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A
Check
mark
good
afternoon.
B
Everyone
and
welcome
to
the
gender
equity
commission's
april
meeting-
I
am
going
to
my
name-
is
amanda
nietrauer,
I'm
the
chair
of
the
gender
equity
commission
and
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
get
started
and
take
roll
call.
B
I
want
to
thank
just
give
a
quick
shout
out
to
our
amazing
secretary,
who
so
thoughtfully
put
together
an
alphabetical
list
of
all
commissioners
in
her
words,
so
that
I
would
not
have
to
look
around
the
screen
to
figure
out
who
was
here
for
the
roll
call
so
allison.
Thank
you
so
much
for
that.
When
I
call
your
name,
please,
either
say
here
or
wave
your
hand
to
indicate
so
that
we
can
have
public
record
of
your
attendance
commissioner,
coffee
here,
commissioner
davidson.
B
Is
here,
commissioner
hall,
we
know
is
not
able
to
join
us
today.
Commissioner
hanson.
B
Commissioner,
newman
is
not
able
to
join
us,
commissioner
overton
here
and
amanda
nitra.
I
am
present,
commissioner
raymie.
C
B
And
commissioner
walker
is
not
able
to
join
us
today
and
also
I
just
want
to
quickly
acknowledge
that
commissioner
ricardo
williamson
is
no
longer
with
us,
and
so
I
just
want
to
very
quickly
and
publicly
since
he
has
rolled
off
the
commission
in
between
our
monthly
meetings.
Just
just
very
briefly
say
that
ricardo
williamson
was
one
of
the
founding
members
of
the
commission
was
a
a
man
who
served
on
the
commission
who's
very
passionate
about
the
work.
B
I
was
grateful
for
some
gender
diversity
on
the
commission,
because
gender
equity
is
something
that
everyone
should
care
about
and
be
concerned
about,
and
he
did
work
very
hard
had
a
lot
of
ideas
and
opinions,
a
lot
of
good
ideas
and
opinions,
and
so
I
know
I'm
actually
going
to
miss
him
and
miss
working
with
him.
B
I
have
come
to
value
him
and
his
work
over
the
years
and
definitely
more
so,
as
his
time
came
to
an
end,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
him
and
some
of
the
other
so
he's
no
longer
with
us
and
so
just
wanted
to
kind
of
make
sure
that
we
acknowledge
that
and
so
on.
One
second
I'm
looking
at
here.
We
are
okay,
so
it's
time
for
us
to
vote
on
the
consent
agenda,
and
this
includes
the
meeting
meeting
minutes.
B
We
don't
really-
or
we
didn't
really
have
committee
reports-
this
go
around
because
not
much
has
happened,
but
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
I
will.
I
will
be
asking
commissioner
coffey
to
just
do
a
quick
presentation
on
the
governance
and
leadership
committee,
but
in
the
meantime
I
would
like
first
to
move
forward
with
voting
on
the
meeting
minutes,
because
that
is
what
was
sent
out
for
us
to
consider.
A
B
Who
was
it
jake?
Was
it
janet
or
judy?
Okay,
janet,
okay,
great.
We
have
a
second
from
commissioner
manuel.
Thank
you,
commissioner
coffee.
Can
you
please
just
give
your
quick
presentation
or
just
quick
update
on
the
governance
and
leadership
committee.
D
Absolutely
good
afternoon
everyone,
so
the
committee
met
briefly
last
week,
just
talking
a
little
bit
about
what
our
purpose
is
going
to
be,
how
we
can
be
extremely
supportive
of
the
entire
commission
and
kind
of
some
next
steps,
and
so,
as
always,
we're
definitely
looking
for
anyone.
That
would
love
to
be
on
the
committee.
D
But
the
goal
of
this
committee
is
really
to
ensure
that
the
commission's
operating
at
its
fullest
potential
and
helping
us
to
be
a
more
functional
and
efficient
commission,
as
we
obviously
are
all
very
busy
people,
but
also
have
a
very
important
task
to
carry
out,
and
so
we
will
do
this
through
development
of
skills
and
expertise,
onboarding
and
orientation
of
new
commission
members
and
ensuring
that
everyone
just
kind
of
has
a
space
where,
whether
they're
new
or
whether
they're
a
founder
or
family
commission
member
that
there
is
a
space
where
you
kind
of,
can
receive
some
development
in
this
commission,
but
also
where
you
can
share
any
of
your
expertise
and
knowledge
and
skills
for
the
general
commission.
D
So
that's
the
overview,
and
I
know
that
last
I
don't
know
what
is
time
maybe
fall.
We
were
talking
about
winter,
maybe
we
were
talking
about
our
commission
retreat
and
at
that
time
the
gender
excuse
me.
The
government's
leadership
and
development
commission
committee
was
spearheading
the
retreat,
or
at
least
the
organization
of
it,
and
it's
our
recommendation
that
we
continue
to
push
that
work
forward.
D
I
think
that
the
retreat
is
definitely
very
necessary
at
this
point,
especially
given
the
pandemic,
and
some
commissioners
have
come
on
or
transitioned
off
of
the
commission,
and
so
it
was
just
probably
a
really
good
time
to
be
intentional
about
making
sure
that
that
retreat
happens,
given
everyone's
desire
to
still
you
know
short
to
still
happen.
D
So
I
don't
know,
madam
chair,
if
we
have
time
right
now
if
they
want,
if
you
want
to
discuss
that
retreat
now,
but
it
is
definitely
something
that
the
committee
is
considering
and
would
love
to
to
push
forward.
B
So
I
know
that
mayor
is
joining
us
around
four
o'clock
and
we
have
a
vote
and
an
executive
committee's
report,
but
I
guess
I'll
weekend
a
few
minutes.
If
anybody
has
anything
burning
that
they
they
want
to
share
or
bring
forward.
I
do
know
that
our
conversation
before
the
public
portion,
it
was
brought
up
that
we
wanted
to
move
forward
with
racial
equity
and
and
anti-racism
work,
and
so
I
do
know
that.
B
That's
something
that
we're
trying
to
decide
if
it's
going
to
be
a
part
of
a
retreat
or,
as
we
talked
about
part
of
a
separate
working
question,
so
that
definitely
came
up
but
other
than
that.
Is
there
anything
that
anyone
and
just
you
know
briefly
in
terms
of
topics
of
consideration
or
areas
of
consideration,
that
you
would
like
to
see.
The
governance
and
leadership
committee
take
on
or
think
about.
A
F
Thank
you.
I
know
it's
always
hard
and
I
want
to
wait
until
you
see
my
hand,
two
quick
comments.
One
is
I
I
really
felt
I
was.
I
was
affected
by
the
number
of
commissioners
who
said:
if
we're
gonna
have
a
retreat,
it
needs
to
be
a
retreat.
It
needs
to
be
a
chance
to
to
be
together
and
not
take
up
more
energy.
F
So
I
just
wanted
to
just
say
that
there
is
absolutely
a
lot
of
work
and
a
lot
of
it
is
urgent,
but
don't
I
would
suggest
not
calling
it
a
retreat
unless
it's
really
that-
and
the
second
thing
I
wonder
about
sometime
this
year-
maybe
on
the
anniversary
of
putting
out
our
policy
recommendations.
The
number
one
policy
recommendation
is
to
end
police
violence
and
that
might
be
a
great
chance
to
really
talk
about
the
intersections
of
gender
equity
and
racial
equity
and
either
have
a
presenter.
F
I
can
make
a
short
presentation,
but
there
are
lots
of
experts,
and
maybe
all
of
you
could
do
that,
but
just
we
could
take
a
portion
of
a
public
meeting
sometime
this
year
and
really
talk
about
that
and
in
preparing
for
that,
we'll
be
talking
about
it
as
a
commission.
So
those
are
two
things
I
wanted
to
throw
out
there.
G
Thank
you
and
jalisa.
Thank
you
so
much
for
taking
on
the
chair
of
a
committee.
That's
terrific
jalisa!
I
was
curious
and
I
don't
know
if
your
committees
had
a
chance
to
talk
about
this,
but
just
I'm
wondering
if
this
might
also
be
an
opportunity
to
revisit
our
grounding
principles
that
we
had
started
to
take
a
look
at
last
year
we
had
a
draft.
Some
folks
made
comments.
We
sort
of
have
a
very.
I
guess.
G
I
would
call
it
a
very
rough
draft
that
we
were
sort
of
collectively
co-creating
but
did
not
get
a
chance
to
return
to,
and
it
strikes
me
that
that
might
be
a
useful
document
also
as
we're
thinking
about
the
retreat
and
any
conversations
that
we
want
to
have
around
racial
equity,
particularly
since
some
of
those
principles
are
trying
to
get
at
our
collective
understanding
of
intersectionality.
For
instance,.
B
Thank
you,
commissioner,
raymie,
and
with
with
the
new
people
that
we
have
brought
on,
is
also
a
great
opportunity
to
kind
of
take
a
look
at
it
with
fresher
eyes
too.
So,
thank
you
for
that.
Anyone
else
have
any
input
or
feedback
or
comments
for
commissioner
coffey
and
the
governance
and
leadership
committee.
A
F
Thank
you
amanda,
and
I
so
I
now
I'm
on
the
it
past
the
anniversary.
I
I
started
full
time.
F
I
went
I've
been
with
the
mayor's
office
for
three
and
a
half
years,
but
I
was
a
part-time
employee
and
part
of
my
mission
was,
as
with
every
commissioner
and
council
member
gross
and
many
others
to
make
sure
this
position
became
full-time
and
I've
been
in
a
full-time
position
for
the
exact
same
time,
amount
of
time
as
kobit
shut
down
and
I've
been
talking
about
a
reset
and
I
feel,
like
all
of
the
pieces
are
in
place
and
I
think
everyone
who's
associated
with
the
commission,
including
former
chair
very
recently,
former
chair,
jesse
ramy,
dr
remy.
F
Really
everyone
made
us
get
to
this
point,
and
I
know
there
have
been
lots
of
growing
pains,
but
there
was
no
commission
like
ours
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
there's
almost
there.
I
think
they're
fewer
than
10
in
the
country.
So
we
really
were
breaking
new
ground
and-
and
I'm
just
very
excited
for
this
moment
for
me
executive
director's
report.
The
first
thing
I
wanted
to
talk
about
is
just
I
know
how
much
this
commission,
as
a
group,
really
cares
about
making
sure
we're
not
separate
from
the
community.
F
First
of
all,
all
of
you
represent
communities
in
pittsburgh.
You
live
or
work
in
a
city.
You
have
diverse
intersectional
identities,
but
we
also
want
to
make
sure
we're
continuing
to
hear
as
many
diverse
experiences
so
we're
not
making
policy
recommendations.
F
That
would
only
help
some
people
and
in
the
last
month
I
wanted
to
just
list
off
some
of
the
community
organizations
with
whom
I've
had
conversations,
and
I
am
happy
to
arrange
meetings
with
commissioners
to
see
ways
we
can
plug
in
different
committees
and
would
love
your
expertise
in
brainstorming,
but
since
the
last
monthly
meeting
of
the
gender
equity
commission,
which
commissioner
coffee.
F
Yes,
what
is
time
that
seems
like
a
lifetime
ago,
so
I've
been
trying
to
make
connections
with
the
commonwealth,
the
governor's
commission
on
four
women
and
one
of
my
colleagues
city,
employee
city
of
pittsburgh,
employee
ethercal,
has
been
appointed
to
that
commission.
F
So
we
had
hoped
to
do
something
for
international
women's
day
that
didn't
come
to
fruition,
but
we're
in
regular
conversation,
and
if
commissioners
have
ideas
about
ways
we
can
amplify
policy
or
if
you
want
to
get
information
about
that,
the
executive
director
is
mariah
hathaway
and
she
puts
together
a
great
rundown
at
the
end
of
each
week
of
policy
things
that
are
happening.
It's
such
a
long
list.
F
I
can
barely
like
get
through
it,
because
I
go
down
a
wormhole
for
all
the
links,
but
it's
a
wonderful,
wonderful
repository
and
she's
happy
to
send
that
to
anyone
or
I
can
share
with
all
of
you,
the
urban
league.
I
was
part
of
a
conversation
with
some
wonderful
people,
including
jada
shirelle.
Some
of
you
may
remember,
was
really
instrumental
in
the
community
meetings
after
the
pijr
report
came
out,
aauw,
of
course,
with
the
workforce,
equity
commission.
So
I'm
having
now
every
two
weeks.
F
I
have
a
meeting
with
our
with
our
peers
in
in
auw
to
present
the
trainings,
and
I
think
that
I
am
absolutely
in
alignment
with
commissioners
that
you
shouldn't
be
doing
the
work
that
I
can
be
doing,
but
then
I
also
need
to
have
a
way
to
make
those
decisions
and
and
we're
seeing
all
of
those
things
happen.
Jordan,
who's
with
us
today
we'll
talk
about
the
appointments
project
and
that's
really
exciting,
and
you
can
see
her
smile
and
jordan
is
really
taking
a
lead
on
that.
F
My
colleague
I'm
continuing
to
try
and
find
ways.
I
I
would
like
to
have
a
an
inventory.
So
if
somebody
is
struggling
in
terms
of
work
first,
getting
a
job
getting
a
promotion
getting
a
you
know,
leadership
position
that
I
could
give
them
a
slate
of
options,
and
so
one
is
the
free
training.
We're
providing
the
council
that
the
commission
wants
to
create
this
year,
financial,
empowerment,
centers.
There
are
small
business
loans,
and
so
just
really,
to
put
it
all
in
one
place,
because
I
think
there
are
actually
many
services.
F
The
city
provides
and
city
council
is
looking
out
for
for
community
members
and
how
can
we
close
the
information
gap?
So
one
of
my
colleagues
arranged
a
meeting
with
the
allegheny
conference
in
community
development,
which
is
obviously
a
major
player
in
workforce
development,
and
you
know
thinks
in
the
very
long
term
and
that's
a
a
lot
of
my
conversations
are
introductory
about
telling
people
who
the
gender
equity
commission
is
learning
about
what
they
do,
giving
them
some
hints
about
the
workforce
equity
council.
F
Should
the
commission
decide
that
these
are
the
folks
they
want
to
invite
to
be
part
of
that?
There's
a
lot
of
interest.
Ccac
women
in
engineering
I
participated
in
a
panel
talking
about
gender
equity.
Women
in
the
trades
is
a
really
important
area
and
there
are
lots
of
barriers,
some
of
the
same
barriers
of
gender
equity.
You
know
that
occur
in
every
industry,
every
sector
and
then
there's
some
specific
ones
as
well,
and
there
is
one
person
in
particular
is
coming
to
mind.
F
Who
was
part
of
the
panel
that
I
was
on?
Who
I
think
we
should
absolutely
have
present
and
talk
about
the
success
stories,
because
I
think
we
need
to
amplify
those
to
help
other
people
who
are
gender
diverse
and
not
the
the
usual
suspects
and
the
trades
to
feel
that
that
this
is
a
space
for
you.
I
used
to
be
a
literature
professor,
as
many
of
you
know,
and
so
this
is
particularly
exciting.
F
F
It
started
with
a
book
called
girl
woman
other
by
evaristo,
which,
if
you've
not
read
phenomenal
book
and
I've
just
had
a
chance
to
connect
with
lots
of
teachers
in
particular,
who
are
thinking
about
teaching
it,
but
really
talking
about
the
construction
of
gender
and
gender
non-binary
realities,
which
there
just
aren't
many
popular
stories
about,
and
then
finally,
the
world
affairs
council
a
really
excellent
discussion
by
someone
who's,
who
I
have
got
a
little
bit
of
a
fangirl
crush
on
who's.
F
Talking
about
human
rights
and-
and
I
picked
my
sdgs
because
I
do
think
that
front
and
center
can
be
the
power
of
saying
american.
Civil
rights
really
really
do
important
things.
But
there
are
some
ways
in
which,
when
we
look
to
international
human
rights
standards,
we
can
make
greater
strides,
so
the
universal
basic
income,
a
recommendation
that
we
all
made
with
building
a
new
normal
last
june,
that
the
it's
called
mayors
for
guaranteed
income
and
the
pilot
program.
F
We
should
be
getting
public
information
about
that
fairly
soon,
but
that
is
the
human
right,
the
that
it's
based
on
the
principle
that
it's
not
your
identity,
that
should
just
determine
which
rights
you
have
access
to
like
marriage
or
employment
that
the
military.
You
know
that
these
are
not
their
human
rights
if
it's
available
to
someone
who
should
be
available
to
everyone.
F
The
other
thing
I'm
really
excited
about
I'll,
just
take
a
couple
more
minutes.
So
your
vote,
you
have
time
for
the
vote
that
we've
been
talking
and
the
number
the
first
policy
recommendation
is
to
end
police
violence,
and
the
second
recommendation
is
to
mandate
the
collection
of
disaggregated
data,
which
is
directly
related
to
our
gender
analysis
and
especially
for
new
commissioners.
F
But
I
have
worked
with
a
team
of
interns
at
chatham
and
they
have
come
up
with
a
list
of
best
practices
for
disaggregated
data
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
and
the
mayor
has
told
us
that
the
gender
equity
commission
he'd
love
for
us
to
help
with
that,
and
I
will
have
a
fellow
working
with
me
in
the
summer
who
worked
on
the
pigr
report,
a
graduate
student
at
pitt
to
continue
that
work.
So
we
are
making
progress.
F
I
know
it's
slow
bureaucratic,
but
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
all
and
we're
we
will
have
a
vista
assigned
to
us,
hopefully
in
august,
to
expand
our
capacity.
So
this
is
all
just
great
news
and
it's
the
it
really
is
the
the
work
and
persistence
and
activist
soul
of
this
advisory
committee
to
the
mayor.
So
thank
you.
B
Thank
you
so
much
anu
and
that
last
piece
definitely
sounds
like
as
we're
talking
about
the
different
committees,
really
thinking
about
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
some
of
the
committees
and
those
areas
where
that
could
be.
You
know,
housed
or
be
intentional
again
with
the
alignment
and
using
that.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
that
before
we
move
into
the
vote.
B
I
do
want
to
welcome
briefly.
If
any
commissioners
have
questions,
I
know
for
a
new
or
anything
that
they
would
like
to
bring
up
right
now.
I
do
want
to
congratulate
the
commission
again
on
the
work
that
has
helped
to
support
some
of
these
important
pieces
that
are
moving
forward.
A
B
So
communications
has
been
challenging,
and
so
we
are
voting
today.
Everyone
on
an
additional
communications
platform
to
help
streamline
our
communications
and,
of
course,
once
we
choose
a
platform,
we
will
still
have
to
be
intentional
about
you
know
using
it
and
finding
the
best
way
to
use
it,
and
this
is
not
to
replace
email.
B
This
is
again
just
to
streamline
the
the
conversations
to
to
help
some
of
our
work
from
getting
lost
in
emails,
also
to
keep
some
of
your
email
inboxes
from
flooding
over,
as
has
happened,
especially
for
some
of
the
commissioners
that
have
been
with
us
for
a
number
of
years,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
anu
and
allison
our
secretary
for
the
work
that
they
did,
putting
together
the
summaries
of
trello
and
slack
for
everyone
on
the
commission.
B
So
you
could
have
a
chance
to
kind
of
review
the
I
guess
pros
and
cons
of
both,
and
so
we
are
going
to
vote
today
on
whether
or
not
we're
going
to
use
trello
or
slack,
and
so
I
know
that
we
don't
have
like
a
chat
or
anything
because
we're
republic,
and
so
I
guess,
does
anybody
have
any
questions
before
we
we
put
this
to
or
any
points.
I
would
like
to
say
that
our
secretary
did
ask
in
her
absence
that
we
support
and
state
that
allison
emphatically
supports
slack.
B
She
asked
that
we
state
that
for
what
it's
worth,
because
she
couldn't
be
here
herself,
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
did
what
she
asked
me
to
do
and
put
that
out
there.
Does
anybody
have
any
points
that
they
would
like
for
us
to
consider
about
either
platform
before
we
vote.
H
No
I'll
chime
in
since
it's
invited
we've
tried
both
and
we
dropped
trello
and
stuck
with
slack
on
my
team
and
in
other
projects,
and
what
I
like
about
it
is.
I
seem
to
be
able
to
more
easily
see
the
hole
and
then
drill
into.
B
B
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure,
because
you
know
we're
a
public
entity
and
we're
on
youtube.
We
think
you
know
they're
both
wonderful
platforms
and,
for
our
purposes
we're
trying
to
focus
on
which
one
serves
our
needs,
and
my
understanding
is
that
trello
is
more
of
a
project-based
app
and
versus
slack
is
more
of
a
communication
streamline
app.
So
that
makes
sense,
commissioner
gross
okay.
B
So
I
guess
at
this
point
we
we
need
to
vote,
commissioner,
corporal.
What
do
you
think
is
the
the
most
effective
way?
I
know
this
is
not
quite
the
same
as
voting
for
our
executive
committee,
but
what
do
you
think
is
the
most
effective
way
to
to
move
forward
with
this
vote?
Did
we
just
ask
everyone
who
wants
slack
to
say,
aye
and
raise
their
hands.
E
I
Of
a
survey
or
vote
in
the
past,
I
think.
J
I
I
Yeah-
and
I
don't
know
that
we
have
to
do
a
roll
call
for
it,
I
think
we
could
just
look
to
see
if
we
have
a
majority
in
one
direction
or
the
other.
G
Did
you
know
the
yays
and
nays
and
looked
around
so
I
think
you're
good
to
go.
B
Okay,
so
I
guess
everyone
who's
in
favor
of
slack.
What
I'll
do
is?
I
guess
what
I'll
do
you
know
what
for
for
the
records?
B
I
think,
even
though
we
don't
need
to
be
private,
what
I
can
do
is
just
go
through
and,
as
I
call
your
name,
can
you
just
give
your
preference
just
so
there's
a
record
of
it.
I
think
it'd
be
harder
for
the
purpose
of
record
keeping
to
actually
you
know
just
do
it
all
if
that's
okay
with
everyone,
okay,
commissioner,
coffee
slack,
commissioner
davidson
slack,
commissioner
gross
slack,
come
okay,
commissioner.
C
B
Hey
I
I
also
vote
for
slack
commissioner
raby
slack,
commissioner
schultz,
black
okay,
so
there
we
have
it
everyone,
so
we
will
move
forward
and
I'll
work
with
the
new
to
figure
out
how
to
get
that
set
up
and
get
everyone
on
it
and
the
next
steps
and
moving
forward.
So
thank
you
all
for
that.
So
we
officially
have
another
platform
to
try
to
help
us
figure
out
how
to
streamline
our
communications.
F
I
confirmed
with
the
scheduler
that
the
the
time
should
work
so
hopefully
any
second.
Now
we
will.
We
will
have
our
guest.
B
Okay,
perfect,
so
we
have
just
shy
of
two
minutes.
Jordan.
You
are
slated
to
share
with
us
after
the
mayor.
How
long
do
you
think
you
need
to
present
this
afternoon.
K
Hi
everyone
happy
april.
I
only
have
one
update
so
I've.
I
believe
I've
spoken
to
you
all
about
the
appointments
project
before
it's
an
initiative
that
we
are
partnering
with
united,
we
on
to
increase
the
gender
diversity
of
our
city
boards,
authorities
and
commissions.
We
had
two
information
sessions
one
in
december,
one
in
january,
we've
planned
one
for
this
month.
K
It
will
be
held
on
april
27th
at
noon,
and
I
will
include
I'll
put
the
link
to
our
city
appointments
project
website
in
the
chat,
because
people
can
register
for
the
information
session
through
our
website.
We
have
four
community
partners.
K
This
go
around
pump,
women
and
girls
foundation,
executive,
women's
council-
and
who
am
I
forgetting,
I'm
forgetting
someone
it'll
come
to
me
in
a
minute
or
you
can
look
on
the
website
and
it'll
be
there,
but
we
have
four
wonderful
community
partners
working
with
us
and
if
people
register
they'll
be
able
to
hear
a
little
bit
about
the
work
that
they're
doing
in
the
city
in
addition
to
what
it
means
to
serve
on
board's
authorities
and
commissions
and
how
they
can
get
more
involved.
K
So
if
anybody
has
any
questions
about
the
appointments
project
feel
free
to
contact
me.
I
think
everyone
should
have
my
email.
If
you
don't,
you
can
send
a
question
to
anew
and
she
can
send
it
to
me,
but
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
you're
continuing
that
initiative
and
that's
all
I
have.
B
Thank
you
and
then
jordan
certainly
pleased
to
consider
how
we
can
support.
You
know
this.
This
work,
if
there's
anything
that
we
as
a
commission
can
do
any
information
that
we
can
share
insights.
You
know
into
what
people
should
and
can
consider.
I
know
that
you
have
partners,
but
you
know,
if
you
think
of
any
way
that
the
commission
can
support
that.
You
know
please,
please,
certainly
let
us
know.
B
Thank
you
so
much
and
jordan
will
be
presenting
every
week.
We
will
do
our
best
to
send
you
all
what
jordan
is
presenting
on
ahead
of
our
meeting.
Sometimes
it's
just
not
possible
depending
on
what
comes
across
jordan's
desk,
but
I
do
want
you
all
to
know
that
that
came
up
previously
in
meetings
and
that
we
will
continue
to
do
our
best
to
make
sure
that
you
all
are
aware
of
what
jordan's
presenting
on
so
that
in
case
you
all
have
any
questions
or
want
to
go
deeper
on
anything.
That's
brought
up.
B
You
know
you
don't
have
to
think
on
the
fly
and
you
actually
have
some
time
to
sit
with
it.
So
we
will
continue
to
do
our
best
to
make
sure
that
you
are
aware,
but
jordan
is
going
to
be
with
us
every
month,
continuing
to
share
so
jordan.
Thank
you
so
much
any
of
their
comments
about
that.
Any
questions
about
that
a
project
while
jordan
is
with
us
anything.
Anyone
would
like
to
know.
B
Okay,
very
exciting,
so
this
what
this
means
is
that
you
know
we
we
may
have
more.
We
may
see
more
people
than
just
morgan
appearing
you
know
in
in
in
articles
about
how
people
are
trying
to
diversify
boards
and
commissions.
You
know
we
want
this
to
be
something
that
is
not
special,
but
is
normalized
right,
intersectional
diversity
across
the
board,
so
that
we
can
be
intentional
about
the
work
we're
doing
on
behalf
of
the
community.
So
I
think
that's
very
exciting
that
there's
intentional
work
being
done
so
very
quickly.
B
Our
next
order
of
business
after
jordan's
policy
update
was
just
an
update
on
the
statement
in
support
of
the
asian
american
and
pacific
islander
community.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
all
so
much.
I
want
to
thank
the
executive
committee,
especially.
We
had
a
very
tight
turnaround
because
we
wanted
to
be
respectful
of
of
the
mayor's
timeline
in
in
ensuring
support
of
the
mayor
and
his
words
and
support
at
the
live
vigil
at
the
city
county
building.
So
we
had
a
very
tight
turn
around.
B
An
executive
committee
came
together
in
roughly
24
hours
and
put
together
a
statement
that
all
five
members
worked
on
and
shared
with
the
commission
and
so
again
recognizing
that
everyone
had
a
very,
very
short
period
of
time
to
read
it
and
and
vote
on
it.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
your
involvement
and
for
your
questions
and
for
your
support,
and
so
because
it
was
not
during
a
public
meeting,
it
was
a
majority,
and
so
we
did
have
the
numbers
needed
to
actually
voted
an
affirmation.
B
However,
when
it
was
all
said
and
done,
13
members
of
the
commission
gave
their
full
support.
So,
even
though
there
were
members
who
were
not
able
to
quote
vote
in
time
of
the
8
pm
deadline,
13
members
of
the
commission
did
give
their
support,
and
so
again
this
is
is
extremely
important
that
we
do
what
we
can,
and
this
is
a
perfect
example
of
of
some
advocacy
that
we
are
able
to
do
and
can
do
and
should
do.
B
That
is
very
intentional
and
I
also
want
to
bring
up
so
the
background
behind
me
is
acknowledging
that
international
transgender
day
of
visibility
was
on
march
31st.
So
this
of
course
occurred
in
between
our
march
and
april
meeting.
B
I
will
take
responsibility
that
we
in
our
agenda
did
not
include
acknowledging
this
very
important
day
during
our
march
meeting,
and
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
did
mention
it
during
our
april
meeting
and
you
know
being
that
we
are
at
the
gender
equity
commission
and
our
work
is
intersectional
that
we
should
be
celebrating
and
highlighting
important
days
like
this
and
so
moving
forward.
We're
going
to
do
our
best
to
do
this.
L
I
just
came
back
from
a
construction
junction.
We
announced
a
new
plan
it's
earth
week
so
day.
Two
day
one
yesterday
we
announced
we're
going
to
be
installing
over
200
chargers,
electric
chargers
for
vehicles
in
the
city
in
the
next
five
years,
and
today
we
announced
that
we
are
going
to
begin
a
deconstruction
program,
meaning
that
buildings
that
have
been
demolished
in
the
past.
B
Well,
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
We
know
how
busy
you
are,
and
I
was
telling
members
of
the
commission
I
like
to
think
of
this
as
the
mayor's
annual
visit
to
the
gender
equity
commission
and
so
mayor
peduto.
The
floor
is
yours.
We
are
looking
forward
to
hearing
from
you
and
and
your
thoughts
and
your
vision
for
the
year
forward
in
the
commission.
Thank.
L
You
and
thank
you
to
everybody
who
is
on
right
now
and
and
is
a
member
as
well
as
I
believe
we
have
three
new
members
today
right
that
are
joining
the
commission.
L
L
This
gender
equity
report
is
our
clarion
call
that
not
only
is
there
gender
disparity,
but
there
is
systemic
racism
in
pittsburgh
and
it's
written
in
a
way
that
you
cannot
argue
and
that
when
you
compound
it
and
look
at
the
different
indicators
based
on
gender
and
race,
it
becomes
exponentially
worse.
So
we
know
where
we're
at.
We
know
what
the
baseline
is.
Now
you,
the
members
of
this
gender
equity
commission,
have
the
ability,
the
authority,
the
opportunity
and
the
responsibility
to
help
create
programs
and
policies
to
make
things
change.
L
I'm
committed
to
putting
the
resources
of
our
administration
behind
the
work
that
you
do.
I
am
interested
in
data
as
michael
bloomberg.
Famously
said,
trust
in
god.
Everything
else
show
me
the
data
and
I
want
it
to
be
based
on
real
results
and
I
don't
mind
showing
where
we
fail.
In
fact,
I
think
that
type
of
transparency
is
the
only
way
to
earn
trust.
L
L
L
I
promise
that
I'm
going
to
continue
asking
the
key
players
of
this
city
to
back
initiatives
to
be
able
to
create
a
more
equitable
city.
That
means
upmc.
That
means
allegheny
health
network
and
highmark.
That
means
carnegie
mellon.
That
means
pit
that
also
means
giant
eagle,
pnc
bank
huntington
bank
citizens,
bank
ppg,
but
that
also
means
heinz
endowment,
rk
melon
foundation
and
start
to
pull
together
the
opportunity
to
recognize
those
key
indicators
and
those
key
issues
and
put
the
resources
from
different
directions
behind
it.
L
City
government
can't
solve
all
the
problems
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
City
government
can
empower
others
to
be
able
to
do
so
and
can
pull
together
all
the
critical
partners
to
make
it
happen.
What
I
need
are
the
ideas.
What
I
need
are
the
policies.
What
I
need
are
the
programs
and
what
I
assure
you
is
that
it
will
be
a
part
of
the
performance
side
when
we
talk
about
p4
people,
planet,
place
and
performance.
L
The
gender
equity
commission
report
will
be
one
of
the
key
indicators
of
whether
or
not
we're
succeeding
or
failing
the
sustainable
development
goals.
The
17
sdgs
will
be
the
other
indicator
and
we
will
work
with
all
of
those
partners
throughout
the
city
to
work
with
you
to
make
sure
that
we
do
succeed.
So
I
thank
you.
I
thank
you
for
putting
your
time
and
your
effort
into
it.
L
I
know
that
each
of
you
have
a
vested
interest
in
pittsburgh
and
a
very
deep
and
compassionate
heart
to
being
able
to
help
neighbors,
and
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
and
I
look
forward
to
reading
the
reports,
as
you
put
them
out.
The
one
thing
I'll
ask:
it's
a
lot
easier
to
move
quickly
on
priorities
and
bite
size
initiatives
instead
of
trying
to
be
and
have
the
grand
idea
with
all
the
initiatives
in
it.
B
Thank
you.
Do
you
have
a
few
minutes
to
stick
around
for
some
questions
from
the
commission.
B
Awesome,
wonderful,
so
I
do
I
see
it.
Commissioner.
Everton
wants
to
speak.
I
just
quickly
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
the
commission
has
begun
kind
of
thinking
about
just
generally
thinking
about
its
priorities
and
and
what
they
think.
What
we
think
a
successful
year
forward
is
going
to
look
like
and
overwhelmingly.
B
And-
and
you
know,
as
you
stated
whether
incrementally
with
I
like
to
think
the
long-term
big
vision
right,
you
move
sometimes
a
little
by
little
towards
those
big
goals,
but
we
we,
I
just
wanted
to
share
with
you
that
that
is
something
that's
definitely
on
the
minds
of
all
commissioners.
So
thank
you
again
for
that,
and
so
commissioner
overton,
please.
C
L
C
Nice
to
see
you
too,
so
you
know,
I've
been
seeing
more
and
more
black
women
express
their
desire
to
leave
pittsburgh
to
have
any
semblance
of
upward
social
mobility,
and
I'm
talking
about
native
pittsburghers,
like
myself,
for
example,
and
that
was
especially
the
reaction
after
the
report.
C
But
now,
two
years
later,
people
are
still
really
having
this
really
heartbreaking
conversation,
because
these
are
people
who
want
pittsburgh
to
succeed,
but
also
they're,
feeling
the
weight
of
holding
up
that
mirror
for
pittsburgh
to
recognize
that
it
ain't
working
out
for
all
of
us,
and
you
know
that
care
and
attention
isn't
being
reciprocated
so
to
amanda's
point.
L
So
I
think
that
it
is
engaging
the
community
not
simply
having
the
meetings
with
the
17
members
or
the
17
commissioners,
but
maybe
having
different
types
of
committees
that
meet
with
experts
in
health
that
meet
with
experts
in
education
that
meet
with
whatever
the
key
indicators
are
and
allowing
them
to
be
a
part
of
this,
and,
as
you
start
to
put
together
your
agenda
working
and
reaching
out
directly
to
people
in
the
administration
that
have
a
direct
role
in
seeing
new
ideas
becoming
implemented.
L
L
Feeling
a
sense
of
home
means
you
have
a
sense
of
identity
that
you
are
part
of
something,
and
one
of
the
key
things
that
we
need
to
do
is
is
to
expand
that
and
to
bring
other
voices
in.
L
L
When
the
report
came
out,
one
of
the
key
indicators
that
was
highlighted
by
the
commission
was
the
complications
during
pregnancy,
that
african-american
women
face
and
the
death
rate
of
newborn
and
all
of
the
different
issues
that
go
into
prenatal
to
postnatal
care
and
that
it's
two
different
worlds,
depending
on
your
skin
color.
L
Just
from
that,
just
from
the
gender
equity
commission,
highlighting
it
rk
melon
foundation
reached
out
to
mcgee
women's
hospital
and
began
a
program
to
be
able
to
address
it
using
the
gender
equity
study
numbers
as
a
baseline
and
then
working
in
order
to
both
fund
and
create
programming
around
how
to
solve
it.
So
think
broader
than
what
can
city
government
do
when
you're
addressing
these
issues
bring
in
experts
who
have
standing
within
the
different
communities
that
you're
working
on
and
then
highlight
the
key
issue.
L
B
Mayor
just
quickly
on
that
point-
and
I
know
that
you're
only
with
us
for
a
little
bit,
so
I
do
want
to
give
a
chance
to
others
to
chime
in
on
on
what
you
said
about
the
arcane
milling
grant
that's
exciting
and
I'd
like
to
add
to
that.
As
a
commissioner,
he
was
actually
nine
months,
pregnant
eight,
almost
nine
months
pregnant
when
that
report
came
out
and
how
terrifying
that
was.
B
But
I
already
knew
that
right
because
I'm
a
black
woman
so,
but
that
is
an
an
area
where
it's
wonderful
and
we
also
know
that
community
centered,
midwifery
care,
doula
services,
etc
are
game
changer
in
terms
of
the
care
that
people
who
give
birth
need
to
ensure
that
they
have
the
outcomes
that
are
on
par
with,
with
with
white
women
and
so
and
in
the
future.
B
B
So
when
these
opportunities
come
about,
we
can
make
sure
that
you
know
funds
are
being
directed
or
these
initiatives
are
being
considered
in
a
way
that
are
most
effective
and
so
again
that
is
absolutely
wonderful
and
great
news,
because
it's
important
and
we
want
to
find
a
way
where
we
can
support
you
in
these
important
initiatives
more
on
the
onset
to
ensure
that
our
expertise
is
tapped
into
you
have
17
people
who
are
here
ready
and
willing
to
help.
B
F
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
mayor
the
one
question
that
commissioners
have
asked
since
they
started
meeting
three
years
ago
is:
can
we
get
more
funding
to
do
our
work,
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
I
raise
that
question
to
you
and
perhaps
there's
a
way
that
the
mayor's
office
can
think
about
that
and
what?
F
What
might
we
be
able
to
do
even
more
of
and
even
better
with
certain
kinds
of
budgets
and
city
council
and
the
mayor's
office
perhaps
can
allocate
some
funds
because
I
do
think
the
power
of
these
commissioners.
As
you've
said,
this
is
an
amazing
group
of
people,
and
I
think
that
there's
there's
a
lot
that
we
can
do
so
I'll.
Just
put
that
on
your
radar
and
and
make
sure
that
that
I
amplify
them.
The
question
that
I
get
from
commissioners,
the
most.
L
L
The
city
is
considering
putting
x
amount
in,
but
we
would
need
to
be
able
to
raise
that
same
amount
and
then
being
able
to
to
actually
lobby
to
or
be
ordered
to
make
it
a
priority.
So
recently
did
that
with
the
shade
tree.
Commission
would
be
interested
in
seeing
a
proposal
from
gender
equity
commission
along
the
same
lines.
L
F
It
I
guess
you
can't
hear
me
if
I
meet
it.
Thank
you
and
I
think,
that's
a
great
way
to
prioritize
and
for
our
committees
to
think
about
spelling
out
what
is
it
we
want
to
do?
How
much
is
that
going
to
cost,
and
then
it
will
help
us
with
our
strategies
as
well.
So
I
think
that's
that's
really
helpful
to
for
us
to
think
about.
L
I
can
say
this:
I
I
have
in
all
my
years
in
government
never
have
had
an
easier
time
asking
people
for
help.
L
So
if
I
can
get
somebody
engaged
in
an
after-school
program
for
women,
young
girls,
that
teaches
them
coding
and
allows
there
to
be
a
better
opportunity
and
a
direct
link
for
jobs
and
stem
for
young
women,
you
know
I'll
go
to
google
and
I'll
say:
hey!
Look
we're
going
to
do
this
at
paulson
recreation
center
in
lincoln
lemington,
and
you
need
to
be
a
part
of
it.
B
L
I
can
tell
you
at
least
off
both
hands
the
number
of
different
things
that
have
been
coming
out
of
the
commission
that
we've
instantly
implemented.
We
no
longer
post
salary
history
as
part
of
a
job
application.
L
B
B
But
I
do
want
to
thank
you,
mayor
peduto,
for
your
annual
visit
to
the
gec
and
for
coming
to
meet
with
us
to
talk
to
us
and
it's
always
good
to
hear
what
your
areas
of
focus
are
and
your
priorities
are,
and
I
want
to
guarantee
you
that
you
will
hear
from
us
and
we
will
definitely
be
very
vocal
and
upfront
about
what
we're
looking
for.
And
what
we'd
like
to
see.
Oh
commissioner,
higginbotham
before
we
go,
has
one
one
thing
to
say:.
M
Hi
mayor,
I
my
question
is:
is:
is
this
I'm
wondering
what
the
priorities
around
race
are
for
the
mayor's
office
in
addressing
race.
M
L
It's
a
great
question:
it
really
is
encompassing
so
when
I,
when
I
talk
to
staff
about
it
when
we
talk
about
equity
equity
is
not
where
we
play
pave
the
streets
this
year
and
or
where
and
how
much
mwbe
contracts
were
awarded.
It's
everything.
L
L
So
before
we
did
the
contract
to
change
the
lights,
we
changed
the
structure
and
that's
just
like
one
example
that
I
can
give
you.
But
when
I
deal
with
issues
of
race,
I
look
at
it
with
our
administration
through
systems
that
were
created
consciously
that
have
created
two
different
types
of
opportunity
within
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
L
So
to
make
up
for
that,
you
have
to
provide
more.
You
have
to
provide
more
opportunity
for
entrepreneurial
loans
grants
you
have
to
provide
more
opportunity
for
home
ownership.
You
have
to
provide
more
resources
in
order
to
be
able
to
do
that
to
even
the
playing
field.
So
that's
how
I
view
it.
I
I
know
it's
a
much
more
complex
issue
than
that.
L
I
know
that
it
is
bound
around
not
only
the
type
of
logistics
that
I'm
talking
about,
but
the
strongest
emotions
may
be
in
america
and
certainly
at
this
point
in
american
history,
and
it
is
a
complex
way
of
trying
to
correct
a
wrong
being
honest
about
the
wrong
and
is,
I
was
reminded
today
provide
opportunity.
So
when
we
were
talking
today
about
deconstructing
of
a
house,
where
are
we
demolishing
houses
in
all
of
our
lowest
income
neighborhoods?
L
L
When
you
demolish
a
house,
the
paint
from
the
walls
falls
into
the
ground
and
it
gets
crushed
by
the
bulldozer
and
for
generations
that
ground
is
contaminated
with
lead
when
you
destruct
a
house
you're
able
to
keep
that
from
happening.
So
every
issue
that
we
think
about
has
to
go
through
that
filter
and
that
filter
is
equity
and
when
we
deal
with
equity,
we're
dealing
with
race
in
a
way
where
we
don't
have
to
go
back
after
we
make
the
wrong
decision
and
try
to
fix
it.
E
L
So
chair
I'll
leave
you
with
that
and
anything
that
is
a
follow-up
from
this
meeting.
Please
let
anu
know
and
I'll
be
following
up
with
her
as
well,
so
to
be
able
to
get
the
administration
behind
anything
that
comes
out
of
a
direct
result
of
tonight.
B
B
Yeah,
absolutely
and
absolutely
so,
I
would
like
to
have
an
opportunity.
B
So
before
we
move
to
public
comment,
I
would
like
an
opportunity
for
commissioners
to
sit
with
the
mayor's
meeting
with
us
today,
and
I
knew
perhaps
we
could
talk
about
finding
a
mechanism
for
commissioners
to
maybe
share
any
follow-up
thoughts
they
have
and
and
so
that
you
know
you
don't
feel
like
today
and
right
here
and
now
is
the
only
time
the
mayor
did
say
to
get
in
touch
with
the
new
and
he
would
follow
up
so
we'll
we'll
identify
a
mechanism
to
get
your
thoughts
from
today.
E
B
We'll
think
about
today,
but
down
the
line.
Perhaps
we
could
you
know
again,
and
I
think
this
goes
back
to
our
desire
to
create
greater
alignment
so
that
we
know
that
we
are
directly
in
touch
with
what
the
administration
is
trying
to
do
and
ensure
that
there
is
that
lens,
that
intersectional
lens
and
then
also
again,
as
the
mayor
stated,
ideas
that
come
from
from
this
commission,
of
which
there
have
been
many
great
ones
right
continue
and
you
get
the
support.
B
And
so
I
don't
want
you
all
to
feel
like
or
think
that
if
you
don't
get
to
speak
or
ask
right
now
that
it'll
get
lost,
so
we'll
figure
that
out.
Okay,
we
do
know
that
we're
coming
up
on
4
30
and
we
do
have
someone
who
is
here
for
public
comment
and
so
david
at
this
time.
We
would
like
to
invite
public
comment.
B
Bring
them
on
in
so
I
believe
we
have
with
us
mr
ralph
sakura,
who
is
the
president
of
the
union
firefighters
union.
Is
that
correct,
sir?.
J
Well,
first,
thank
you
for
having
me
good
afternoon,
everybody.
I
know
this
is
you
know
getting
to
the
end
of
your
meeting
and
I
will
just
want
to
take
a
brief
moment
again
to
say
my
name
is
rob
socorro,
president
of
the
pittsburgh
firefighters
union,
and
I
am
a
24-year
veteran
of
the
pittsburgh
bureau
of
fire.
J
I
wanted
to
talk
to
you
all
today
about
gender
inequality
within
the
pittsburgh
bureau
of
fire,
and
let
me
start
by
saying
this
issue
has
gone
unaddressed
for
decades,
but
I'm
not
here
to
blame
anyone,
I'm
simply
here
to
bring
awareness
to
the
issue
so
to
hopefully
get
it
addressed
going
forward
now.
I
am
here
to
also
ask
or
to
enlist
your
help
in
addressing
this
issue.
J
Not
only
so
we
can
achieve
a
more
diverse
fire
bureau
but
that,
more
importantly,
we
can
have
a
more
inclusive
fire
bureau
and
inclusion
is
making
people
count,
making
people
feel
that
they
belong
somewhere
and,
unfortunately,
within
the
bureau
of
fire.
We
have
failed
to
achieve
that
and
our
female
firefighters
do
not
have
that
sense
of
inclusion
and
that
we
need
to
have
this
as
we
embark
on
increasing
our
our
diversity
through
recruitment
efforts.
We
need
to
make
a
true
capital
investment
in
how
we
can
achieve
inclusion
within
the
bureau
of
fire.
J
Now
I
want
to
bring
up
just
a
few
issues,
so
you
understand
what
what
do
I
mean
by
these
these
issues?
So
there's
a
couple,
simple
things
that
I
think
we're
going
to
be
able
to
work
on
internally
between
the
bureau
of
fire
and
hr,
and
I
know
my
favorite
director
of
all
time
is
here
janet.
I
love
working
with
you,
we're
always
able
to
accomplish
good
things,
but
there
there
are
issues
like
dealing
with
a
pregnancy
policy
that
specifically
for
the
bureau
of
fire.
J
Currently
we
do
not
have
one
and
we
don't
know
how
we
will
address,
not
only
pre-delivery
but
post
delivery.
How
do
we
deal
with
just
simple
things
like
a
uniform
adjustment
for
a
woman
as
she's
dealing
with
pregnancy
and
the
other
one
which
is
new
to
me?
I'm
trying
to
learn
my
terminologies
of
things
is
dealing
with
lactation
issues.
How
do
we
go
and
address
that
for
an
active
firefighter
that
either
is
going
to
have
to
be
at
work
and
have
that
issue
dealt
with?
J
So
those
are
things
that
I
think
we
will
be
able
to
accomplish
internally.
But
here
is
the
real,
real,
tough
part
that
I
need
some
assistance
with,
and
that
is
our
infrastructure
that
needs
to
be
addressed
our
bathrooms,
our
sleeping
quarters.
They
are
not
inclusive
they're,
not
taking
the
needs
of
all
of
our
firefighters
that
are
there.
They
were
not
designed
in
that
fashion,
so
of
course,
they're
they're,
just
not
ready
for
it,
and-
and
I
think
that
we
are
able
to
address
these
issues
in
some
meaningful
way.
J
J
Are
we
addressing
our
issues
here
and
if
we're
going
to
go
and
and
put
this
money
to
use
within
the
communities
as
we
should,
should
we
take
care
of
our
leaky
roof
and
address
those
areas,
because
it
might
be
a
little
hypocritical
for
us
to
tell
businesses
and
other
leaders
that
they
should
be
conducting
their
their
business
in
a
certain
fashion
to
make
sure
that
everybody
is
being
treated
equally
and
included,
but
we
are
we're
not
doing
it
here
and
again.
This
is
not
something
anybody
what
set
out
to
do.
J
I
think
it's
just
the
fact
that
one
I
have
failed
to
not
bring
enough
attention
to
it,
but
I'm
making
it
my
goal
to
draw
attention
to
all
that.
I
can
to
figure
out
how
we
can
address
this
issue,
and
you
know
anything
you
all
can
bring
to
this
discussion
with
the
administration
with
our
our
council
to
see
how
funding
can
possibly
be
directed
to
addressing
us.
It's
not
going
to
be
cheap.
J
I
will
tell
you
that
we
have
30
stations
and
even
the
ones
there
may
be
two
or
three
that
made
some
minor
adjustments
to
attempt
to
address
these
issues.
They're
not
significant
enough.
So
basically
all
30
stations
will
need
some
sort
of
actual
capital
investment,
but
I
think
the
time
is
now
that
we
all
attempt
to
do
this.
So
that's
what
I
wanted
to
try
to
draw
to
your
attention
today
and-
and
I
thank
you
for
your
opportunity
to
do
that.
J
B
Well,
first
of
all,
thank
you
so
much
for
coming
and
thank
you
so
much
for
using
this
platform.
That's
what
this
is
for,
and
we
do
truly
appreciate
you
being
here
and
and
sharing
with
us.
Obviously,
this
is
a
bigger
conversation
and
we
won't
be
able
to
cover
everything
and
we
don't
really
have
the
time
to
really
engage
in
the
full
conversation
that,
of
course,
I'm
sure
many
of
us
would
love
to
and,
as
you've
noted,
one
of
your
favorite
directors
of
all
time.
B
Commissioner
manuel
who's,
the
director
of
hr,
is
here
as
well
as
other
individuals
who
have
a
vested
interest
in
seeing
all
city
departments
be
truly
equitable,
and
we
also
know
how
important
our
public
safety
is
and
making
public
safety
equitable,
and
so
I
mean
at
this
time.
I
do
want
to
offer
if
any
commissioners
just
have
a
quick
question
or
point
of
clarification
for
our
guests
before
they
go.
Commissioner
gross.
H
Appreciate
it,
mr
terror.
Mr
scarole,
could
you
refresh
our
minds
on
how
the
shifts
work
for
firefighters,
because
both
our
medics
and
our
firefighters
overnight
at
stations
and,
as
you
pointed
out,
I
think
there
are
kind
of
how
many
stations
and
and
to
let
the
commissioners
know
that
we
have
undergone
a
million
dollar
capital
kind
of
study
on
city
facilities
and
and
try
to
assess
and
prioritize
which
city
facilities
to
upgrade
their
to
call
it
deferred.
H
Maintenance
is
just
an
understatement
and
there
are
abysmal
working
conditions
and
some
of
them
that
we
have
made
some
strides
at.
But
I
think
giving
a
picture
of
kind
of
how
your
shift
work
is
laid
out
would
also
help
us
appreciate
the
the
type
of
problem
that
you're
speaking
to.
J
So
I'll
try
to
be
as
brief
as
I
can,
so
we
do
work
a
24-hour
shift
over
each
24
on
72
hours
off
and
then
in
between
that
72
hours
off.
J
You
could
be
called
back
for
overtime
opportunities
at
different
stations
and
and
the
key
to
this
is
with
our
firefighters
having
to
be
able
to
have
sleep
at
the
station,
which
has
been
historically
what
has
been
done
there
just
is
not
anything
being
addressed
for
our
female
firefighters
to
accommodate
their
needs
and
their
privacy
again,
as
well
as
as
the
bathroom
facilities,
and
when
I
say
about
minimal
attempts
in
their
in
the
bathroom
facilities,
an
example
I'll
give
you
some
of
our
stations
that
were
built
in.
J
I
think
the
80s
were
designed
with
a
bathroom
at
the
front
entrance,
which
we
called
the
public
bathroom
and
for
stations
at
the
time
that
had
a
female
assigned
there.
They
converted
the
public
bathroom
into
the
female
bathroom,
and
they
again,
I
don't
feel
that
that
is
making
them
feel
that
they
belong
to
that
place
and
that
bathroom
does
not
have
a
shower
facility.
J
This
is
just
long
overdue,
and
I
really
just
want
to
be
able
to
see
that
some
some
true
investments
going
to
be
made
to
direct
how
we
can
address
these
issues,
maybe
in
the
short
term,
as
well
as
a
long
term,
and
I
will
tell
you
I
will
compliment
the
administration
that
when
we've
talked
about
their
40,
I
think
it
was
a
40-year
plan
on
on
doing
something
on
their
infrastructure.
J
The
designs
on
a
few
of
our
stations
that
are
due
for
full
renovations
are
going
to
address
these
issues
with
single
use
bathrooms,
which
would
have
a
shower
in
it
as
well.
That
would
be
gender
neutral.
It
wouldn't
make
a
difference
in
individual
sleeping
quarters
for
each
of
those
stations.
J
The
problem
is
with
30
stations.
It's
going
to
take
a
long
time
to
do
complete
renovations.
My
hope
is:
is
there
somebody
that
can
think
of
a
way
that
we
can
address
this
a
little
quicker
and
maybe
not
doing
a
full
renovation,
but
something
on
a
small
scale
dealing
with
bathroom
and
sleeping
quarters?
B
Thank
you
I
did
see,
so
we
have
time
for
one
more
just
to
be
mindful
of
time.
I
see
commissioner
hale
had
her
hand
up
and
then
also
I
just
want
to
quickly
say
mr
sakura,
in
terms
of
gender
diversity,
we
always
want
to
be
mindful
of
all
genders
so
as
we
engage
in
this
work
and
help
you
think
about
that,
we
want
to
think
about
how
to
be
as
accessible
and
equitable
to
everyone,
including
our
non-binary
and
trans
folks.
So
thank
you
again
for
bringing
us
to
our
attention
and
commissioner
hale.
N
Thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you
for
visiting
us
today
with
your
public
comment,
question
for
public
comments.
What
percentage
or
proportion
of
firefighters
are
not
male?
It
was
my
basic
question
and
what
are
you
taking
steps?
It
sounds
like
you
probably
are,
but
are
you
taking
steps
to
be
recruiting
more
gender,
diverse
firefighters
into
the
recruitment
pipeline.
J
To
answer
your
first
question:
it's
less
than
one
percent,
so
we
have
five
female
firefighters
right
now
out
of
670,
and
I'm
sure
you
may
be
aware
that
the
the
city
just
underwent
a
fire
barrier
study
which
was
to
help
identify
the
barriers
not
only
for
women
but
for
minorities
as
well.
To
why
we're
not
able
to
recruit
more.
J
J
She
can
explain
much
more
detail,
but
we've
seen
over
a
10-year
period,
a
a
drastic
decline
in
applicants,
so
65
decline
over
a
10-year
period
that
that's
pretty
significant
and
with
with
job
opportunities,
limited
we're
still
not
able
to
recruit
people
and
when
we
look
further
into
the
numbers-
and
I'm
definitely
not
going
to
quote
them,
where
we
looked
at
areas
that
that
we
were
had
some
hurdles
of
where
we
were
losing
minority
and
women
in
certain
categories,
and
I
think
the
the
the
plan
has
given
us
a
great
guidelines
on
where
we
can
address
them,
and
I
know
the
administration
is-
is
taking
all
those
into
consideration
and
moving
some
of
the
the
easiest
ones
forward
right
away
to
try
to
achieve
that
goal
and
it
would
seem
like
it'll,
be
in
a
short-term
plan
as
well
as
a
long-term
plan.
J
To
achieve
this,
we
are
100
percent,
supportive
of
where
they're
trying
to
make
these
adjustments,
and
let
me
be
clear
for
the
record,
because
this
is
a
public
forum
at
no
time
is
the
city
lowering
any
standards
to
achieve
diversity
within
the
fire
bureau.
Okay,
they
are
simply
trying
to
look
at
the
barriers
that
are
there
and
find
simple
solutions
to
how
we
can
remove
those
barriers
to
get
more
people
to
apply
and
get
more
people
through
the
process.
B
Thank
you
so
much,
and
you
know
the
commission
will
certainly
consider
and
work
with
anew
and
on
how
we
may
and
obviously,
of
course,
director
manuel
should
share.
Excuse
me,
commissioner,
manuel,
and
how
we
can
support
you
in
this
and
then
also
quickly
shout
out
to
lisa
epps,
who
you
know
has
been
a
major
champion
in
intersectional,
looking
at
race
and
gender
diversity
in
terms
of
recruitment
who
has
been
active
in
terms
of
finding
support
to
address
this.
B
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
raise
up
lisa
epps
who's
been
a
champion
and
personal
heroine
of
mine,
and
so
thank
you
so
much
again
for
coming
and
again
we'll
we'll
figure
out
next
steps
in
terms
of
how
we
can
best
support
you,
and
thank
you
again
for
bringing
this
to
us.
B
E
B
You
to
hold
up
and
our
community
in
your
thoughts
or
your
prayers
or
your
energy
whatever
it
is
that
you
do
we're
going
to
all
need
this
so,
and
also
please
continue
to
take
care
of
yourselves
before
we
adjourn
any
final
thoughts
from
anyone.
B
M
So
when
I
did
pick
it
up
all
I
can
you
know
I
started
holding
my
breath
when
I
read
that
we
were
gonna
be
getting
news,
so
I
just
thought
I
would
remind
myself
also,
but
also
to
remind
you
folks,
just
to
not
just
but
to
breathe,
to
breathe
anyone.
B
Five
o'clock,
okay,
so
very,
very
soon,
yeah,
so
everyone
I
want
to
thank
you
again
for
your
work.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
patience
and
your
understanding
and
helping
us
in
this
intentional
work.
I
just
want
to
reiterate
to
you
how
excited
I
am
to
be
working
with
all
of
you
and
how
much
I
appreciate
all
of
you.
B
I
think
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
great
year.
I
think
we're
just
going
to
continue
the
good
work
that
has
already
of
which
the
foundation
has
already
been
laid
and
over
the
next
several
weeks
and
months,
we're
going
to
find
our
momentum
and
purpose
and
focus
that
we
can
all
get
behind
and
support
each
other
in,
and
so
thank
you
thank
you
for
all
that
you've
shared.
B
I
want
to
thank
those
who
are
leadership
and
and
city
personnel
members
for
your
continued
support
in
helping
us
to
lean
on
you
and
and
really
to
help
us
pave
the
way.
Thank
you
to
commissioner
coffey
for
stepping
up
in
this
leadership
position
to
chair
that
committee.
B
We
will
be
in
touch
with
with
next
steps
on
all
that
we've
talked
about
today
and
the
formation
of
committees
and,
of
course,
all
that
you
have
brought
up,
and
so
when
you're
feeling
a
little
frustrated
just
take
a
look
at
our
collective
areas
of
focus
and
priorities,
because
we
truly
are
very
much
on
the
same
accord
and
I
think
that's
really
positive
and
exciting.
B
So
with
that
being
said,
I'd
like
to
ask
for
someone
to
make
a
motion
to
adjourn
this
meeting.
B
Okay,
commissioner,
over
to
meet
the
mother
shooting
commissioner
higginbotham
seconded.
Thank
you
all
so
much.
Please
take
care
and
hold
each
other
okay
and
breathe
and
breathe
and
breathe.
Thank
you
for
a
wonderful.