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2024-03-14 - AGE - PEACE Commission MeetingMarch 14, 2024 — 6:30 PM Council Conference Room Hybrid Meeting 1. Call to Order 2. Land Acknowledgment We acknowledge and honor the Dakota nation, on whose ancestral land the City of Golden Valley is built, and whose land resources we use. We commit to counteracting the erasure of the cultural practices and presence of the Dakota people and through education and by amplifying a wide range of indigenous voices. 3. Attendance/Roll Call Trey Gladney Alicia Dang Trevor Parkes Katrina Cisneros Janet Frisch Bridget Glass Henry Crosby Madeline Ryan Cory Salazar 4. Check in In one word, describe how you envision your 2024. 5. Approval of Agenda 6. Approval of Minutes 6.A.PEACE Commission Minutes 2.14.24 7. Discussion/Action Items a. Welcome New Commissioner, Cory Salazar b. Review of Community Engagement Survey c. Determine Location for Future Listening Sessions d. Review Mid-Year Progress Report e. Staff Updates 8. Check out PEACE COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA Police Employment, Accountability, & Community Engagement (PEACE) Commission meetings are being conducted in a hybrid format with in-person and remote options for attending. Remote Attendance: Members of the public may attend this meeting in person or via Webex or by calling + 1-415-655-0001 and entering meeting number 2630 643 1245. City of Golden Valley PEACE Commission Meeting March 14, 2024 — 6:30 PM 1 Today I leave with a greater sense of... 9.Adjournment City of Golden Valley PEACE Commission Meeting March 14, 2024 — 6:30 PM 2 City of Golden Valley PEACE Commission Meeting February 8,2024 —6:30 PM 1 PEACE COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES 1.Call to Order 6:33pm 2.Land Acknowledgment We acknowledge and honor the Dakota nation,on whose ancestral land the City of Golden Valley is built, and whose land resources we use. We commit to counteracting the erasure of the cultural practices and presence of the Dakota people and through education and by amplifying a wide range of indigenous voices. 3.Attendance/Roll Call Randy Anderson Alicia Dang Katrina Cisneros Bridget Glass Janet Frisch Trevor Parkes Henry Crosby Trey Gladney Madeline Ryan Special Guest: Dr.Raj Sethuraju Staff: Airrion Williams 4.Check in Name something and/or someone you learned from recently 5.Approval of Agenda MOTION by Commissioner Frisch to approve agenda, 2nd by Commissioner Anderson, approved unanimously 6.Approval of Minutes 6.A.PEACE Commission Meeting Minutes 12.14.23 MOTION by Commissioner Frisch to approve meeting minutes for 12.14.23 commission meeting. 2nd by Commissioner Glass, approved unanimously. Commissioner Parkes abstained. Vice Chair Cisneros asked if Staff Liaison Williams would start including all vacancies in the attendance. 7.Discussion/Action Items February 8th, 2024 –6:30pm Council Conference Room Golden Valley City Hall 7800 Golden Valley Road 55426 3 City of Golden Valley PEACE Commission Meeting February 8,2024 —6:30 PM 1 a.Vice Chair Selection Chair Gladney opened the floor for commissioners to speak on behalf of others or to nominate themself as the vice chair. Chair Gladney recommended that Commissioner Cisneros be the Vice Chair of the PEACE Commission. Chair Gladney shared that Mayor Harmon spoke in favor of Cisneros serving as Vice Chair due to her dedication to serving communities locally and internationally. Many commissioners spoke in favor of electing Commissioner Cisneros as the Vice Chair of the PEACE Commission. MOTION to appoint Commissioner Cisneros as Vice Chair of the PEACE Commission by Commissioner Frisch, 2nd by Commissioner Parkes. Approved Unanimously. b.Listening Session Recap Commissioner Glass shared the recap for the PEACE Commission Listening Session. “The executive committee of the Commission has collected debrief information over the past few weeks from the community engagement subcommittee, our facilitator, Mr. Wells and PEACE commissioners. There is consensus that the overall objective of the listening session, which was to listen to community voice, especially historically marginalized community voice as it relates to reimagining public safety, was not met. There were also, however, many takeaways gleaned in the debrief data that will help the PEACE commission in moving forward in their work.Three predominant themes have been extracted from the collective debrief thoughts, and have been synthesized into three predominant takeaways: The first theme centers around communication. The PEACE debrief data noted a gap in timely, efficient, accurate communication between the Commission and stakeholders, including community, city council, the city, and the police department. Many of these communication gaps created feelings of deep frustration for Commissioners and a feeling that the Commission was not fully understood or supported by stakeholders. This highlighted opportunities for the Commission to engage with stakeholders differently moving forward. The lack of cohesive marketing of the Listening Session highlighted an area of opportunity moving forward as well including website information and written communication with city council.The overall communication concerns created a level of ambiguity at the listening session that greatly impacted the outcome of the event. The second theme is in regards to logistics of hosting an event. There was consensus in the debrief data that the time of the event was good (6pm) and that the space was welcoming and beautiful. There were however concerns that the location was not in Golden Valley, timing with the holidays was challenging and there were concerns about accessibility (challenge to hear what was being said.) Because the objective of the listening session was not met, the planned and facilitated discussion to be led by Mr. Wells did not occur, also leaving many frustrated. Lastly, the third theme that emerged from the debrief data was gratitude.PEACE Commissioners showed up for the event and supported it so thanks to all of you! 4 City of Golden Valley PEACE Commission Meeting February 8,2024 —6:30 PM 1 A theme emerged that folks overwhelmingly felt a great sense of gratitude for AC White and her participation in the event, as a community member, as requested by the PEACE Commission. This facilitated the building of trust between AC White and the Commission’s work. There was also overwhelming gratitude for Airrion’s support as City Liaison in planning the listening session and for his communication with the police department regarding the ask for only non- uniformed PD presence. The expectation for uniform presence was not achieved however, highlighting a general feeling on the Commission of anger, confusion and rupture between the Commission and the police department and the need for repair in that relationship. Lastly, debrief data showed support and gratitude for Mr. Well’s ability to manage the unexpected changes and dynamics that happened in real time during the event and in his support of the executive committee’s debrief process.” c.Community Response and Crisis Intervention RFP Staff Liaison Williams shared that there was an information session for the Community Response and Crisis Intervention RFP. Williams shared that PEACE has been asked to help create and participate in panels for interviews and practical exercise. Williams shared that the Community Response is a piece of an appropriate response model that would work in collaboration with existing public safety departments. Chair Gladney committed to participating in proposal selection 2/14 and 2/16 Commissioner Frisch and Vice Chair Cisneros committed to join the process to create interview questions and practical exercises. d.Data Dashboard Debrief Commissioner Dang shared that Staff Liaison Williams, Commissioner Parkes, Commissioner Ryan, and herself met with Chief Green, AC White, and AC Perez regarding the data dashboard. Dang shared that this was early in the process, but they were asked to determine data points and functions they would like to be seen in a data dashboard. Dang told the commission that Chief Green proposed a Microsoft software called Power BI. Gladney asked if there can be a way to make complaints through the dashboard software. Commissioner Anderson shared that there were limits to him getting records of a situation pertaining to a family member who had an interaction with a Hennepin County Sheriffs. Dang asked Commissioners to share input on what features, data, and functions they want from the Data Dashboard. Gladney asked the commission to continue reviewing other community’s data dashboards. Commissioners expressed desire to see data on complaints, medical calls, appropriate response interactions, and crimes that have been cleared. Commissioner Anderson suggested PEACE develop a complaint review committee. Williams shared that PEACE should do some research on Ramsey County’s PSIARC, Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission. e.Recruiting New Commissioners Chair Gladney shared his appreciation for Commissioner Anderson, who served his last day as a PEACE Commissioner on 2/8. Gladney said that Anderson was vital to the creation of the PEACE Commission. Anderson expressed his gratitude to the commission and stated that he will still be doing justice related work, just in other capacities. Anderson shared a desire to see police regularly at PEACE meetings. 5 City of Golden Valley PEACE Commission Meeting February 8,2024 —6:30 PM 1 Chair Gladney shared that PEACE has 2 vacancies for community members 2 officer seats. Gladney asked PEACE Commissioners to write qualities they want to see in incoming commissioners and asked Williams to share with City Council. 8.Check Out Today I leave with a greater sense of 9.Adjournment 8:01 6