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Des Moines City Council and the Des Moines Civil & Human Rights Commission joint annual meeting via teleconference on Thursday, June 11, 2020.
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A
A
G
H
G
I
G
A
Right
Thank,
You
Cameron
before
we
get
started
it
is.
This
meeting
has
been
posted
for
two
hours
from
5:00
until
7:00
we're
gonna
go
through
the
full
presentation
for
all
those
of
you
that
are
watching
and
to
get
a
report
out
from
our
civil
and
human
rights.
Commission
I
would
like
to
say
that
our
last
meeting
was
inappropriately
disrupted
and
we
had
to
adjourn
the
meeting.
We're
gonna
go
ahead
and
run
this
meeting
first
without
any
comments.
We're
gonna
then
ask
in
see
how
much
bet
we
have
available
at
the
end
for
public
comment.
A
So
we
would
like
to
do
that
and
we're
gonna
have
I
believe
a
some
time
to
do
that.
We're
very
hopeful
and
Cameron
lets
you
and
I
see
what
the
time
looks
like
as
we
get
to
the
end
and
I.
Think
probably
we
ought
to
look
at
probably
a
minute
and
a
half
for
each
of
each
speaker
to
give
us
their
thoughts
and
comments
and,
and
we
looked
able
to
get
those,
but
we
appreciate
everybody's
participation
and
I
think
Cameron.
A
If
you're
good
with
it,
let's
go
ahead
and
get
started
and
I'd
like
to
I've
got
a
couple
of
open
opening
comments
and
then
Cameron
I'm
gonna,
kick
it
over
to
you
and
we'll
kind
of
pick
it
back
and
forth,
but
for
years
that
we've
had
a
number
of
meetings,
panels,
community
conversations
on
issues
and
safety
and
justice
and
opportunity
here
in
Des
Moines.
But
many
of
those
discussions
were
just
that
there
were
discussions
and
very
few
collective
solutions
were
affirmative.
A
We
brought
to
the
table,
but
in
two
eighteen
charred,
moines
civil
and
human
rights
commission
elected
to
try
something
very
different
and
have
community
dialogues
on
issues
of
safety
and
justice
and
opportunity
in
gave
the
community
a
voice
in
putting
forth
the
ideas
and
solutions
in
that
the
key
to
that
is.
We
thought
about
it
and
the
commission
took
it
up.
Joshua
bar-
and
I
said
this
is
about
solutions
and
we
we
need
solutions
and
I
believe
that
they
brought
a
number
forward
to
address
our
community
concerns.
A
G
You
mr.
mayor,
and
also
wants
to
make
sure
to
acknowledge
that
Commissioner
Sabol,
our
Secretary
is
now
on
as
a
panelist
but
again
Thank,
You,
mayor
county,
and
thank
you
to
the
entire
City
Council,
the
city
administration,
especially
our
community
members,
for
joining
us
today
to
help
us
continue
to
bridge
the
gap.
Given
the
realities
that
we
face
with
co19
pandemic
cracks
in
our
system
and
society
have
been
exacerbated
due
to
the
strike
fully
understanding
that
this
crisis
alone
did
not
create
the
problems
that
we
face
as
a
community.
Our
Commission
does
believe.
G
The
work
we
have
started
with
bridging
the
gap
is
even
more
given
the
disproportionate
effect.
This
crisis
has
on
communities
of
color
and
other
marginalized
community
members.
Additionally,
in
the
wake
of
tragic
tragic
events
of
George
Floyd
Brianna,
Taylor
I
might
Arbor
and
countless
others.
We
understand
that
there
is
even
more
of
a
sense
of
urgency
to
fight
for
racial
injustice,
equitable
services
and
outcomes
that
allow
for
marginalized
communities
to
be
heard.
G
I
also
want
to
give
a
big
shout
out
to
the
young
folks
who
have
been
taken
to
the
streets
across
this
country
in
positive
and
peaceful
ways
that
we
haven't
seen
since
the
civil
rights
movement
of
the
1960's.
Your
activation
gives
me
hope
for
our
future
and
I
encourage
you
to
continue
to
use
your
voices
and
platforms
to
demand
for
change
in
all
institutions.
The
power
of
the
vote
is
of
the
utmost
importance,
but
equally
powerful
is
holding
our
elected
officials
and
appointed
officials
like
us
accountable.
G
The
civil
Human
Rights
Commission
understands
the
importance
of
community
input
in
the
policy-making
process,
and
that
is
the
reason
why
we
develop
bridging
the
gap
for
an
equitable
Des
Moines.
This
evening
we
will
discuss
the
progress
that
we
have
made
over
the
past
year
from
the
solution,
focused
discussions
and
offer
further
recommendations
that
will
allow
us,
as
a
community,
to
continue
to
bridge
the
gap
for
more
equitable
City.
At
this
time,
I
would
like
we
between
now
and
our
in
our
last
Commission
meeting
or
attempt
to
have
our
last
Commission
meeting.
G
K
J
So,
as
Kim
mentioned,
my
name
is
Amy
Luber,
my
pronouns.
Are
she
her
in
hers?
I
am
on
the
leadership
team
of
the
Des
Moines
chapter
surge,
showing
up
for
racial
justice
just
quickly
surge
is
a
national
network
of
groups
and
individuals
that
have
been
work
to
undermine
white
supremacy
and
to
promote
racial
justice
for
over
a
decade,
nearly
all
50
states,
through
community,
organizing
mobilizing
and
education
and
surge
moves
white
people
to
act
as
part
of
a
multiracial
movement
for
justice
and
with
passion
and
accountability.
J
We
saw
the
races,
zoom
bombing,
that
occurred
on
May
14th
in
the
last
and
again
on
this
past
Monday
night
during
the
City
Council
discussion
about
the
anti
racial
profiling
ordinance,
we
want
to
express
our
deep
remorse
and
anger
at
the
deliberate
attempts
to
sabotage
discussion
so
long
overdue.
For
our
city
we
are
disgusted
and
disheartened
by
these
acts
of
white
supremacy.
Our
city
has
not
been
shielded
from
racism
and
we've
seen
it
exposed
through
the
violent
racist
attack
on
dark,
Juan,
Jones
and
other
events.
J
J
G
L
Thank
You
Cameron
good
afternoon,
everyone
again
I,
am
on
woods.
First
vice-president
des
moines
branch
n-double-a-cp.
We
want
to
applaud
the
efforts
of
the
Commission
commissioners
and
the
citizens
of
the
city
of
Des
Moines
in
listening
to
the
outcry
of
the
community
and
we're
strong.
We
certainly
are
president
of
the
strung-out
corner
of
the
action
oriented
support
over
these
past
many
weeks.
The
sheer
Solidarity
of
the
combined
multi
forces
echo
hope
that
it
is
a
historical
turning
point
in
the
history
of
the
modern
city
government
and
its
transparency.
L
The
anti
racial
profiling
order
speaks
for
itself.
Many
citizens
over
the
past
umpteen
weeks
have
addressed
the
issue.
We
can
look
at
the
protest
in
the
streets
today.
We
know
change
is
coming.
We
want
them
all
to
be
a
part
of
that
solution,
not
a
part
of
the
problem,
so
we
applaud
the
efforts
of
the
city
and
the
Commission,
and
we
want
to
just
demonstrate
our
sustained
support
for
this
activity
that
you
take
it
upon
yourself
to
ease
a
burden
of
our
citizens.
G
G
M
G
M
This
is
a
letter
dated
May
15th
2022,
mayor
Cownie
and
chairperson
Middlebrooks.
We,
the
members
of
the
directors
council,
are
deeply
saddened
to
have
witnessed
the
vile
acts
of
hatred
and
the
racist,
sexist
and
anti-semitic
comments
shared
virtually
at
your
joint
meeting
of
May
14
2020.
The
alarming
rise
of
hatred
in
our
country
and
our
city
is
not
only
unacceptable.
M
It
is
painful
and
must
not
be
tolerated.
Just
like
the
deadly
coronavirus,
hatred
is
contagious
and
it
is
dangerous.
We
must
stop
the
spread
of
the
virus
of
hatred
and
bigotry
in
our
community
and
the
work
of
the
Des,
Moines
civil
and
human
rights
commission
is
the
antidote
we
need
now
more
than
ever.
Last
evenings
display
merely
amplifies
and
highlights
the
importance
of
the
Commission's
work
and
that
of
its
director
Joshua
V
Bar
and
his
staff.
M
The
role
they
play
in
fostering
mutual
understanding
and
respect
among
all
persons
that
work
or
visit
the
city
of
Des
Moines
provides
a
clarion
call
to
action
that
we
must
all
heed,
as
the
City
of
Des
Moines
and
its
departments,
boards
and
commissions
work
to
eliminate
inequities,
injustice
and
discrimination
in
all
of
its
practices
and
forums.
The
directors
council
stands
in
support
of
view.
This
is
submitted
respectfully
on
behalf
of
the
director
of
temple
and
in
my
name,
Terry
Caldwell
Johnson
chair.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
M
G
You
Terry
and
again
thank
you
to
to
Arnold
and
Amy.
We
had
a
mission
and
I
believe
I
could
speak
for
the
council
as
well
appreciate
the
comments
and
solidarity
as
Terry
outlined
in
her
letter
back
on
the
15th.
What
happened
at
that
last
meeting
was
deeply
saddened
with
racial
epithets
phone
and
my
to
me
directly,
the
sexually
explicit
language
directed
at
a
fellow
commissioner,
miss
swastika,
is
being
drawn
during
the
mayor's
opening
remarks.
I
think
it
goes
without
saying
with
this.
K
G
G
During
the
safety
of
justice
dialogue
formats,
we
held
eleven
two
and
a
half
hour.
Small
group
dialogues
on
Public
Safety
and
justice
in
May
of
2018
various
locations
in
all
four
words
and
participe
have
participation
by
all
seven
members
of
the
City
Council
city
directors,
state
legislators,
County,
Supervisors,
school
board.
Members,
police
officers
concerned
citizens
in
the
youth.
Nearly
200
persons
generated
over
200
thoughts
and
ideas
on
moving
our
community
forward.
G
Once
you
once
we
got
all
those
ideas,
we
began
to
develop
them
into
nine
different
concepts,
so
nine
different
concepts
formed
from
over
the
common
threads
of
over
200
thoughts
and
ideas
from
safety
and
justice
dialogues.
Participants
then
voted
on
the
top
three
concepts.
They
believed
that
we
should
take
up
as
a
priority.
We
had
four
different
voting
locations
across
the
city
between
the
months
of
September
and
October
2018
and
all
together,
we
had
over
for
participation
over
400
residents.
G
So
what
we
recommend
it
in
our
February
2019
meeting
were
the
following.
We
established
we
wanted
to
establish
a
lawful
source
of
income
as
a
rejected
class.
The
ladder
up
pilot
grant
program
for
upskilling
and
business
startups
implement
a
policy
that
focuses
on
continuous,
positive
interaction
between
residents
and
all
police
officers.
G
Allocate
resources,
offer
mandatory
annual
cultural
competency
trainings
to
all
city
staff
boards
commissions
and
elected
leaders.
Housing
incentives
to
encourage
more
city
employees
to
live
in
des
moines
in
a
policy
that
prohibits
all
city
staff
from
inquiring
about
citizenship
status
unless
required
by
law,
as
well
as
implementing
the
process
for
residents
and
visitors
to
file.
G
Initial
intake
of
concerns
about
police
concurs
with
the
civil
human
rights
department
in
February,
20
19
men
with
the
mayor
and
city
council,
and
gave
our
recommendations
based
on
community
input
and
votes
on
what
we
would
do
to
bridge
the
gap
and
address
safety
and
justice
in
social,
economic
and
concerns
in
our
community.
To
start
our
conversation
on
this
work
that
has
been
done.
I
would
now
pass
the
mic
to
our
commission
secretary
Claudia
Sabol.
N
In
fact,
Des
Moines
was
even
acknowledged
for
its
work
in
addressing
housing
challenges
by
the
Des
Moines
Register
City
Council
was
given
a
rose
by
a
local
newspaper
and,
on
behalf
of
the
Commission
I
like
to
thank
you
for
your
work
on
this
important
issue.
While
they
are
efforts
by
the
state
government
to
take
away
local
government's
ability
to
address
housing
challenges
in
their
respective
communities,
we
applaud
you
as
leaders
for
taking
up
this
challenge.
Also,
we
urge
you
to
continue
to
champion
initiatives
that
benefit
the
greater
community.
This
fight.
N
Next
slide:
it's
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
fair
housing.
There
are
nine
goals
that
have
been
identified
by
a
group
of
key
stakeholders
on
August
5th
of
2019.
The
city
passed
the
2019
analysis
of
impediments
to
fair
housing
for
the
Des
Moines
and
West
Des
Moines
community
based
Statistical
Area,
and,
according
to
this
analysis,
the
most
common
barriers
in
contributing
factors
that
creates
difficulty
difficulty
for
certain
populations
to
access
housing
include
one
bias
and
discrimination
to
availability
or
location
of
affordable
housing
and
access
to
financial
resources.
N
This
group
of
local
stakeholders
identified
a
list
of
goals
that
will
help
the
program
participants
overcome
these
barriers
and
contributing
factors.
I
will
very
briefly
read
four
themes
and
in
mind
goes
because
I
am
assuming
that
some
of
the
participants
in
this
call
might
not
be
aware
of
them.
The
first
theme
is
advance
with
educational
second
theme,
preserve
and
promote
affordable
housing.
N
Participants.
Demographics
goal
number
eight
address
zoning
and
city
codes
that
limit
housing
choices
unless
but
not
least,
goal
number
nine
promote
current
and
research,
new
creative
financing
and
ownership
tools.
The
commission
will
adopt
some
of
those
goals
moving
forward
and
will
continue
to
address
housing
barriers
for
residents
in
des
moines.
N
The
next
slide
in
October
of
2019,
the
city
began
its
cultural
competency,
training
using
understanding
implicit
racial
bias.
We
are
rewiring
our
perception
and
attentions
from
Kirwan
Institute
on
the
study
of
race
and
ethnicity.
There
is
an
online
racial
bias,
trainee
that
all
city
employees
are
required
to
take
as
pre
work
for
understanding
implicit,
racial
bias,
training
in
February
of
2020
city
management,
approved
the
escalation,
tres
news,
cultural
awareness
and
customer
experience,
training
materials.
The
training
has
been
delayed
due
to
coca
nineteen
pandemic.
N
The
immigration
status
in
October
19,
the
city
manager,
updated
its
hold
of
Business
Conduct
and
ethics
to
include
quote
employees
shall
not
inquire
into
immigration
status
of
any
person
or
engage
in
activities
designed
to
ascertain
the
immigration
status
of
any
person,
except
were
required
by
law,
and
quote
a
notice
was
sent
out
to
all
employees.
Regarding
this
procedural
change.
This
procedural
change
is
especially
important
now,
in
times
of
crisis,
when
communicating
with
residents
during
times
of
crisis
requires
trust.
Building
trust
with
our
immigrant
communities
is
critical
to
our
recovery
as
a
city.
N
Social
equity
efforts
in
January
2019,
a
group
of
management
staff
across
all
city
of
Des
Moines
departments,
came
together
to
form
the
City
of
Des
Moines
equitable
services
team.
This
team
is
led
by
the
City
of
Des
Moines
equity
coordinator
Manisha
pal
Dell.
This
group
recognizes
the
importance
of
promoting
ensuring
equity
in
the
creation
and
delivery
of
all
city
services.
N
Here
is
known
as
gear
and
Gary's
a
national
network
of
government
of
over
170
local
state
government
jurisdictions
throughout
the
country
working
to
achieve
racial
equity
directors,
senior
management,
department
representatives,
the
equitable
services
team
from
both
cities
attended
the
meeting
and
how
the
cities
could
work
together
to
achieve
racial
equity
in
central
Iowa.
The
meeting
with
Jerr
introduced
attendees
to
the
roles,
responsibilities
and
opportunities
for
local
government
to
advance
equity.
In
our
communities,
chandler
includes
the
board
and
commission
application
process
in
October
of
2019.
N
The
boards
and
commissions
application
process
was
updated
to
be
more
gender
inclusive.
We
now
have
options
such
as
male
female
non-binary,
gender,
fluid
transgender
women,
transgender
man,
an
option
to
enter
preferred
gender
identity.
We
adopted
this
recommendation
from
our
LGBTQ
Advisory
Council
on
behalf
of
the
Commission
I,
want
to
thank
LGBTQ,
Advisory
Council
for
the
invaluable
insights
recommendations
and
the
time
they
have
devoted
to
this
work.
N
City
programs
and
workforce
demographics,
housing
incentives
in
October
of
2019,
the
City
of
Des
Moines
conducted
a
housing
incentive
survey
with
city
employees
to
better
understand
why
employees,
what
employees
live
outside
of
the
city
and
to
determine
what
sort
of
incentives
could
be
offered
to
this
employees,
so
they
could
live
in
the
City
of
Des
Moines
1126
employees
out
of
1800
participated
in
this
survey
and
the
most
selected
Senta
v'
type
was
an
annual
cash
incentive.
The
city
can
now
utilize
this
information
moving
forward
as
we
work
to
grow
the
city's
tax
base.
N
H
H
H
Now
we
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
where
we
want
to
go.
Some
of
it
is
a
continuation
of
some
of
those
things
we
just
talked
about
coming
from
the
bridging
the
gap,
recommendations
and
some
of
it
are
new
ideas
that
are
emerging
as
we
talk
to
the
community
and
get
more
information
about
what
we
need
to
do
so,
as
we
go
to
the
next
slide.
H
We
have
been
supporting
the
process
to
create
a
racial
profiling,
ordinance,
an
ordinance
that
would
ban
racial
profiling
in
the
city
for
a
couple
of
years,
in
particular
over
the
last
nine
months
or
so.
Our
executive
committee
has
met
with
city
staff
to
work
through
some
of
the
issues
being
proposed
that
resulted
in
a
first
reading
of
an
ordinance
in
March
additional
meetings
with
community
organizations
known
as
the
Alliance
and
another
ordinance
being
voted
on
this
past
Monday.
H
That
ordinance
process
is
ongoing
and
we
support
ongoing
conversations
between
the
Alliance
and
the
City
Council
to
arrive
at
something
that
will
strengthen
our
community
and
make
clear
that
racial
profiling
is
unacceptable
here,
also
in
March
to
important.
Oh
sorry,
I'm
still
on
that
slide,
two
very
important
resolutions
were
passed
and
those
also
came
out
of
those
conversations
between
our
executive
committee
and
city
staff,
including
kids
chief.
H
Those
will
result
in
an
RFP
process
to
bring
in
consultation
around
how
we
can
most
effectively
collect
data
about
our
law
enforcement
activities,
a
process
that
is
quite
important
but
also
complicated.
So
we're
looking
forward
to
working
with
that
and
figuring
out
how
best
to
do
that
important
piece
of
work
going
forward.
There
was
also
a
resolution
establishing
a
policy
and
practice
review
committee
to
be
made
up
of
members
of
our
Commission
and
study
staff.
H
We
are
continuing
to
have
conversations
about
the
makeup
of
that
committee
and
what
that
could
look
like
with
the
idea
being
that
it
would
review
data
and
practice
of
enforcement
of
laws
and
policies
to
ensure
equitable
and
equitable
enforcement
of
policies
and
enforcement
that
doesn't
target
specific
racial
groups.
So
we're
looking
forward
to
putting
those
pieces
into
place.
H
Another
idea
that
we
want
to
bring
forward
and
discuss
with
the
City
Council
is
around
having
a
community
response
team,
even
though
the
last
few
weeks
have
felt
I'm
precedented,
they
aren't
and
they're
likely
to
be
incidents
in
the
future,
where
we
need
to
discuss
how
we're
going
to
respond
as
a
community
we'd
like
to
have
a
team
in
place
that
partners
with
community
and
community
organizations
in
those
times
to
discuss
how
we're
going
to
respond
to
be
able
to
have
those
ongoing
conversations
about
what
that
looks.
Like
excited.
H
In
continuing
to
focus
on
housing
and
I
think
we
mentioned
this,
but
in
the
bridging
the
gap
recommendations,
housing
consistently
was
the
number
one
issue
that
people
felt
would
make
our
community
more
just
and
equitable
and
keep
them
more
safe.
So
we
will
continue
to
focus
on
that.
Claudia
read
several
recommendations
that
have
come
about.
One
that
we
really
want
to
focus
on
is
ensuring
that
fair
housing
training
is
a
part
of
rental
property,
certification
and
recertification.
A
A
Can
impact
us
locally
as
well
and
building
maintaining
trust
in
our
community
is
of
the
utmost
importance
and
to
sustaining
a
flourishing
community
were
all
feel
safe
and
secure
and
I
would
like
to
direct
our
city
manager
to
work
with
the
Commission
in
other
departments
and
community
organizations
and
entities
to
develop
a
draft
of
what
a
community
response
could
look
like
in
the
City
of
Des,
Moines
and
reporting
back
to
our
City
Council
for
a
workshop
update
and
let's
try
to
mister
manager
in
step,
get
that
done
by
our
October
meeting.
So
Emily
go
ahead.
A
H
H
A
It
ensures
that
we're
continuing
to
be
a
compassionate
City
I'm,
giving
a
directive
again
to
our
city
manager
to
work
with
the
Commission
and
community
development,
in
this
case
in
other
departments,
to
develop
a
comprehensive
training
program
for
landlords
and
property
management
companies
in
our
efforts
to
eliminate
slum
housing
and
promote
how
the
opportunities
for
everyone
in
Seoul
will
ask
the
city
manager
to
report
back
on
on
that
initiative,
Commission
and
Emily,
with
updates
regarding
this
process,
let's
mr.
manager,
let's
look
at
that
December
timeframe,
this
one
we're
gonna,
seek
a
lot
of
input.
O
A
question
about
this
I
assume
in
this
maybe
goes
back
to
the
the
earlier
piece
as
well:
the
legal
source
of
income
and
the
ordinance
that
we
passed
I
assumed
that
education
about
that
ordinance
would
be
part
of
this
training
that
we're
talking
about,
and
then
my
other
question
relative
to
that.
That
ordinance
is
what
training
you
know.
We
it's
been
in
place
for
a
year.
What
what
training
and
what
outreach
have
we
done
to
make
sure
both
landlords
and
and
citizens
know
about
about
that
ordinance.
O
H
I
think
discussion
about
them
as
we
go
along
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
Yes,
it
was
my
understanding.
It
would
be
included
in
that
training.
I,
don't
know
if
Joshua
I
know
that
the
Commission
staff
has
done
some
work
around
education
with
the
legal
source
of
income
and
Joshua
may
be
able
to
speak
to
that.
Yes,.
I
E
I
E
I
E
H
H
E
Mr.
mayor
we've
kicked
this
around
for
four
or
five
years
that
that
I
have
been
on
the
council,
and
you
know
I
think
we
should
direct
the
city
manager
to
come
up
with
some
type
of
incentive
for
our
employees
to
live
and
be
vested
in
our
community
and
and
be
able
to
to
do
that.
I
know
that
we've
talked
about
it
and
you
know
that's
about
all.
We've
done
I
just
wanted.
If
we
can
come
up
with
some
type
of
plan
like
that,
all.
A
Right
so,
let's,
let's
we
want
our
employees
I,
you
know
to
live
in
us
anymore
and
to
become
a
part
of
our
community
as
residents.
So
mr.
manager,
we're
gonna,
ask
you
to
report
back
to
us
with
a
plan
on
the
design
of
the
implementation
of
this
program,
the
council-
and
let's
do
that
in
October,
with
some
really
specific
kind
ideas
in
ways
that
we
think
that
we
can
do
this
and
stay
within
the
letter
of
the
law.
A
A
H
This
is
another
one,
that's
a
continuation
of
a
recommendation
from
last
year.
We
really
appreciate
the
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
being
allocated
in
the
city's
budget
for
this
coming
year
for
the
new
ladder
of
a
grant
program.
The
idea
is
that
we
would
select
community
organizations
and
provide
them
with
additional
funding
that
expands
their
upscaling
programs
and
sustainable
business.
Startup
support
the
the
funding
would
be
to
expand
those
programs
in
a
way
that
reaches
more
of
our
residents
and
serves
our
community
more
equitably.
H
Again,
we
know
that
workforce
issues
are
were
another
thing
that
rose
right
to
the
top.
When
we
talked
about
bridging
the
gap
that
people
feel
would
make
them
more
safe
and
more
able
to
participate
in
our
community.
So
we
just
look
forward
to
working
with
you
to
implement
that
program
in
this
coming
year
to
prepare
an
RFP
and
to
be
able
to
select
organizations
that
we
can
partner
with
to
expand
existing
programs
that
are
working
in
our
community.
A
All
right,
so,
let's
before
it's
in
place,
small
businesses
and
job
training
are
more
important.
Now
than
ever,
and
so
we've
approved
they
be
a
letter
of
funding,
is
Emily,
pointed
out,
and
so
we're
gonna
ask
the
city
manager
to
update
us
on
the
progress
regarding
that
this
program,
implementation
get
a
council
workshop
and
mr.
A
manager
I
think
we
ought
to
be
able
to
get
that
into
our
September
2021
and
we
look
forward
to
playing
as
a
council
and
certainly
our
civil
and
human
rights
commission,
and
claim
a
role
in
increasing
the
economic
opportunity
for
persons
in
the
City
of
Des
Moines
bill.
Did
you
have
something
you
wanna
say?
I'm,
sorry,
I
think.
F
E
E
It
would
be
great
to
get
them
involved
and
have
a
job
fair
where
they
can
give
information
out
to
anyone
18
or
years
or
older
I
mean
I,
see
it
on
Facebook
just
a
few
days
ago
that
the
head
of
the
electrical
union
says
he
needs
as
many
people
that
have
steel
toed
boots
and
a
driver's
license
to
show
up
and
you're
hired
with
no
experience,
and
you
start
off
at
$25
an
hour
with
your
benefits.
I
think
that's
something
that
we
need
to
reach
out
to
to
our
community.
E
A
Let's,
let's
try
to
Emily
and
into
the
Commission
into
our
staff.
Let's
look
at
ways
that
we
can
work
with
all
sectors
of
our
community
that
are
looking
for
workers
and
are
looking
for
opportunities
to
train
them
up
and
getting
ready
to
step
into
a
good,
solid
job
like
that's
right.
It's
good
idea,
Joe
and
mr.
manager
and
Commission.
Let's,
let's
see
how
what
ways
we
can
find
to
do
it
yeah.
H
H
G
Do
want
to
add
in
one
one
point
also
as
the
City
Council
allow
the
civil
human
rights
department
or
by
the
technical
assistance
given
sure
that
they're
meeting
with
the
city
manager
and
mayor's
office
and
I
think
with
our
staff
and
our
Commission.
Having
that
oversight,
we
can
make
sure
this
isn't
sustainable
in
the
future.
G
A
It's
now
more
important
than
ever
that
we
get
the
youth
involved
in
everything
and
I
have
discussed
with
some
of
you
and
Cameron
and
I
even
had
a
conversation
as
late
as
today
about
it
that
I'd
like
to
see
these
youth
advisory
board
members,
ad
hoc
or
otherwise,
participate
in
in
boards
and
Commission
meetings,
so
that
they
can
see
the
work
that's
being
done
in
different
departments
around
the
city
that
are
in
place
to
support
the
community
and
in
activities
whether
it's
parks
or
whether
it's
any
of
the
other
things
that
are
happening.
Community
development.
A
They
get
a
chance
to
see
it.
And
in
the
past
that
that
board,
more
or
less
came
in
in
met
and
talked
about
a
few
things.
But
they
didn't
have
active
participation
and
I
think
it
would
really
be
good
for
us
and
for
them
to
get
you
advice
and
input
with
their
experience
in
those
meetings.
So
I
would
like
to
ask
the
city
manager
to
work
with
the
Commission
on
a
plan
to
restore
the
Youth
Advisory
Board
and
find
a
way
to
make
it
sustainable
for
years
to
come.
I
ask
for
that.
A
Update
and
I
think
it
needs
to
be
restored
if
we
can,
even
as
early
as
is
this
coming
school
year,
if
in
fact,
they're
doing
that
in
place
and
look
forward
to
fully
restored
advisory
board.
But
let's
let
try
to
get
him
now
connected
and
in
in
meeting,
hopefully
in
this
next
school
year
and
for
sure
by
the
2122.
A
H
H
Although
I
wish
it
was,
and
we'd
like
to
find
ways
for
people
to
have
that
ongoing
opportunity
for
education
and
learning
more
about
the
rural
services
and
operations
of
a
city
government
how
that
works
and
how
they
can
meaningfully
contribute.
There
are
a
few
again
communities
doing
this.
Well,
we
can
look
to
like
Davenport
and
Topeka
Kansas,
where
you
really
bring
residents
in
for
that
experience
and
knowledge,
and
really
a
basada
behind
the
scenes,
look
at
how
their
government
works
and
what
it
is
that
a
city
does
and
how
that
meaningfully
contributes
to
their
lives.
H
C
A
Absolutely
and
I
think
that
that
should
be,
because
I
think
our
citizens
need
to
understand
how
local
government
operates
in
order
to
reach
out
to
us
and
in
times
of
emergency,
they
kind
of
need
to
know
where
to
go
on
how
it
works
and
if
we
truly
want
to
bridge
the
for
all
of
our
citizens
and
continue
to
build
a
compassionate
City
we'd
like
to
have
our
residents
Academy
kind
of
remove
that
veil
of
the
what
happens
in
around
the
city
and
increase
that
transparency.
So
mr.
I
F
H
A
H
Next
slide
last
one
for
me,
we
need
to
continue
to
expand
language
access
in
our
city,
so
creating
a
policy
where
we
would
translate
especially
enforcement
based
documents,
information
letters
into
the
languages
spoken
here
and
read
here.
Ensuring
that
that
information
is
translated
in
all
languages
are
spoken
more
than
1%
of
our
city's
population.
Again,
a
lot
of
other
communities
that
we
can
look
at
here.
Chicago
and
2015
passed
a
language
access,
ordinance
and
Portland
Oregon
as
well
makes
language
access
services
available
at
no
cost
for
anyone
receiving
program,
service
or
benefits.
H
A
Connie,
you
probably
would
have
some
experience,
but
I
know
that,
with
a
multitude
of
languages
spoken
in
our
city,
all
persons
need
to
have
access
and
understanding
of
our
laws
and
our
policies
and
programs.
But
it's
it's
becoming
a
more
important
piece.
I
know
that
we're
speaking
I
think
now
over
a
hundred
different
languages
and
dialects
by
some
of
the
students
in
in
their
families
in
the
des
moines
public
schools,
schools.
A
A
C
I
just
bring
that
part
of
the
now
that
the
kids
are
all
online
I
think
there
were
35
House
3,500
households
that
needed
some
type
of
internet
connection.
So
when
we're
telling
all
of
our
City
residents
to
go
online,
there
is
I
agree,
it's
even
more
important
that
if
they
go
online,
they
have
access
to
the
language
as
they
speak.
I
would
imagine
a
lot
of
the
people
are.
E
E
No
I
completely
understand
that,
and
you
know
I
you
know
maybe
Scott
you
can
come
up
with
a
recommendation,
maybe
maybe
that
that
falls
under
your
office
or
maybe
she's
moved
into
you
into
the
city
manager's
office.
Something
like
that
that
where
we
can,
we
can
really
work
on
on
this.
This
is
very
important.
We've
got
many
many
languages
out
there
that
we
definitely
need
to
be
able
to
do
this.
Well.
P
O
O
O
I
love
the
city
and
in
particular,
when
there
are
when
there
are
pieces
that
might
involve
enforcement
action
or
pieces
that
might
involve
impacts
on
or
changes
to
to
someone's
home
or
surroundings.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
get
those
pieces
right
and
we
help
people
understand
what's
going
on
and
what
their
rights
are
in,
that
context
and
I
think
I
think
that's
a
piece
of
what
this
is
getting
at
and
I
think
it's
particularly
important
to
make
sure
we
recover
that
situations
where
this
would
apply,
but.
C
Just
this
is
kind
of
you
know:
I
wouldn't
send
that
you
know
the
school
district
has
a
lot
of
translation
ability
and
a
lot
of
so
working
with
them,
not
that
you
haven't
already
but
to
really
coordinate
with
them,
because
they
know
the
different
languages
are
out
there
because
of
all
the
kids
right.
Yep.
H
G
Right
Thank,
You,
Commissioner
shields.
Our
next
recommendation
is
incentivized
community
engagement
for
city
employees,
I'm
incentivize.
We
wanted
to
incentivize
community
involvement
in
participation,
hours
for
all
city
des
moines
employees
to
build
and
strengthen
relationships
with
des
moines
residents.
We
believe
it's
an
alford
paid
hour.
We
should
offer
paid
hours
to
employees
to
be
involved
in
the
community,
particularly
in
the
areas
of
direct
support.
The
impact
of
this
policy
would
be
to
create
a
channel
for
communication,
resulting
in
an
increased
trust
and
accountability,
accountability
between
city
employees
and
community
members.
G
This
program
is
intended
to
get
employees
who
typically
do
not
interact
with
the
community
with
community
groups
or
issues
to
connect,
share
and
build
a
mutual
understanding.
Many
cities
have
Bennett
engaging
in
the
community
as
part
of
his
business
practice
in
organizational
culture
that
we
want
to
see
Des
Moines
adopts.
We
also
want
an
all
city
employees
to
be
ambassadors
for
the
city.
G
Some
best
practices
that
we
found
is
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
which
offers
paid
mentorship,
volunteer
opportunities
to
its
employees
and
as
well
as
finval
Michigan,
which
is
decided
community
engagement
hours,
which
is
dedicated
community
gauged,
but
hours
force
employees,
especially
in
the
police
department.
As
we
mentioned
early
in
a
recommendation.
Not
only
do
we
want
our
city
employees
living
in
the
city,
we
want
to
find
ways
that
they
can
engage
and
truly
become
neighbors,
and
not
just
enforcement
or
just
service
providers.
A
All
right,
Thank,
You
Cameron,
you
know
I
think
this
is
something
that
we
have
discussed
as
a
city
and
it's
how
to
make
every
one
of
our
employees
feel
as
if
they're
like
an
ambassador
for
the
city
and
incentivized
community
engagement
could
be
one
of
the
ways
to
help
us
again
be
a
more
compassionate
City
and
so
again,
mr.
manager,
let's
ask
you
to
develop
a
plan
for
council
review,
it
work
shopping,
and
maybe
we
can
put
that
on
our
agenda
for
the
workshop
in
September
this
year
as
well.
Thank
you.
G
Cameron.
Thank
you.
Our
next
recommendation
is
cultural
competency,
training
for
boards
commissions
and
elected
officials.
We
would
like
a
requirement
that
to
serve
on
a
board
commission
or
to
be
an
elected
official,
they
must
participate
in
a
cultural
competency
training
within
the
first
year
of
appointment.
The
impact
would
be
to
build
stronger
relationships
between
community
members
and
city
staff
and
officials
in
a
minimize
conflicts
caused
by
our
visible
and
invisible
differences.
G
Currently,
the
City
of
Des
Moines
is
implementing
implicit
bias,
customer
service
and
de-escalation
training
for
all
staff,
but
to
only
require
staff
is
not
enough.
All
persons
involved
in
shaping
the
policies
and
practices
of
the
city
should
also
be
required
to
improve
their
cultural
competency
through
trainings.
This
helps
to
ensure
that
we
are
in
pathetic
thinking
of
the
impact
that
our
decisions
have
on
others
and
as
new
policies
and
ordinances
are
implemented.
Best
practices
we
found
in
this
area
come
from
the
city
of
Dubuque,
which
requires
a
five
hour.
A
All
right,
Thank,
You
Cameron,
you
know
everyone
has
room
for
growth
in
improvement
in
training
and
cultural
competency
and
poverty
bias,
equity,
inclusion.
All
that
is
crucial
for
our
staff.
Is
they
aim
to
provide
the
best
service
to
our
customers
and
even
those
of
us
as
elected
officials
and
appointed
board
members,
so
that
we
better
understand
the
community
that
we
serve.
We've
started
with
a
city
staff,
but
we
can
take
an
even
further
and
mr.
manager,
let's
let's
work
with
City
legal
on
the
implementation
of
a
board.
G
Thank
you.
Our
next
recommendation
would
be
gender
inclusive
forms
and
documents
like
to
review
all
City
of
Des
Moines
forms
that
collect
demographic
information
to
ensure
that
they
are
gender,
inclusive,
making
form
gender
inclusive,
removes
barriers
to
participation
and
allows
more
versus
contribute
to
local
governments.
The
impact
of
this
would
be
to
build
relationships
by
demonstrating
the
city's
efforts
and
intention
to
include
everyone.
We've
started
with
the
boards
and
Commission
forms,
but
there's
still
more
work
to
be
done
to
ensure
that
we
are
as
inclusive
as
possible.
G
Again
we
have
another
best
practice
from
Minneapolis
and
in
this
form,
where
there
is
trendy
transgender
equity
group,
the
city
of
Minneapolis
has
implemented
greater
gender,
inclusive
messaging
and
practices
in
all
of
its
city
services.
Now
the
best
practice
also
comes
from
Berkeley
California,
where
they
have
adopted
their
registration
forms
to
be
more
inclusive
of
trans
and
gender
non-conforming
residents
as
well.
A
All
right,
I
think
everyone
has
the
right
to
feel
as
if
they're
included
in
and
I
think,
we've
made
a
lot
of
progress
in
doing
that,
but
mr.
manager,
let's
look
at
some
of
these
Beck's
best
practices
and
work
with
the
various
departments
and
review.
What
forms
and
documents
need
to
be
more
inclusive
and
develop
a
plan
for
implementation
to
be
reviewed.
A
Let's
I
think
this
is
gonna,
be
a
little
longer
review
Cameron,
let's,
let's
try
to
look
at
doing
that,
maybe
by
June
a
year
from
now
alright
that
2021,
but
we
know
that
we're
moving
forward
on
it,
but
we
need
to
make
sure
that
that's
in
place.
So,
mr.
manager,
you
have
your
assignment
on
that.
One.
G
Our
next
register
recommendation
would
be
to
strengthen
the
Human
Rights
Ordinance.
We
would
like
to
expand
the
Human
Rights
Ordinance
to
include
the
following
within
our
jurisdiction
number
one
education
to
credit
and
three
contracting
we'd,
also
like
to
ban
discrimination
against
formerly
incarcerated
solely
because
of
their
background.
This
would
be
that
our
fair
chance
coordinates
and
also
to
add
community
mediation
to
the
powers
of
the
Commission
to
voluntarily
mediate
issues
among
residents
or
residents
and
local
entities.
G
The
impact
of
this
expansion
would
be
the
Commission's
ability
to
protect
more
residents,
which
was
stronger,
relates
to
shifts
across
the
community
expanding
the
Human
Rights
Ordinance
to
a
yeah,
so
a
ban
on
I'm.
Sorry,
the
best
practice
for
this
comes
from
I
was
the
Iowa
Civil
Rights
Commission,
the
Madison
Wisconsin
and
Fort
Collins
Colorado
as
well.
A
And
to
follow
up
on
that
camera
and
I
think
we
need
to
ensure
that
we
have
strong,
Human,
Rights
Ordinance
and
expands
our
reach
to
to
protect
all
communities
in
in
the
City
of
Des
Moines
and
the
works
to
expand
opportunities
as
well
for
all
persons
who
desire
to
move
up
in
the
socio-economic
ladder.
We
also
need
to
determine
a
way
to
make
sure
that
persons
who
have
served
their
time
and
are
not
repeatedly,
we
don't
repeatedly
punish
them
as
they
strive
to
build
a
new
life
and
put
food
on
their
table.
A
So
let's
ask
our
city
manager,
in
various
departments,
to
work
with
the
city
legal,
to
determine
our
ability
to
expand
our
Human
Rights
jurisdiction
and
report
back
to
our
City
Council,
at
least
slimmin
airily
in
October,
and
it
with
some
suggestions
and
protections
for
our
the
greater
community.
Thank.
G
You,
my
final
recommendation
will
come
the
form
of
two
slides.
If
we
go
to
the
next
ones
as
well,
so
it
support.
We
would
like
you
all
to
continue
the
support
of
the
equity
framework,
equitable
service
team,
presented
at
your
February
workshop
on
their
work
and
how
efforts
to
provide
more
equitable
services
to
the
city
residents
are
the
Commission's,
the
Commission
assets.
You
support
the
equity
framework
and
that
she
will
be
introduced
that
will
be
introduced
by
the
team
in
the
upcoming
months
next
slide.
Please.
G
So
this
equity
plan
would
create
a
workforce
equity
plan
to
insert
the
city
administration
is
taking
deliberative
action
to
insert
of
the
city
and
boards
commissions
I'll
reflect
the
community
right.
Now,
if
you
look
at
our
city,
our
demographics
say
the
city
versus
the
demographics
of
our
city,
employees
you'll
see
some
stark
differences
I'm.
G
According
to
the
census
estimate
president
estimates
of
President
Des
Moines,
the
demographics
are
about
seventy
five
percent
white,
thirteen
percent
Hispanic
or
Latino
eleven
percent,
African,
American
or
or
black
just
under
one
percent,
American
Indian
and
Native
American,
six
and
half
percent
Asian
and
four
percent.
That
would
mark
down
two
or
more
races.
However,
our
city
staff
does
not
reflect
that.
Eighty-Eight.
Percent
of
employees
are
white,
yet
many
departments
are
100
percent
white
or
nearly
100
percent.
Only
four
percent
of
our
city
staff
are
Latino.
G
Only
five
percent
of
our
city
staff
are
black
or
african-american,
and
only
2
percent
of
our
staff
are
Asian
one
step
in
the
right
direction
and
the
reason
was:
is
the
recent
higher
higher
of
our
assistant
city
manager,
Malcolm
hinkins,
and
we
know
other
departments
like
the
fire
department
are
making
steps
to
be
more
reflective
of
our
community.
But
certainly
we
can
do
more
in
our
efforts
to
be
more
diverse
and
it's
a
representation
at
all
levels
of
government.
G
In
order
to
complete
this
objective,
we
need
a
comprehensive
plan
for
all
departments
to
follow,
as
we
lead
by
example
across
the
board.
According
to
the
National
League
of
Cities
cities
and
states
are
increasingly
adopting
standards
in
pre-apprenticeship
programs
to
ensure
that
local
residents,
including
individuals
with
barriers
to
employment,
such
as
women,
people
of
color,
low-income
residents
and
residents
with
past
involvement
with
with
the
criminal
justice
system,
are
able
to
obtain
the
construction
and
permanent
jobs
created
with
the
support
of
public
funds.
We
asked
for
a
workforce
equity
plan
to
be
adopted
to
increase
representation.
G
It's
a
built-in
economic
floor
for
other
families
and
communities
in
our
in
Des
Moines.
Best
practices
we
have
seen
out
of
this
is
come
out
of
Madison
Wisconsin.
Their
city
leadership
adopted
a
work
first
equity
plan
through
the
work
several
interagency
teams
that
is
still
active
to
this
day,
working
to
ensure
that
they
are
inclusive
in
their
application
process,
their
interview
process
and
their
promotion
process.
A
It
won't
happen
overnight,
but
we
know
to
take
the
steps
necessary
today
to
create
a
more
compassionate
community
I'm,
going
to
ask
the
city
manager
to
to
work
with
a
commission
and
our
equitable
service
team
and
all
departments
develop
a
plan
to
increase
the
representation
of
all
of
our
communities
in
our
city
workforce
as
one
of
the
largest
employers
in
the
city.
We
can
be
the
example.
A
This
will
take
some
time,
but
it's
necessary
and
I'm
gonna
ask
the
city
manager
to
report
back
at
a
city
council
meeting.
We
know
that
engaging
all
departments
and
in
and
Commission
is
going
to
take
some
time,
but
mr.
manager
I
think
we
need
to
have
a
good
report
back,
let's
say
by
June
of
next
year,
with
an
understanding
that
there
are
many
meetings
that
are
gonna
have
to
take
place
before
this
is
finalized.
A
A
Everybody
for
their
work-
they
they
don't
stay
here.
Just
for
two
or
three
years,
I
mean
we.
We
have
our
City
Awards
every
year
and
we
see
people
that
are
working
for
30,
40
45
years
for
the
city
and
sometimes
the
turnover
is
slow,
but
I
think
we
need
to
have
a
goal
and
we
need
to
have
a
plan
and
we
need
to
do
everything
that
we
can.
A
G
You
mr.
mayor,
the
council,
that
does
conclude
our
recommendations
for
the
evening,
but
now,
at
this
time
our
AmeriCorps
VISTA
member
meal
account
will
take
a
will
talk
to
us
about
the
historical
context
of
why
these
asks
from
our
Commissioner
souls
are
vitally
important
and
the
role
that
you
all
play
on
ensuring
that
all
persons
have
an
opportunity
to
succeed
in
save
our
community
to
what
it
has
the
potential
to
be
so
at
this
time,
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Mila.
R
Our
city,
like
many
others,
has
a
legacy
of
settler
colonialism
and
displacement
of
indigenous
peoples.
The
sack
in
this
kawaki
people
have
forcibly
removed
in
the
years
leading
up
to
and
following
the
establishment
of
the
city,
we
also
have
a
legacy
of
white
supremacy
before
Des
Moines
was
incorporated
as
a
city
Iowa
lawmakers
passed,
Black
Codes
that
made
it
more
difficult
for
black
people
to
move
to
and
live
within
the
state.
Under
these
laws,
black
people
cannot
vote
serve
in
the
military
testify.
In
court
against
white
people
attend
public
schools
or
be
in
interracial
relationships.
R
We've
met,
learn
from
the
reverberations
of
these
early
histories,
social
conditions
and
the
stereotypes
and
assumptions
that
accompany
them
are
the
product
of
history.
So
we
need
to
consider
the
ways
in
which
oppression
has
evolved
and
been
codified
and
normalized
through
laws,
policies
and
practices
in
our
city.
Inequality
in
Des
Moines
has
taken
shape
through
written
laws
and
unwritten
practices
that
make
it
more
difficult
for
us
to
name
and
address
the
underlying
problems.
R
We
might
be
able
to
identify
disparities
or
disproportionality,
but
we,
what
we
don't
always
perceive
is
the
history
and
the
systems
and
the
structures
that
have
produced
these
inequities.
That
history
is
important
precisely
because
it
can
help
us
understand
and
be
responsive
to
the
urgency
of
moments
like
now
when
residents
are
standing
up
to
legacies
of
injustice,
extend
back
to
the
city's
founding
to
further
illustrate
this
point:
we'll
look
to
the
more
recent
period
of
the
1960s,
which
was
a
turning
point
in
our
city,
struggle
for
fair
and
affordable
housing.
R
So,
as
has
already
been
mentioned
tonight,
our
city
recently
achieved
a
landmark
in
this
effort
with
the
source
of
income
discrimination
ordinance.
So
if
we
look
back
to
a
series
of
council
decisions
concerning
fair
housing
in
the
1960s,
we
can
understand
how
the
longevity,
as
well
as
the
unfinished
nature
of
this
struggle
to
achieve
safe
and
affordable
housing
and
neighborhoods
for
all
des
moines
residents.
In
1962,
the
new
Moines
City
Council
defeated
a
public
housing
and
low-income
housing
program
bill.
R
A
year
later,
the
council
defeated
a
housing
ordinance
drafted
by
the
Human
Rights
Commission
that
promoted
open
occupancy
housing.
This
bill
would
have
ensured
a
housing
market
free
of
restrictions
based
on
race,
religion
or
national
origin.
These
defeats
followed
the
Council's
approval
of
an
open
occupancy
bill
in
1959
that
had
similar
provisions,
but
was
limited
only
to
the
city's
urban
renewal
tracts
to
understand
the
significance
of
the
council's
prolonged
period
of
inaction.
R
We
must
consider
its
context
des
moines
was
in
the
thick
of
several
local
crises
related
to
urban
renewal
and
segregation
in
the
1960s
urban
renewal
programs
in
des
moines,
built
upon
decades
of
redlining
and
other
discriminatory
policies
to
displace
residents
and
destroy
neighborhood
resources.
They
constituted
only
one
part
of
a
more
sweeping
set
of
policies
and
practices
in
des
moines
that
undercut
residents
of
color
and
especially
black
residents,
access
to
affordable
housing,
quality,
public
education
in
gainful
employment,
local
and
national
policies
and
strategies
converge
to
produce
segregation
in
DesMoines,
neighborhoods
schools
and
communities.
R
R
The
uniformed
racial
composition
of
neighborhoods
also
served
as
a
basis
for
school
segregation
with
segregation
and
simply
arguing
they.
Their
neighborhood
schools,
be
preserved,
residential
segregation
fed
into
a
broader
system
in
which
black
residents
were
shut
out
from
fair
and
equal
employment
opportunities
and
political
representation
on
issues
that
had
a
disproportionate
effect
on
their
communities.
R
So
these
simultaneous
crises
of
displacing
black
residents
and
fragmenting
their
access
to
education
and
employment
served
as
a
backdrop
for
the
city
council's
deliberations
over
fair
housing.
The
council
ended
up
passing
an
amended
fair
housing
ordinance
in
July
1964,
but
it
did
not
apply
to
many
housing
scenarios
and
lacked
enforcement
mechanisms.
So
this
brief
episode
in
the
struggle
for
fair
housing
demonstrates
the
need
for
equity
and
not
equality.
R
The
1964
ordinance
that
was
passed
required
several
rounds
of
amendment,
along
with
the
thorough
strengthening
of
the
jurisdiction
and
capacity
of
the
civil
and
human
rights
commission
for
it
to
even
come
close
to
fulfilling
its
intended
purpose.
It
would
not
have
been
achieved
without
the
significant
and
multiple
forms
of
pressure
community
members
placed
on
council,
as
well
as
on
the
city's
urban
renewal
office.
G
Now
we
still
have
a
long
way
to
go
and
I
think
these
past
few
weeks
really
highlight
that,
but
what
bridging
the
gap
process
has
demonstrated
is
that
the
dialogue
process
works
when
we
all
sit
down.
When
we
talk
about
our
concerns,
when
we
find
common
ground,
we
move
towards
a
solution.
We
can
actually
get
things
done.
Sources
of
income
is
reality
due
to
the
deliberative
deliberative
dialogue
process,
that
enquiring
about
a
person's
immigration
status
was
accomplished
through
this
process.
G
It's
not
a
comfortable
moment,
but
it
was
overwhelmingly
respectful
and,
more
importantly,
it
was
focused
on
solutions
and
that's
what
we
have
to
focus
on
moving
forward.
We
may
not
always
agree
on
everything.
God
knows
we
does
we
don't
what
we
do
share
this
city.
So,
let's
make
sure
it's
good
for
us
and
even
better
for
our
children.
G
We
also
like
to
talk
about
a
program
that
we
instituted
about
a
year
ago,
because
our
ultimate
goal
is
to
connect
community
members,
build
mutual
understanding
and
respect
in
order
to
create
a
better
community
for
all
of
us.
That's
why
we
do
events
like
breaking
bread,
building
bridges
at
locations
around
the
city
such
as
bharata's
and
Katmandu.
We
have
even
had
the
City
Council
members
in
a
West
car
participate
in
this
experience.
For
those
who
do
not
know
about
this
program
or
would
like
to
learn
more,
you
can
visit
our
social
media
and
website.
G
We
actually
produce
documentary
talking
about
this
very
issue
and
how
we
were
able
to
bring
people
that
didn't
have
that
had
people
that
did
not
have
similar
backgrounds
together
for
conversations
to
talk
about
how
we
can
build
a
better
community.
Our
goal
is
to
bring
people
together,
in
spite
of
our
differences,
because
I
truly
believe
that
we
have
more
in
common
than
we
do
have
a
part.
G
G
We
understand
that
investing
in
the
simply
human
rights
commission
can
go
a
long
way
towards
making
sure
that
we
are
collectively
stronger
as
a
community
as
we
recover
past
these
crises
and
ready
if
another
crisis
hits
home.
This
is
our
vision
for
the
department
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
the
council
and
staff
to
make
this
happen.
But
in
addition
to
that,
in
an
effort
to
create
a
more
better
community,
we
ask
the
City
Council
so
look
for
ways
to
increase
our
funding
for
the
civil
Human
Rights
department.
G
We
we,
we
asked
the
City
Council
in
the
city
manager
to
look
at
ways
to
increase
the
funding,
so
we
can
truly
be
at
the
proactive
city
that
we
want
to
be,
but
with
that
I
do
want
to
thank
the
mayor
in
the
city
council,
but
especially
all
the
residents
who
decided
to
attend
this
meeting.
Who
have
been
a
part
of
this
bridging
the
cap
initiative
for
the
past
two
years
like
last
year,
working
along
with
the
city
manager
and
city
administration.
G
I
know
that
we
can
accomplish
much
more
in
the
months
a
year
to
come.
I
would
also
like
to
thank
our
entire
staff
and
the
civil
and
human
rights
departments,
starting
with
our
director
Joshua
v-bar,
our
equity
coordinator,
Monisha
Podell,
our
staff,
legal
counsel,
Doug
Phillip,
our
Human
Rights,
specialist
and
equity
intern,
miss
Holly
Clark,
who
sitting
in
the
room
with
our
Human
Rights,
specialist,
Matthew
Howe,
our
public
relations,
intern,
Kenzie,
copic,
our
Human
Rights
specialists,
sean
mccoy,
our
administrative
assistant
and
intake
officer
juditha
john
day,
and
our
business
AmeriCorps
VISTA
member
mealy
cow.
G
Also,
a
special
thank
you
to
each
and
every
one
of
you
for
participating
into
the
in
the
deliberative
dialogue
process.
Because
of
your
support
and
your
participation,
we
were
able
to
move
on
a
number
of
items
in
the
bridging
the
gap
initiative
to
make
a
more
equitable
Des
Moines.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
you
all
again
as
we
continue
to
bridge
these
gaps,
but
we
would
also
like
every
person
to
get
them
on
this
call
to
get
involved
in
working
with
us
and
the
City
Council
to
help
our
city
be
what
it
can
be.
G
Our
next
Commission
meeting
will
be
July
9th
and,
as
you
all
know,
the
City
Council
meets
every
other
Monday.
We
ask
the
community
to
continue
to
reach
out
to
us.
We
ask
the
community
to
continue
to
have
dialogue
with
us
and
we
ask
the
community
to
be
determined
along
with
us
to
bridge
these
gaps,
so
we
can
look
forward
to
a
more
equitable
community
at
this
time,
I'd
like
to
turn
it
back
over
to
Mayor
County.
A
Cameron
thank
you
and
to
all
the
commissioners
for
the
work
that
you've
done
regarding
now,
bridging
the
gap
and
all
your
recommendations
today,
there's
so
much
more
that
we
can
collectively
do
together
as
a
community
I
attended
a
lot
of
those
dialogues
and
it
was
good
to
hear
the
community
comments
and
ideas
on
what
we
could
do
to
move
our
communities
forward.
You
know,
as
we
continue
to
work
on
the
recommendations
from
last
year
and
begin
the
process
of
implementation
of
the
recommendations
from
this
year.
We're
going
to
need
to
all
get
our
hands.
A
A
Probably
all
of
us
have
never
imagined
that
we'd
have
to
deal
with
in
our
lifetimes
as
a
city,
we
have
taken
a
hit
financially,
but
even
as
we
take
this
hit,
the
community
will
still
need
to
be
our
priority
and,
as
Cameron
stated,
dialogue
works.
So
let
continue
to
to
work
with
these
solutions,
focused
based
dialogues
and
conversations
to
address
to
help
the
economy
and
safety
concerns
of
our
community.
We
have
made
some
really
huge
strides
in
recent
years,
including
this
year's
budget.
A
Let's
continue
to
work
together
to
expand
on
the
work
that
we're
doing
together
and
thank
you
for
this
presentation
in
your
recommendations,
we're
looking
forward
to
working
together
to
address
all
these
concerns
and
others
that
may
come
up
as
we
work
towards
a
more
compassion,
community
and
I'd
quickly
like
to
open
it
up
and
see.
If
any
of
our
council
members
have
any
comments
that
they
would
like
to
again.
Thanks
to
the
Commission
and
to
you,
Cameron
Council,
any
comments.
I.
C
Guess
I
I'll
just
start
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
I
think
that,
looking
at
the
importance
of
what's
going
on
now
to
how
we
can
build
upon
the
work
that's
going
on
and
what
we
need
to
invest
in
this
department
and
Commission,
so
I
appreciate
again
all
the
hard
work
for
the
people
who
did
all
the
volunteer
and
appreciate
your
input,
but
I
think
we
do
need
to
look
at
as
we
shift
over
having
you
know
in
our
ordinance.
We
were
talking
about
having
people
file
the
complaint
with
this
commission.
C
B
F
A
F
A
B
J
O
Mr.
mayor,
this
is
Josh
I'd
like
to
say
a
few
things.
I
think
that
the
presentation
was
a
great
overview
of
a
lot
of
important
work.
That's
going
on
and
really
appreciated
the
depth
and
breadth
of
the
recommendations,
and
also
appreciate
that
this
only
touches
the
the
surface
of
what
we
need
to
do.
I
wanted
from
a
couple
of
things.
You
know
that
really
stood
out
to
me
that
I'm
particularly
excited
about
from
I
mean
I
think
the
whole
package
is
important,
but
a
number
of
the
pieces
from
her
stuck
out
to
me.
O
The
fair
housing
training
for
parental
certification
is
absolutely
a
critical
piece,
I'm
eager
to
see
the
housing
incentive
program
move
forward.
The
language
access
and
the
workforce
equity
plan
are
all
all
pieces
that
that
I
think
are
would
fall
into
sort
of
my
priorities
and
things
that
rise
to
the
top.
But
all
of
these
pieces
are
important.
One
of
the
things
that
impact
our
ability
to
do
all
of
this
work.
O
O
We
have
not
devoted
enough
time
as
a
council
to
talking
about
that
I
and
it's
one
of
the
one
of
the
pieces
that
when
we
have
budget
discussions
we
should.
We
should
talk
about
that,
because
I
to
get
this
work
done,
which
everyone
on
this
call
in
this
meeting
is
said,
is
important
to
get
this
work
done
and
to
go
beyond
what
we're
doing
here.
We
need
to
invest
resources
to
accomplish
that
and
I.
E
Mr.
mayor
know,
your
life
I'd
also
like
to
echo
some
of
the
comments
from
my
colleagues
first
off
Cameron,
very,
very
nice
job
by
your
by
your
committee
of
thoughtfully,
going
through
this
and
giving
us
detail
points
of
things
we've
accomplished,
but
also
a
lot
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
work
on
as
a
group
and
I
would
welcome,
sitting
down
and
having
conversations
not
just
once
a
year
but
with
commissioners
and
and
learning
more
about
yourself
and
some
of
the
needs.
I
would
really
welcome
that.
So
I
hope
we
can
do
that
soon.
A
All
right,
Thank,
You
council,
appreciate
your
your
past
and
thoughtful
remarks
and
again,
thanks
to
the
Commission
Cameron
I
know
that
this
meeting
is
scheduled
to
to
be
over
at
7
o'clock,
but
I.
Don't
know
how
many
people
we
have
out
there,
but
are
you
ok
if
we
extend
it
at
least,
let's
say
another
half-hour
to
7:30?
There
are
citizens
that
would
like
to
make
some
come
in
and
we'd
like
to
the
comment
by
the
way
to
be
hopefully
to
the
points
in
germane
to
what
the
discussion
was
this
evening
and
Cameron.
G
I
think,
given
a
minute
in
half
and
expanding
the
time
to
7:30
again
from
the
Commission
standpoint,
we
we
encourage
input
on
this
process,
so
we
do
ask
residents
to
keep
their
comments.
You
know
focused
on
the
recommendations
that
we
give
into
Council.
As
we
say
a
lot,
you
know,
there's
there's
there's
a
whole
lot
of
issues
that
we
need
to
be
focused
on,
but
and
this
time
I
think
these
are
a
great
deal
of
recommendations
that
would
put
forth
a
more
equitable
City
but
would
still
love
the
public
comment
on
these
recommendations.
G
A
Right
I
agree:
let's
go
ahead
and
open
it
up
and
by
the
way,
if
anybody
has
any
comments
that
either
you're
unable
because
of
time
frame
or
whatever
to
make
it
this
evening
we
are
open
and
I
know
that
Cameron
and
the
Commission
is
to
receive
either
by
email
or
the
US
Postal
Service.
Any
other
comments
or
thoughts
or
recommendations
that
you
might
have
is
a
citizen.
A
I
Thanks
can
you
Thank
You
mayor
Thank,
You
chair?
What
we'll
have
each
person
do
is
raise
their
hand
and
we'll
activate
you
to
talk
and
we'll
do
it
in
the
border.
It
looks
like
it's
an
order,
so
we'll
start
with
no
just
again
to
speak
about
what
happened.
Monday.
We
have
zero
tolerance
for
any
sort
of
racial
slurs
or
are
any
sort
of
derogatory
language
aimed
at
our
council
members
mayor
our
commissioners.
They
go
right
ahead.
No
Allu,
we'll
start
with
you
all.
S
Right
thanks,
my
name
is
Noah
become
I
live
at
thirty
ten
kingman
boulevard,
and
my
first
request
is
that
it
is
difficult
for
citizens
to
hold
their
leaders
accountable
when
they're
promised
does
lack
specificity.
So
I'd
like
to
suggest
a
template
for
any
plans
requested
by
the
mayor
that
would
standardize
planning
so
that
citizens
know
what
to
expect
and
can
hold
leaders
accountable
when
these
commitments
are
not
met.
S
Aspects
of
the
template
could
include
naming
key
stakeholders
timelines
and
a
record
of
interdepartmental
meetings
that
took
place
to
create
plans,
so
that
would
specifically
go
to
whenever
the
mayor
says.
You
know:
hey
city
manager,
I'd
like
you
to
do
such-and-such
I
would
like
there
to
be
more
clarity
about.
What's
going
to
be
expected
to
be
produced.
S
It
might
be
good
to
have
something
like
that
in
place
earlier
than
October
I
also
recommend
using
existing
infrastructure
at
DMACC
for
a
job
fair
to
go
to
what
councilman
Gatto
said
in
relationship
to
our
youth,
perhaps
considering
a
civics
education
or
young
leaders,
training,
utilizing,
Central
Campus
as
a
focal
point
for
that,
and
then
finally,
I'd
like
to
recommend
a
commission
to
study
the
possibility
of
reparations
or
redress
for
members
of
the
black
community
who
were
impacted
by
the
destruction
of
black
businesses
when
Interstate
235
was
constructed.
Thank
you.
I
K
I
K
I
know:
how
do
we
get
rid
of
that
is
going
we're
getting
rid
of
it?
Yeah
go
ahead,
wait.
My
name
is
Kevin
Morgan,
I'm,
21:09,
East,
28th,
Street
I
do
hope.
The
council
knows
that
by
avoiding
the
formation
of
a
community
read
or
board,
your
message
to
the
residents
is
to
have
100%
faith
in
them
to
police
themselves,
and
in
doing
so
you
lose
the
faith
to
the
residents
when
something
goes
wrong
during
the
performance
of
those.
K
Yeah,
okay,
I
lost
my
place
when
something
goes
wrong.
During
the
performance
of
these
duties
we
have
given
to
the
police.
The
only
action
is
to
sue
the
city
and
when
I
become
involved,
became
involved
in
seeing
the
changes
to
the
racial
justice.
My
interest
was
not
to
become
one
of
those
cities
in
the
national
news.
I
wanted
to
get
ahead
of
the
problems
become
proactive.
I
sat
in
a
meeting
four
years
ago
and
learned
the
process
of
making
a
complaint.
K
My
question
at
that
meeting
was
why
we
were
the
complaints
not
going
through
the
civil
and
human
rights
commission.
I
said
that
without
the
knowledge
that
Joshua
was
in
the
room
now,
that
is
the
suggestion.
Instead
of
forming
a
review
board,
that
suggestion
is
not
coming
with
the
added
funds
laughing
it
and
the
Commission
is
underfunded.
K
U
Joshua
thinking
they're
County,
thank
you,
city
manager.
Thank
you,
City
Council,
Emily
cam.
You
guys
did
a
great
job
I'm,
so
encouraged
about
what
you
guys
do.
I
work
at
501,
Grand,
Avenue
and
in
this
community
about
eight
years
and
I,
can't
tell
you
of
the
places.
I've
been
how
proud
I
am
of
the
work
that
you
guys
are
doing.
I'm
encouraged,
I
piggyback
on
the
first
gentleman's
request
that
a
document
be
created
a
scorecard
or
dashboard.
U
Other
methods
have
agreed
to
today
and
showing
progress
on
a
continuous
basis
to
show
that
commitment,
not
just
only
as
a
council
but
as
a
commitment
from
the
Commission
to
do
this
work.
I,
think
joint
accountability
between
the
command
council,
that's
public,
that
is
made
public
and
that
everyone
can
see.
We
show
that
committee
is
united
around
this
front
and
that
people
would
not
see
the
Commission
as
a
one-off
and
that
their
their
what
their
goals
are,
are
set
for
the
community
margin
and
marking.
I
D
V
Thank
you
for
that.
Intro
I
had
plenty
of
questions,
but
I
will
make
mine
brief
or
the
cultural
competency
training
within
boards.
Commission
is
an
elected
official
that
section
there.
You
all
mentioned
the
implicit
bias
and
de-escalation
training
and
that
moving
forward
to
the
actual
recommendations
of
having
dialogue,
I'm
just
wondering
what
type
of
dialogue
framework
are
you
all
utilizing
to
facilitate
those
conversations
I
asked
because
there
are
so
many
different
ways
to
go
about
it,
but
I'm
wondering
what
that
would
look
like
between
sectors
in
higher
education.
V
You
know
one
of
the
things
we
push
for
was
intergroup
dialogue
and
and
culturally
sustaining
practices,
but
I
think
you
know
when
we
think
about
the
boards
commissions
and
elect
official
trainings,
the
Youth,
Advisory,
Board
and
residence
academies.
I
hope.
That's
also
embedded
to
really
have
the
dialogues
and
actually
have
something.
That's
continuous.
So
you
know
similar
to
the
Reverend
I'm,
also
at
Ross
disposal
to
help
with
curriculum
developments,
because,
as
these
protests
are
indicating,
people
are
ready.
People
who
have
never
mobilized
before
are
ready
to
speak
and
ready
to
engage.
V
G
You
Danny
and
that
you
did
one
one
point:
no,
that
I
will
comment
on
now
or
deliver
a
dialogue
process
as
something
that
we
got
from
the
Kettering
foundation
with
Joshua
Emily,
myself
and
Claudia.
Sable
have
all
been
trained
in
this.
Is
the
the
process
we'd
like
to
continue
to
use
in
the
future
when
we
have
deeper
conversations
around
housing
and
other
concerns
or
issues
from
the
community.
W
You
hear
me
yeah,
yes,
yeah
so
hello.
My
name
is
Robert
and
Shumway,
currently
residing
at
7:30,
19th,
Street
and
I've
been
able
to
listen
in
to
the
entire
I.
Just
came
in
a
couple
of
minutes
ago,
so
I
heard
a
little
bit
towards
the
end
of
which
all
were
discussing
about,
but
I
think
the
thing
that
I
want
to
phrase.
W
The
government
specifically
so
I
think
for
me
overall,
it's
about
being
intentional
about
this
work
and
really
showing
that
y'all
do
care
about
us
and
on
the
part
about
the
Youth
Advisory
Board.
Being
intentional
about
that
too.
In
terms
of
what
kind
of
youth
you're
putting
on
there,
don't
let
it
be
a
thing
where
the
youth
who
are
there
just
wants
whom
you
know
but
really
going
into
the
community
and
going
into
the
schools.
G
I
T
I
knew
I
was
gonna,
follow,
Robert
I
would
have
got
myself
in
line
earlier,
but
I,
you
know,
I'm
gonna
do
just
co-sign
on
what
Jamel
was
talking
about
earlier.
I
was
not
a
youth
advisory
board.
Member
of
myself
when
I
was
a
kid,
but
my
brother
was,
and
it
is
a
program
that
will
build
up
understanding
of
local
government
for
young
people
and
I.
T
Think
that
that's
imperative,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
young
people
that
know
what
they
are
looking
for
and
we
as
adults
need
to
provide
them
with
the
tools
on
how
to
get
there.
The
other
thing
that
I
just
wanted
to
mention,
as
you
were,
going
through
the
history
of
especially
the
housing
part.
One
of
the
things
that
stuck
out
to
me
is
that
there
was
a
different
bill
passed.
T
I
Thank
You
Heather,
Thank,
You,
Heather
I,
don't
see
any
more
hands
raised.
You
can
raise
your
hand,
they
did
increase
the
time,
but
we
did
have
some
comments
wanted
to
speak
on
that
came
up.
While
people
had
your
hand
raised
there
with
the
hands,
I'll
make
sure
to
read
the
one
who
Nelson's
comment
and
then
the
first
we'll
start
with
Chris
Coleman
I
think
you
all
I
don't
think
I
need
to
introduce
who
he
is
what's
his
address,
you
can
amuse
yourself
consummate
moments,
unique
mr.
Coleman
I.
X
I
Y
Hi,
everyone
well
I'm
very
impressed
with
all
the
presentation
and
I've
been
able
to
listen
to
all
of
you.
The
work
that
you've
been
doing
in
the
Department
of
several
Human
Rights
is
incredible,
is
really
changing
a
lot
of
things
in
this
city
and
that's
what
we're
looking
for.
But
when
I
learned
that
the
one
that
only
1%
of
the
budget
goes
to
that
department,
I
think
is
it's.
Y
Y
Inequality
is
a
very
high
point
at
this
moment.
So
please,
city,
council,
mayor,
consider
to
give
more
money
to
this
department.
We
am
a
minority
too,
and
you
can
tell,
by
my
accent-
and
we
suffer
my
family
suffers
through
all
the
racism.
My
community
suffers
and
all
the
communities
of
color
are
suffering
from
this.
Oh
great
job
for
the
Department
of
Human
Rights.
Q
Q
I
All
right,
so
just
one
comment
from
now:
she
added
something,
so
this
is
from
one
a
Nelson
Brown.
Her
first
statement
was:
let's
get
that
budget
increase,
bridging
the
gap,
and
these
recommendations
can
only
happen
with
a
true
commitment
to
equity.
That
means
allocating
resources
and
she
also
notes
to
please
add
anti
racism,
training
to
the
list
of
training
and
the
implicit
bias.
I
It
is
a
best
practice
and
then
she
leaves
another
comment
saying
that
she
forgot
one
important
thing
after
Monday's
call
our
organization,
the
Iowa
Coalition
for
collective
change
got
some
calls
from
residents
extremely
concerned
about
their
safety
because
they
were
required
to
give
their
home
addresses
and
then
racially
motivated
threats
ensued
on
the
call.
Can
you
consider
suspending
this
practice?
I
A
All
right
to
everybody
that
has
been
on
our
public,
our
residents,
the
people
that
we
serve.
Thank
you
for
listening
in
and
thank
you
for
your
your
comments
to
the
council.
I
want
to
thank
you,
but,
most
importantly,
for
all
the
work
that
all
the
Commission
has
done
through
this
last
year
and
the
work
that
you
have
done
to
prepare
for
this
meeting
and
give
us
some
very
strong
suggestions
and
good
ideas.
A
I'm
moving
forward,
I
personally,
look
forward
to
working
together
with
you
and
to
achieve
our
goal
of
being
that
compassionate
City
and
supportive
of
all
of
our
citizens,
regardless
of
the
race,
regardless
of
their
color,
their
skin,
regardless
their
age,
regardless
of
their
gender.
We're
all
in
this
together
and
let's
continue
to
try
to
make
our
city
reflect
that
and
we're
looking
forward
to
everybody's
best
efforts
to
move
these
initiatives
that
were
laid
out
tonight.
G
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you
to
the
mayor,
City
Council,
for
for
convening
this
with
us.
If
they're
often
those
recommendations
to
the
city
manager
and
his
staff,
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
you
all
throughout
this
year
and
I
hope
that
we
could
take
the
recommendation
from
council
person,
Joe
Gatto,
to
have
these
meetings
more
often,
maybe
a
couple
of
times
a
year.
So
we
can
offer
the
community
the
updates
that
they've,
requested
and
I
believe
that
they
deserve,
but
before
we
do
go,
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
that
huge.
G
Thank
you
to
all
my
fellow
commissioners.
This
work
cannot
be
done
with
without
all
of
them
and
the
staff.
So
thank
you
to
Veronica
yeah,
our
newest
member
webster
cran,
so
Isaiah
Knox
who's,
a
past
Chair
of
this
commission
Juan
Carlos
Cardenas,
our
commission
secretary
Claudia
Sabol,
our
Vice
Chair
Emily
shields.
We
truly
appreciate
the
efforts
you
all
put
into
this.
As
you
know,
this
is
a
volunteer
position
and
all
of
us
had
full-time
jobs
and
a
number
of
other
activities
that
were
involved
in.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
participation.
G
Not
only
this
evening,
but
the
years
of
service
that
you
guys
have
put
forth
and
the
services
that
you
put
forth
in
the
future
in
with
we
have
to
truly
get
to
be
in
a
proactive
City.
We
can
no
longer
be
a
complaint
based
city.
That's
not
good
enough
for
us.
The
community
has
spoken.
The
community
continues
to
speak,
they've
done
it
through
the
bridge
in
the
cab
process.
They've
done
it
in
other
ways,
and
we
look
forward
to
can
open
communication
and
dialogue,
there's
many
residents
as
possible
and
being
the
voice
for
the
voiceless.