04-12-20 Rising TIDES Minutes-U
Rising TIDES Task Force
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 5:17 pm by Chair Allen.
Roll Call
Members present: Joelle Allen, Ruth Paradise, Alex Moreno, Amber Alexander, Brad Taylor-
White, Melissa Johnson, Myat Thanda Tun, Fartun Hussein, and Ajani
Woodson
Members absent: Sam Powers and Sheri Hixon
Staff present: Kirsten Santelices, Human Resources Director
Approval of Agenda and March Meeting Minutes
MOTION by Member Paradise to approve the agenda. Seconded by Member Johnson.
Motion carried 9-0.
Approval March 10 Meeting Minutes
MOTION by Vice Chair Alexander to approve the March 10, 2020 meeting minutes.
Seconded by Member Taylor. Motion carried 9-0.
Open Forum Recap
Chair Allen led the Task Force through a discussion on the March 11, 2020 Open Forum. Staff
Santelices went through the open forum table in the packet, which was a compilation of the topic
questions and verbatim feedback from the community. The second table was a condensed table from
the October Open Forum by topic and community feedback. The group shared their appreciation for
the feedback from the community on the topics.
Draft Recommendations for Council Discussion
At Chair Allen’s request, Santelices shared next steps, to present a final document of
recommendations for each topic to the City Council at the June Council Manager meeting. The
format of the final report is up to the Task Force. Staff Santelices shared that the Task Force can
expect that the City Council will review the draft recommendations ahead of the meeting, the group
would present at the meeting, and open dialogue would likely occur. Additionally, the group can all
be at the meeting if they wish to, but typically the Chair and Vice Chair are present to represent the
group at the meeting. Chair Allen encouraged the group to be overly prepared and ensure all input
from the group is given before bringing the report to the City Council. Chair Allen further encouraged
the group to think about all of the alternative items that have been brought up during the course of
the past year that were not formally discussed as part of the recommendations, but may need
further considerations. Furthermore Chair Allen suggested to the group that a formal
recommendation to extend the life of the Task Force for a minimum of one more year.
April 12, 2020 – 5:15 pm
Via Cisco Webex
MEETING MINUTES – Rising TIDES Task Force
March 10, 2020
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Members Alexander and Taylor would like to know the priorities of the City Council and use those to
direct the work of the Task Force. The Task Force may also have recommendations on post-COVID-19
response and recovery. The group agreed that a concise introduction, the prioritized
recommendations within each topic, and include the full community input reports as appendices.
The Task Force broke up into groups and using their own expertise, the initial recommendations,
community input, and any other information available to them, they will finalize the
recommendations for their assigned topics.
• Communicating Equity with the City – Joelle, Alex, Fartun, Sam
City Contracts and RFPS – Joelle, Alex, Fartun, Sam
• Increasing Diversity on Boards and Commissions – Amber, Brad, Myat
Diversifying Recruitment and Retention – Amber, Brad, Myat
• Community Outreach and Education – Ruth, Melissa, AJ, Sheri
• Process Ensuring Equity in City Programming and Facilities – Ruth, Melissa, AJ, Sheri
Staff Santelices will email the group the projected timeline and email distribution list, including the
location of all the relevant information (meeting minutes, meeting agenda topics, and open forum
data) from all the meetings over the past year.
The recommendations will include:
1. Everything that was considered – including community input, areas of expertise, etc.
2. Final Recommendations
3. Why the final recommendations were chosen
4. Ideas for the future – “phase two” of the task force.
The groups will send their recommendations to Kirsten to be part of the packet. The entire group will
discuss at the May meeting and finalize for the City Council Meeting in June.
The group circled back around to the impact of COVID-19 on the community. Including the lack of
awareness community members have about the resources that are available. Each group should
include their thoughts on this as part of item 4 (above) in their recommendation reports.
Adjournment
MOTION by Member Johnson. Seconded by Vice Chair Alexander. Meeting adjourned at
6:14 pm.
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Joelle Allen, Chair
ATTEST:
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Kirsten Santelices, Human Resources Director