:23 question
1:16:25 that does um because I think that's a
1:16:26 big part in helping us answer these
1:16:29 questions for you or at least address
1:16:31 them in a way that's
1:16:32 productive
1:16:35 okay I was very happy to see vision of
1:16:38 equity and because I would agree that
1:16:41 that I think we had an instance last
1:16:43 year where we had a meeting and Equity
1:16:47 needed to be defined and it was
1:16:49 surprising to me because I didn't
1:16:51 understand how it wasn't clear so I love
1:16:55 to see that as number one and I love to
1:16:56 see a sixth goal thing review the
1:16:59 recommendations because it's a
1:17:01 recognition of the staff in hey we
1:17:05 recognize that our staff our board our
1:17:08 community doesn't know so I think it's
1:17:11 recognition and humility allinone and I
1:17:14 really appreciating seeing these goals
1:17:16 here and the community engagement plan I
1:17:19 think as with Ray I struggle with that
1:17:23 sometimes was how do we do that because
1:17:25 then in your next slide you talk about
1:17:28 um do we make it like more I'm a very
1:17:30 concrete sequential person like
1:17:32 measurement this and that and how do we
1:17:35 measure Community engagement because I
1:17:38 think our community sometimes is very
1:17:40 torn apart and has been for a while and
1:17:45 how do we measure the work from the city
1:17:49 individuals even though we're trying to
1:17:51 do it it's not happening but not because
1:17:54 of the work that is being done and so to
1:17:59 me I think my main one I love the first
1:18:02 and last one okay just saging it and I
1:18:05 also really appreciate the Gap analysis
1:18:07 action and performance because I see all
1:18:10 the different departments coming to us
1:18:12 to for us to help identify any gaps that
1:18:15 they might be having because what we did
1:18:18 a lot in our training was to say that we
1:18:21 as a board would help them be a sounding
1:18:24 board
1:18:25 to ensure that Equity was in their
1:18:27 practices in the different departments
1:18:29 and I see that that concrete plan in all
1:18:33 the departments in coming to us as a s
1:18:36 board taking a response you know um and
1:18:40 then I I'm looking forward to see
1:18:44 performance measurements over time and
1:18:47 so that to me is more concrete so the
1:18:50 community engagement plan is the one
1:18:52 that I'm struggling the most yeah and I
1:18:54 I think every Community engagement
1:18:56 manager in every city in the country
1:18:58 would agree it's always hard to know if
1:19:00 we're reaching everyone we needed to
1:19:01 reach right that is kind of an enduring
1:19:04 part of that work um and I think what we
1:19:07 hope for there is to really um
1:19:11 specifically kind of lay out who exactly
1:19:14 we want to hear from in this how we plan
1:19:17 to engage them and if we aren't
1:19:19 successful what's Plan B what's the next
1:19:22 option right where do we need community
1:19:24 input like where's the right place to
1:19:26 kind of stagger that um in an assessment
1:19:29 of this of this
1:19:30 nature so it does remain a little bit
1:19:40 undefined um so um is there a timeline
1:19:46 that we're looking at for yeah I think
1:19:49 um and Andrea might be able to speak a
1:19:51 little bit more to this but we think
1:19:53 that the assessment portion could take 6
1:19:57 months but not more than a year um it'll
1:20:00 take a little bit of time to get a
1:20:02 consultant on board um but we'd hope to
1:20:04 have some preliminary recommendations if
1:20:06 this moves forward at the beginning of
1:20:08 2025 with the funding that we would that
1:20:11 we would ask for in the recommended
1:20:12 budget to have some preliminary
1:20:14 recommendations by the end of
1:20:17 2025 um and a full completed plan in
1:20:21 2026 and um
1:20:24 you mentioned two important things here
1:20:27 one is the consultant which seems to be
1:20:30 who would be doing the bulk of the work
1:20:32 yes and defining the variables and
1:20:35 everything else so that's very key to
1:20:37 understand how we go about finding that
1:20:40 consultant number two is you mentioned
1:20:43 about budget cuts that the city is doing
1:20:46 so um with keeping that in mind uh
1:20:51 what's like our plan B on that yeah
1:20:53 totally okay
1:20:55 um so uh if this is funded um at at the
1:21:01 level that we would ask um of city
1:21:04 council then this would likely be a
1:21:06 competitive bid kind of situation we'd
1:21:08 put out I believe um I'm not totally up
1:21:09 to date on Washington state law around a
1:21:11 lot of this but we would do a
1:21:13 competitive process we would put out an
1:21:14 RFP that's something that we would maybe
1:21:16 want this board's feedback on um to kind
1:21:19 of make sure we included all the
1:21:20 elements those deliverables that are
1:21:22 important um it would also go through
1:21:24 kind of like the internal staff kind of
1:21:26 approval process um and then we would
1:21:30 review all of the proposals and make a
1:21:32 selection from there we don't have like
1:21:34 a beyond that I don't have a concrete
1:21:37 answer on it um but that's kind of the
1:21:39 process we would follow um and we hope
1:21:41 to kick that off in January um so doing
1:21:45 a lot of prep work this year um and then
1:21:47 I see Andrea raised her hand I'll let
1:21:48 her chime
1:21:50 in and and because this question relates
1:21:53 to timing and budget as well so
1:21:56 Jillian's absolutely correct we'd go
1:21:58 through a competitive bidding process um
1:22:01 we'd look for Consultants that have
1:22:03 experience in working with communities
1:22:05 to do this work um
1:22:09 and um then we would have a panel pulled
1:22:12 together that um would include staff and
1:22:16 Equity board members if you should so
1:22:18 choose we need to have that role
1:22:20 conversation to select the successful um
1:22:25 consultant uh and then begin that
1:22:27 Contracting process with them but it is
1:22:30 it is really dependent on the budget
1:22:33 process so Jillian talked a little bit
1:22:34 earlier in the presentation about um our
1:22:37 budget cuts uh that we have to do for 25
1:22:41 and 26 uh Jillian also talked about what
1:22:44 the council's role is in all of this so
1:22:47 um part of the mayor's proposed budget
1:22:49 will include an equity uh assessment I
1:22:53 don't know how much money it will
1:22:55 include at this point because we're
1:22:56 still trying to balance the budget look
1:22:59 at all the other um asks that we have
1:23:02 for 25 and 26 associated in the budget
1:23:06 so it could be that as we look at all of
1:23:08 these goals on the screen um that maybe
1:23:11 we need to phase the assessment and
1:23:14 maybe in 25 we need to look at the
1:23:18 community engagement plan and and
1:23:20 starting those Vision conversations
1:23:23 about equity maybe that's all we can do
1:23:25 in 25 kind of depends on how much money
1:23:29 we have uh for this work and um and then
1:23:33 we might need to take these things by um
1:23:36 phases and kind of you know sections of
1:23:39 work before we can really complete um
1:23:42 and fulfill on all these goals listed
1:23:44 here so we can start the work in 25 as
1:23:47 Jillian said we're hopeful that Council
1:23:49 will approve some amount of budget to do
1:23:51 that um we have different options for
1:23:54 you know scaling this work as well and
1:23:57 making it as as big um or as phased as
1:24:02 we can afford with the idea that we
1:24:04 still want to move forward even though
1:24:06 we're having budget concerns and all
1:24:08 these other things this remains a
1:24:10 priority and we want to advance this
1:24:14 work well thank you so much it's good to
1:24:17 hear that you know it's a prior the word
1:24:20 priority is really nice that the city is
1:24:22 giving it so much import
1:24:24 thank
1:24:25 you Christina I just want to note that I
1:24:27 have down your comment um that we need
1:24:30 to take some time and consider who's
1:24:32 being included um and how the equity
1:24:33 board is being included um and then I
1:24:38 want to leave time for the next two
1:24:39 questions so if that's all right um we
1:24:45 can move on to what scope is appropriate
1:24:48 um when you heard about Oakland
1:24:50 measuring life expectancy and Edina
1:24:54 measuring really specific kind of narrow
1:24:57 questions what
1:25:01 um what stood out to you um and what do
1:25:03 you all think would be appropriate for
1:25:09 aaqua uh Shay I see your question do we
1:25:12 know if metrics are budget influential
1:25:14 can I get a little bit more detail
1:25:17 there um yes so um for example with my
1:25:21 company um essentially how much money we
1:25:24 allocate to deib is dependent on what
1:25:28 metrics we Define and what metrics we
1:25:31 actually are able to measure which tends
1:25:34 to be really hard when it comes to
1:25:36 equity um just because it's you know
1:25:40 what goals we need to meet are we even
1:25:42 meeting the right goals um so uh to some
1:25:46 respect um I'm kind of curious as to
1:25:49 whether or not we need to start with
1:25:51 what goals we need to reach and what
1:25:54 metrics we need to be of a measure in
1:25:56 order to help the city determine what
1:25:59 our budget can be or should
1:26:02 be think Andrea I see you raised your
1:26:06 hand yeah great
1:26:09 question um the city of issaqua doesn't
1:26:12 do performance-based budgeting so um we
1:26:16 don't have budget initiatives that are
1:26:18 tied to performance on a certain
1:26:22 measurement um we
1:26:24 uh instead use more of a strategic
1:26:27 planning uh basis so we look at what are
1:26:29 the priorities established in our
1:26:31 strategic plan and we attempt to fund
1:26:33 those first we haven't quite tied our
1:26:36 metrics we have plenty of performance
1:26:38 metrics that we use we haven't quite
1:26:41 tied them to the budget and uh it's
1:26:43 difficult to do just for the reasons
1:26:45 that you cited right is um sometimes if
1:26:47 something is performing it means you
1:26:50 need to invest more in that thing um so
1:26:54 uh so we haven't quite tied that because
1:26:56 I think um it's difficult to do
1:26:58 especially for for the vast purposes of
1:27:02 of general city government um and how to
1:27:05 compare against those priorities based
1:27:07 on performance you know it's it's very
1:27:09 difficult to do so instead we use the
1:27:11 Strategic plan as our guide um for
1:27:13 telling us what our priorities are when
1:27:16 we are funding different
1:27:21 initiatives thank you
1:27:24 just a quick time check we have about
1:27:26 technically have four more minutes for
1:27:28 this so um four to four to nine more
1:27:33 minutes my vote for number two would be
1:27:35 yes just because I'm ultimately all
1:27:37 about community and so I would want to
1:27:40 know and feel the heart of the community
1:27:42 because sometimes you might not get it
1:27:45 in measures of certain ways but an
1:27:49 assessment that might not be
1:27:52 directly um something that the city
1:27:55 directly influences if the city finds
1:27:57 out something and looking more deeply
1:28:00 into it they can see how they can
1:28:01 influence and impact sideways right
1:28:04 maybe it is some kind of art initiative
1:28:07 or something that human resources does
1:28:09 or what can we do because ultimately as
1:28:12 a city we want our community to grow to
1:28:16 [Music]
1:28:17 happy I just want Community to be like
1:28:20 you know like isqua to be this great
1:28:22 positive happy community which is not
1:28:24 always possible but I would want to know
1:28:27 what's not working even if the city is
1:28:30 not the one who's doing it so that the
1:28:32 city can have that in mind as they are
1:28:35 looking at other factors so just it's
1:28:37 nice to know even if you okay can't in
1:28:41 okay that's
1:28:43 helpful anyone else have strong thoughts
1:28:45 and opinions on this I can share that um
1:28:50 from the conversations with the equity
1:28:52 team most people felt like we should be
1:28:54 measuring the outcomes of our programs
1:28:56 right like not like inputs like how much
1:28:58 do we spend on X but like who are we
1:29:01 reaching with this program is the
1:29:03 diversity matching the diversity of our
1:29:05 community or surrounding areas like what
1:29:07 does that look like so they were kind of
1:29:08 focused I think on what sounds like a
1:29:09 middle ground between just what the city
1:29:12 does um and like who can kind of be in
1:29:15 those
1:29:16 spaces
1:29:17 so and the third one for me is like my
1:29:20 question is what's not our role we
1:29:23 should be in the know um if it's if it's
1:29:26 you're working through Prett or Dale
1:29:28 just an update on how the progress is
1:29:29 going on here if if that first task that
1:29:31 I got is 2025 is going to be focused on
1:29:34 hiring that consultant U maybe we could
1:29:36 be at least listening into the selection
1:29:39 process and the timeline for all that
1:29:41 that would be very helpful to us I think
1:29:43 Andrea just mentioned that trying to get
1:29:45 a little bit of board representation on
1:29:47 that committee sounds like a possibility
1:29:48 and it sounds like something you all be
1:29:50 interested in yeah so that' kind of be
1:29:53 the first stop for involvement and this
1:29:55 is a question we can kind of revisit
1:29:56 through the process certainly
1:29:58 so I don't know how a frame question so
1:30:01 please help me but um I would like a
1:30:05 component somewhere
1:30:07 about external
1:30:10 factors um risk factors and not really
1:30:14 risk as the word but you know as um
1:30:17 globally things are changing or as um
1:30:21 you know um things change Within
1:30:25 country policies may change things may
1:30:28 happen so and since our plan is long
1:30:32 term right now I mean think at least for
1:30:35 a year or two we're still going to be
1:30:37 working on it in phases how is that
1:30:40 scenario like do we have a place we have
1:30:44 sort of thought about it and put it in
1:30:47 our plan we can control it right but do
1:30:51 we have some consideration of that for
1:30:55 into it does make sense are you kind of
1:30:57 let me know if I'm capturing this
1:30:58 correctly are you kind of thinking about
1:31:00 ability for staff and like ability for
1:31:03 the plan to change based on external
1:31:05 factors that are outside of City control
1:31:08 sort but I'm also leaving towards
1:31:11 larger uh political larger Global
1:31:14 changes that may may not happen and how
1:31:18 uh just a consideration of how uh that
1:31:22 may impact every thing uh going forward
1:31:26 yeah I think that's something we need to
1:31:27 consider a little bit more yeah it's too
1:31:30 broad it is too broad I agree but when
1:31:33 we're thinking about something like this
1:31:36 I feel like we need to kind of somewhere
1:31:39 think about uh uh anything that's you
1:31:49 POS okay any other comments on on I
1:31:54 because I know we're basically out of
1:31:57 so any questions for Andrea or dillian
1:32:04 questions okay we want to thank you for
1:32:06 your time to TV yeah thank all of you
1:32:08 look forward to staying connected yeah
1:32:10 it sounds like I'll be touching base
1:32:11 with you all um through Dale if not
1:32:13 returning um this fall so thank you
1:32:17 great thank you Jillian
1:32:21 [Music]
1:32:28 um public comment
1:32:31 discussion have we cover that already we
1:32:33 have not I am gonna uh give us a little
1:32:36 bit of framing yes um
1:32:38 so I I feel like I I'm a little bit of a
1:32:41 broken record I keeping like as we
1:32:42 discussed earlier in the year as we
1:32:44 discussed earlier in the year um we
1:32:47 wanted to start making time in our
1:32:49 agenda anytime we receive public comment
1:32:52 that was not on something on our agenda
1:32:56 um having a a little bit of time where
1:33:00 we could discuss that public comment
1:33:02 because as you know and as clerk keer
1:33:04 has reinforced for us many times the
1:33:07 purpose of public comment during the
1:33:08 meeting is not to engage with the
1:33:10 commenter and usually public comment is
1:33:12 being made on something that's on your
1:33:13 agenda so you get to take that comment
1:33:16 and then embedd it into the conversation
1:33:19 of the agenda item um during our what
1:33:22 I'm calling our summer break
1:33:24 um we the equity board was copied on two
1:33:27 emails um actually think we were the you
1:33:30 were the you were the direct recipient
1:33:32 of one of the emails and there was a
1:33:34 second email that uh the equity board
1:33:36 was copied on um everyone did a great
1:33:39 job no one responded reply all to the
1:33:41 email and broke any of our public
1:33:44 records um open public meetings Act laws
1:33:47 great job Equity board um but I did want
1:33:49 to make a space for this group to
1:33:52 discuss either of those public comment
1:33:54 emails um I know in my my email ahead of
1:33:57 this meeting I was going to invite Shay
1:34:00 and Tony who's not here tonight because
1:34:02 they both responded to me and then Tony
1:34:05 actually submitted a public comment
1:34:07 himself to the city council um after the
1:34:10 first uh email that we were copied on
1:34:12 earlier in the summer around the use of
1:34:16 or the the framing of equity in the
1:34:19 comprehensive Plan update and so he had
1:34:21 a a direct response we talked about it
1:34:25 he then submitted a public comment both
1:34:26 to our planning and policy commission
1:34:28 and then also to the city council about
1:34:30 that email um he's not here tonight so I
1:34:33 I I don't want to um steal his Thunder
1:34:35 or take the words out of his mouth um
1:34:38 but Shay is here and so I do want to
1:34:39 talk about the second email around the
1:34:42 definitions of equity and then um I
1:34:44 believe the email was specifically about
1:34:47 Equity as it's being used in the urban
1:34:49 Forest management plan um and the use of
1:34:52 this tree equity index um and so Shay I
1:34:55 wanted to invite you to speak a little
1:34:57 bit about your thoughts on that since I
1:34:58 know we we communicated about that and
1:35:01 then invite anyone else to share
1:35:03 thoughts on that particular email and
1:35:04 then we'll go back to the comprehensive
1:35:06 plan um public comment um as is
1:35:09 appropriate so I don't know Shay I I
1:35:11 want to seed the floor to
1:35:15 you okay well thank you for that um I
1:35:21 admittedly wasn't prepared to speak
1:35:22 tonight but um I definitely can uh come
1:35:25 in a little bit because I actually
1:35:27 thought that the um the uh information
1:35:31 about the trees was really important
1:35:33 however um I also thought there were
1:35:36 some pieces that were missing when it
1:35:38 came to um how that comment was posed um
1:35:42 because I I think the writer may have
1:35:45 needed um a little more definition on
1:35:47 what Equity means for our city and um I
1:35:51 was hoping that we could um
1:35:54 essentially explain how we look at it um
1:35:58 even if we can't staple down um a strong
1:36:01 definition uh because sometimes that can
1:36:04 be the difference between saying okay um
1:36:07 you know we
1:36:10 can to ensure that we're not looking at
1:36:12 equity in the wrong
1:36:16 y any other thoughts from the group
1:36:25 I would like to know what you
1:36:27 thought right so I I don't know what
1:36:29 Tony thought and I don't know what Shay
1:36:31 thought so it's like I'm kind of
1:36:33 worrying around a conversation I don't
1:36:37 about I I mean I did also invite you
1:36:40 Kelly to share what you thought I mean
1:36:42 everyone anyone can share what they
1:36:43 thought no but I mean they they he wrote
1:36:46 letter and Shay I don't and Shay just
1:36:49 said that she Shay you have points that
1:36:51 you would have liked to have made so I
1:36:53 would like to hear that's what I'm
1:36:54 saying yes and I don't have the email in
1:36:57 front of me so um that's why I didn't
1:37:00 want to go into too much detail um I I
1:37:02 was under the impression that we shared
1:37:04 it um amongst the board so that we could
1:37:08 address it Dale do you know if that
1:37:10 happened or I'm realizing I don't think
1:37:12 sh I didn't I didn't forward your
1:37:15 email but
1:37:18 yes let me back up a little bit just so
1:37:20 we're on the same page so the
1:37:22 comprehensive plan was was sent out and
1:37:24 it was reviewed and it was shared um and
1:37:28 a public comment was allowed and it was
1:37:30 a public comment that I hope everybody's
1:37:32 aware of Connie remember she's a repeat
1:37:34 um uh commenter on some of our strategy
1:37:37 discussions and Tony had some concerns
1:37:39 about the verbiage so to be specific and
1:37:42 to thoughtfully respond to her he was
1:37:44 asked in a public way not just within
1:37:48 the authors or with the equity board but
1:37:50 to share broadly his his thoughts were
1:37:52 and the venue by which he did that was
1:37:55 through public comment so as far as I
1:37:57 know what went after that is yes they
1:37:59 absorbed what Tony recommended but
1:38:01 they're not changing any of the verbiage
1:38:03 as it exists today there's no changes
1:38:05 made which was the ask of Connie so
1:38:08 that's Tony's reply keep it as is thank
1:38:11 you Connie for commenting but we're
1:38:13 going to keep the words as
1:38:15 is yeah
1:38:17 okay yeah and and for me it was more so
1:38:21 just wanting to provide kind with better
1:38:24 definitions to help her understand um
1:38:29 what what we envision um and and attempt
1:38:34 to accomplish when people bring things
1:38:36 to the board um to to review so did you
1:38:42 that um I did not directly um but I I
1:38:48 think I did give uh Dale a few um
1:38:51 examples of what we
1:38:55 strive
1:38:56 to essentially convey to the community
1:39:01 um in a sense that we don't look at
1:39:04 Equity as um a monolith of things it's
1:39:10 it's a group of different things um as I
1:39:12 mentioned before there's Dimensions that
1:39:15 are related to equity and a lot of those
1:39:17 dimensions are not race-based they are
1:39:21 um there are intersections that do occur
1:39:26 um that may happen with race relation
1:39:28 but not
1:39:30 necessarily when the equity board looks
1:39:32 at um a particular thing um similar to
1:39:37 you know kind of equity and billing of
1:39:40 water when we went through that it's
1:39:43 not that's definitely not a racing it's
1:39:46 definitely a cognitive thing or
1:39:48 something that um was uh based in a
1:39:52 different context and I it appeared to
1:39:55 me that Connie might have needed some
1:39:58 help understanding
1:40:00 exactly where we tend to come from and
1:40:04 what we expect to express when we when
1:40:08 we address comments or any of the the
1:40:12 items that are brought to us in our
1:40:14 meetings yeah so I Shay provided that
1:40:18 for me and I used some of that to
1:40:20 provide an explanation of that in this
1:40:22 particular case when thinking about um
1:40:25 using this this tree Equity tool is
1:40:28 using a certain number of
1:40:31 characteristics or indicators to
1:40:33 establish a score for a particular
1:40:35 geographic area so it's using it is
1:40:37 using racial demographics it's also
1:40:39 using heat index for an area to
1:40:42 determine is this an area where we need
1:40:44 to think about planting more trees and
1:40:47 thus increasing tree
1:40:49 canopying yeah that because it's hot
1:40:51 there and that like when you're thinking
1:40:53 about equity in the realm of urban
1:40:56 Forest management that there going to be
1:40:59 different things that you are indicators
1:41:01 that you're looking at then when you're
1:41:02 thinking about purely maybe about Health
1:41:05 Equity or about educational Equity that
1:41:08 Equity is contextual I think was the
1:41:09 point Shay that I think you were making
1:41:11 in your email um and I think that was
1:41:14 the and this goes back to I mean the
1:41:16 conversation we just had on how do we
1:41:18 how do we Define and then talk about the
1:41:19 dimensions of equity with the community
1:41:22 because I think the tension or the the
1:41:24 question that I read in the in the
1:41:26 original email um was seeming to search
1:41:31 for a specific this is what Equity
1:41:34 always means and these are the 10
1:41:36 Dimensions that we or the character not
1:41:38 Dimensions the 10 indicators we always
1:41:41 use to determine whether something is
1:41:43 Equitable or not
1:41:45 and that is not necessarily the way that
1:41:49 we do that um and so I think that is
1:41:52 it's actually a good pre view I think of
1:41:53 ATT tension we might see come up over
1:41:56 time in our community engagement is this
1:41:59 s of kind of maybe misunder
1:42:01 understanding around Equity is always
1:42:03 going to mean this and it's always going
1:42:04 to be measured using these 10 things
1:42:06 it's like actually it's going to be
1:42:08 different and it's going to be
1:42:10 contextualized so I'm so much more
1:42:12 simpler than this didn't we tell her
1:42:15 what we talking about yes
1:42:19 and yeah yes there's intersectionality
1:42:23 that is apparently going to be there but
1:42:27 we are
1:42:28 not we are not defining Equity with one
1:42:31 term or one set standard it's it's a
1:42:34 myriad of standards and obviously we all
1:42:37 know it's evolving and it's evolving
1:42:39 very quickly um so we have to make the
1:42:42 adjustments based on that and not um
1:42:45 this monolithic thought that it's this
1:42:47 and only this yeah so yes there was a
1:42:51 response that said essentially not just
1:42:54 that we're not doing it but that
1:42:56 explained explained that in both cases
1:43:00 whether that was received or not it is
1:43:02 unclear but I love I love how you phrase
1:43:04 that I just want to hear
1:43:06 it because I'm not exactly clear what's
1:43:09 being I mean I I can track it but I'm
1:43:11 not sure that my what's important to me
1:43:13 about Community engagement is that we
1:43:15 get back and tell them the answer yes oh
1:43:17 yes that's what I was looking for a
1:43:19 response happened to all to all we
1:43:22 didn't just leave her hanging she yes
1:43:25 okay thank you I'm okay I'm going to
1:43:29 move us along if everybody's okay thank
1:43:30 you shay um Dale was that it for public
1:43:34 comment were those the only two those
1:43:35 were the only two okay um other business
1:43:38 items um two here one uh the culture
1:43:42 Fest table which is scheduled for this
1:43:45 Friday what is that 2 to 4 or 3 to what
1:43:48 was the
1:43:49 time8 68 5:30 to 7:30
1:43:54 you get there eventually our power is
1:43:56 combined 5:30 to 7:30 okay can I just
1:43:58 get um I think I volunteered to be there
1:44:01 and I was I was going to check in with
1:44:03 pretty because um she's not feeling well
1:44:05 hopefully she does get better but I
1:44:06 think it was just the two of us so far
1:44:08 and I'll be there oh you'll be there
1:44:09 quick was there anybody else who was
1:44:11 interested I was planning on being there
1:44:14 with the work but I am now floating so
1:44:18 I'm happy to sit with you as long as you
1:44:20 need me to okay thank you
1:44:24 okay I'll be there wonderful okay really
1:44:26 it's just for I just feel there's a
1:44:28 great opportunity for people who want to
1:44:30 know what we're doing and I know we have
1:44:32 a lot of questions for ourselves
1:44:33 internally and to be able to answer all
1:44:35 their questions but it's just a way for
1:44:37 maybe just handing to the mic saying
1:44:38 what what are you experiencing that you
1:44:40 feel the equity Board needs to be aware
1:44:42 of I'm looking forward to hearing that I
1:44:43 don't know what that is but they know
1:44:45 that we exist so there's something that
1:44:47 they're thinking in their heads that the
1:44:49 equity board need St no I'd like to hear
1:44:52 it so and thank you to the planning
1:44:54 committee um we will have we have a we
1:44:56 have three big posters um that I'm going
1:44:59 to print out on Friday morning that will
1:45:01 be ready and will be up one is um Equity
1:45:06 board so explain it says this Equity
1:45:08 board explains your purpose as a board
1:45:12 has your names on them as current
1:45:14 members and also has some of the um list
1:45:17 some of the items that you've um
1:45:20 influenced or moved forward for the city
1:45:22 over the course of the last few years
1:45:25 one um H is a per the planning
1:45:28 committee's recommendation is a uh
1:45:31 Visual and some words defining equity
1:45:34 and equality um and also the third is
1:45:39 interactive um this interactive board
1:45:42 where people can answer the question of
1:45:43 why Equity is important to them so we've
1:45:46 got that we also we have a little half
1:45:48 sheet flyer um for board recruitment I
1:45:51 think as everyone knows and we will
1:45:53 celebrate at the end of our meeting this
1:45:55 evening um Christina is going to be
1:45:57 stepping away from the board and so we
1:45:58 have an open position and so we have a
1:46:01 little flyer that'll be in both English
1:46:02 and Spanish to hopefully recruit um for
1:46:05 an open position so uh a full plate or I
1:46:09 guess a full table um on
1:46:12 Friday do you have the date on the
1:46:15 culture it is Friday
1:46:18 September Friday Friday Friday right out
1:46:22 there on that beautiful that beautiful
1:46:26 wwn weather looks great too
1:46:29 okay thank you Dale any questions
1:46:31 regarding the
1:46:32 table okay last item on our list tonight
1:46:35 um was a closing thought which was
1:46:38 recommended by by um pretty but I'm I'm
1:46:43 all for it we want to make sure we
1:46:45 acknowledge one of our board members who
1:46:46 is leaving us Christina so um you've
1:46:50 been with us since the onset um we are
1:46:53 grateful for your participation and I I
1:46:55 want to start and want to welcome my My
1:46:57 Equity board members here to chime in
1:47:00 for me you you are a lesson in equity
1:47:03 for me is because we always have to
1:47:05 pause and acknowledge not everybody in
1:47:08 the room maybe up to speed with you Reay
1:47:11 on what you're talking about or we check
1:47:12 in on ourselves saying slow down because
1:47:15 there's other people that are not
1:47:16 understanding what you're trying to
1:47:17 articulate so I I was very grateful to
1:47:20 always have you in the room with us
1:47:22 because it helped us to think twice
1:47:24 about what we said to be thoughtful
1:47:25 about the other participants who in the
1:47:26 room so that's number one for me and
1:47:28 number two was um I hate myself for not
1:47:31 taking Spanish in high school I took
1:47:33 that dead language called Latin because
1:47:35 coun because my counselor told me I got
1:47:37 me nowhere I should have taken
1:47:41 Spanish dingo now in Latin dualingo Duo
1:47:46 is an app
1:47:48 for Spanish so now is the time to do it
1:47:52 so I welcome my fellow board members if
1:47:54 you'd like to chime in and and give
1:47:56 thought and thanks to Christina and I'll
1:47:59 reinforce what Ray said I think
1:48:01 Christina You' have been a great
1:48:03 addition I think it's a great reminder
1:48:06 that one of the reasons we're here is to
1:48:08 ensure that different perspectives are
1:48:11 being heard and your
1:48:13 perspective was so important when you
1:48:16 spoke we would we I hope everyone
1:48:19 listened because we it was a different
1:48:22 pers perspective than what we thinking
1:48:24 and it was a constant reminder that we
1:48:26 need to make sure that different voices
1:48:28 are coming to the table to be
1:48:32 heard Christina I I felt like we had a I
1:48:36 know I yes I want to say
1:48:38 something special special I don't know I
1:48:42 have a deeply truly thank you for
1:48:45 everyone and and yeah R you are doing a
1:48:50 excellent job I am proud of you
1:48:53 and I wish to do more but I think you
1:48:58 are doing amazing so I'm so happy for
1:49:04 Lorna I think the most important is to
1:49:07 listen as I say before is is really
1:49:10 listen the people what what they need
1:49:13 because for example recently I I
1:49:16 discovered that some parents who are not
1:49:19 the in the in the basic needs
1:49:24 uh I mean they had money and they are
1:49:26 Americans I think they are
1:49:30 white so they are they are creating
1:49:34 groups and they are um making activities
1:49:37 in the schools so they
1:49:39 are um enjoying different I think that
1:49:44 way was a new war for me and I am
1:49:49 because they open the heart and the
1:49:51 information to my ear
1:49:53 so that's why also I need to I need to
1:49:56 know more
1:49:57 and I really really happy to discover
1:50:02 different world every time that I am
1:50:04 listening I am enjoying a lot and thank
1:50:08 you for having me here it is it was my
1:50:10 pleasure maybe I didn't spoke too much
1:50:13 but sometimes it is not because I am not
1:50:16 understanding sometimes it's because I
1:50:18 want to learn thank
1:50:20 you thank you I don't think you were
1:50:23 done speaking no well I just from from
1:50:26 day one I I had a connection to you we
1:50:29 we couldn't communicate very well but I
1:50:32 think we really communicated through our
1:50:34 heart and that made me feel you know
1:50:37 like like I had a partner here and
1:50:40 because it was new to me and just you
1:50:42 know and everything you said always made
1:50:45 me think so thank you so much I enjoyed
1:50:48 your company here quite a bit
1:50:55 yeah Shan did you did you chance to
1:50:57 speak go yes um I had my hand up I was
1:51:01 waiting for everyone in the room though
1:51:03 um so I want to say Christina uh
1:51:06 watching you evolve in this board has
1:51:09 been amazing like I saw you from being
1:51:12 primarily Spanish speaking to not even
1:51:15 really needing the interpreters anymore
1:51:18 um on top of the fact that you also
1:51:20 raised great points anytime you did
1:51:23 comment and it was just lovely seeing
1:51:30 the I really enjoy having you and
1:51:33 getting your perspective um and
1:51:36 sometimes I wished you would talk more
1:51:38 but um on the same token I I do
1:51:42 understand that you wanted to make sure
1:51:44 you were aware and you were always
1:51:45 thoughtful about what you said and that
1:51:47 is a really big deal especially with a
1:51:50 board like this so I appreciate you so
1:51:52 much and I'm going to miss
1:51:58 you thank you I will miss everyone maybe
1:52:01 I didn't meet a
1:52:04 lot but I'm I'm so happy that the city
1:52:08 is changing and yeah we need to move
1:52:11 otherwise the energy is not
1:52:14 flowing properly and we need to feel
1:52:19 everyone
1:52:20 is is embraced
1:52:24 feeling
1:52:26 supported thank
1:52:29 you thank you
1:52:33 Christina okay thank you everybody for
1:52:36 that um before we adjourn one last
1:52:38 update um the October 16th meeting is
1:52:41 going to be a joint session with our
1:52:44 Human Services Commission and it's going
1:52:46 to occur at the senior center that's
1:52:49 Wednesday October 16th at 6 p.m I think
1:52:51 Dale sent out the whole on your calendar
1:52:53 so we look forward to that
1:52:55 discussion just a reminder with
1:52:57 everybody that shared meeting at a
1:52:58 different location and one final
1:53:01 reminder I think you all saw this in the
1:53:03 email I sent out but there is a special
1:53:05 an optional special meeting on the 19th
1:53:08 of this month to give feedback on the
1:53:11 update to the Strategic plan we're
1:53:13 hoping to have at least two Equity board
1:53:15 members there um it will not be a hybrid
1:53:19 meeting it will be all in person which I
1:53:21 know is limiting but but it was going to
1:53:23 be impossible for me to manage um a
1:53:26 hybrid engagement given that we'll have
1:53:28 all of our boards and commissions in the
1:53:29 room um it will be at the Pickering Barn
1:53:32 so a nice big space um and it'll be the
1:53:37 sort of final um engagement with the
1:53:41 community before that update goes to the
1:53:43 city council for consideration so pry
1:53:46 was the chair of that task force so
1:53:48 there has been great um a great Equity
1:53:51 Lans in the leadership of that task
1:53:53 force but I know she made a a request um
1:53:56 that that that the equity board get an
1:53:58 additional opportunity to weigh in on
1:54:00 the update and so that will be the in
1:54:02 that will be the opportunity for that so
1:54:05 the RSVP the option to RSVP went out in
1:54:07 the email that I sent ahe of this
1:54:08 meeting head on in there if you're
1:54:10 interested in being there and you'll get
1:54:12 materials for that if you are attending
1:54:14 um at the end of next week so look
1:54:18 forward to seeing any of you that can
1:54:20 attend there for that
1:54:24 okay um with that I don't see any any
1:54:27 questions comments from anybody in the
1:54:29 room we're right at time
1:54:32 almost okay I call
1:54:35 our September Equity board meeting to an
1:54:38 end at 7:59
1:54:41 p.m. thank you
1:54:45 everybody excent job Ray he