07-09-19 Rising TIDES Agenda PacketREGULAR MEETING AGENDA
1.Call to Order
2.Attendance/Roll Call
3.Approval of Agenda
4.Approval of June 11, 2019 Minutes
5.Team Building Activity
6.Old Business
A.Public Input and Communication Process
7.New Business
A.Meeting Format Change
B.Format for Recommendations
C.Task Member Topic Assignments
8.Adjournment
July 9, 2019 – 5:15 pm
Council Conference Room
Golden Valley City Hall
7800 Golden Valley Road
Rising TIDES Task Force
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 5:20 pm by Chair Allen.
Roll Call
Members present: Joelle Allen, Ruth Paradise, Melissa Johnson, Sheri Hixon, and Maurice Harris
Members absent: Amber Alexander, Tanveer Gulzar, Ajani Woodson, Sam Powers, and
Millicent Flowers
Staff present: Tim Cruikshank, City Manager and Kirsten Santelices, Human Resources
Director
Approval of Minutes
No quorum.
Team Building Activity
The Task Force Members participated in a team building activity.
Discussion
Staff provided a brief presentation recapping where the Task Force started and requested confirmation
from the Task Force that the City staff accurately captured the suggestions resulting from each meeting
(Feb through May). Chair Allen will reconvene with the Task Force members who were assigned to recap
the meetings to do a comparison of the take-away items. Staff also suggested that the Task Force create
official subcommittees if they want to meet and discuss topics in-between Task Force meetings.
The discussion continued to evolve around the framework and structure of the Task Force, and whether
or not the City should solicit more feedback from community members on the Equity Plan and the work
the Task Force has done. Several members suggested that getting this information out in front of the
community ahead of doing any implementation would be beneficial in building and maintaining trusting
relationships with underserved communities.
Ideas to gather feedback include community meetings at Brookview, emails, and surveys. Member
Johnson recommended that the City use social media platforms to push out information. Member
Paradise suggested that the Task Force go to where the people are, but agreed it is difficult to determine
exactly where to go to find an audience. Chair Allen recommended linking the agenda packet to social
media as it may be more visible than the City website.
Member Hixon stated that the Task Force’s mission was to provide action item suggestions from the
City’s equity plan, and that the Task Force should consider completing this phase and then move on to
Phase II by engaging with the community.
June 11, 2019 – 5:15 pm
Council Conference Room
Golden Valley City Hall
7800 Golden Valley Road
MEETING MINUTES – Rising TIDES Task Force
June 11, 2019
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Staff and Task Force members agreed to continue this discussion at the July meeting, including:
• Should the City look for community input now, or at the end of “Phase I?”
• What kind of feedback the City should request (open ended questions about the general plan or
pointed questions around specific topics that the Task Force creates)?
• How often should ongoing feedback be requested by the community?
• Where should the City go to capture feedback? What method(s) should be used?
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned by Chair Allen at 6:16 pm.
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Joelle Allen, Chair
ATTEST:
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Kirsten Santelices, Human Resources Director