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From YouTube: 12-21-20 City Council Work Session
Description
Des Moines City Council work session via teleconference on Monday, December 21, 2020.
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First
thanks
for
the
opportunity
to
present
a
plan
to
incentivize
employee
community
engagement.
This
is
a
plan
that
you
asked
the
city
manager
to
bring
back
to
you
for
review
so
as
a
framework
for
this
morning's
conversation.
I'll
start
with
a
brief
background,
I'll
move
to
the
program
objectives
and
then
I'll
get
into
some
of
the
key
elements
of
the
program
and
finally
I'll
discuss
next
steps.
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The
des
moines
civil
and
human
rights
commission
also
recommended
the
incentivized
community
engagement
among
their
bridging
the
gap
initiative.
I
think
commissioners,
when
they
were
discussing
this
at
the
joint
meeting,
mentioned
terms
like
connecting
sharing
and
building
mutual
understanding
with
community.
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E
So,
as
we
continue
to
look
at
the
plan,
we
felt
it
was
important
to
look
at
what
we're
currently
trying
to
achieve
in
the
city
as
a
whole.
So
what's
our
mission
volunteer
time
off
program
aligns
with
the
city's
mission
to
be
financially
strong,
provide
exceptional
municipal
services
in
a
customer
friendly
manner
with
an
involved
community.
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E
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E
So,
as
as
programs
go,
you
know,
one
of
the
things
that
you
we
want
to
do
is
be
able
to
measure
the
effectiveness
of
the
program,
and
so
you
know
some
common
or
you
know
very
common
key
performance
measures
that
we
found
are
universal,
are
already
out
there,
the
ones
on
the
screen
that
I'm
showing
you
right
now
came
from
the
volunteermatch.org
website.
So,
like
I
said,
a
number
of
agencies
or
programs
have
these
criteria
number
of
volunteers,
recruited
hours
worked
per
volunteer,
estimated
dollar
values
of
hours
donated
and
services
delivered.
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E
We've
also
been
working
on
the
internal
processes
for
administration,
so
there's
some
behind
the
scenes
work
that
has
to
be
done,
but
it's
not
going
to
be
started.
We've
already
been
doing
it,
so
the
availability,
for
example,
of
pay
codes
for
staff
to
select
volunteer
pay
time
off
the
forms
used
for
submitting
requests.
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Morning,
good
morning,
honorable
mayor
city,
council,
members,
joshua
vitbar,
director
of
the
des
moines
philly
human
rights
commission.
Today,
I'm
here
to
just
give
an
update
on
the
ladder
up
program
which
is
part
of
our
planned
dsm.
Social
equity
efforts
in
order
to
increase
opportunities
or
residents
living
here
in
the
city
of
des
moines,
increasing
their
ability
to
grow
and
social
so
economically
and
contribute
back
to
the
city.
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A
Well,
they
can.
All
of
our
information
is
available
on
the
website
and
then
also
both
numbers
are
posted
with
the
zoom,
so
they
can
try
either
number,
and
I
realize
if
somebody
has
a
landline,
that's
not
the
most
advantageous
way
to
do
it.
But
that's
both
numbers
are
posted
and
are
available
and
we
do
have
attendees
and
it
is
being
live
streamed.
H
So,
with
the
latera
program
just
overview
of
what
I'll
be
talking
about
today,
this
is
actually
just
an
update
of
what
we
discussed
last
month
and
we're
at
the
city
council
workshop
update
quarterly
workshop.
So
this
is
actually
a
brief
presentation,
not
very
long,
but
I
will
go
and
give
some
additional
detail
from
the
from
the
quarterly
meeting
that
we
had
in
november.
So
we'll
kind
of
talk
about
the
objectives
of
bridging
the
gap.
H
H
So
what
are
the
objectives
of
ladder
up?
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
discussed
during
bridging
the
gap
in
the
community
dialogues
was
there
were
a
number
of
communities,
although
initially
the
discussion
was
about
safety
and
justice,
the
the
conversation
expanded
into
economic
opportunity
and
investment
into
neighborhoods.
H
So
this
started,
this
was
initially
birthed
with
the
2018
community
dialogues
that
we
started
and
it
expanded
into
the
bridge
in
the
gap
initiative
where
we
went
out
and
engaged
with
hundreds
of
community
members
about
what
issues
are
important
to
them,
those
included
community
reveals
we
revealed
nine
concepts
and
one
of
those
being
ladder
up
where
people
could
go
out
and
vote
on
the
things
that
they
thought
were
important
to
them.
And
economic
opportunity
was
the
second
most
important
item
with
housing
opportunities
being
number
one,
and
it
was
very
close.
H
So
with
that,
we
were
able
to
take
ladder
up
which
was
again
a
concept
dedicated
to
creating
economic
opportunities
for
people
to
move
up
the
social
economic
ladder
and
improve
our
tax
base.
So
we
had
a
number
of
discussion
about
potential
ideas
with
city
administration
and
other
other
entities,
and
we
wanted
some
ideas
that
were
initially
thrown
out
were
community
development,
collaborating
with
local
organizations
to
teach
residents
the
process
and
requirements
of
getting
a
business
started,
also
collaboration
upskill
up
upskilling
programs
to
expand
opportunities
to
all
residents.
H
During
that
discussion,
we
did
discover
that
there
were
a
number
of
organizations
already
doing
this
work,
so
the
discussion
then
transformed
to
what
can
we
do
to
bolster
this
information
and
assist
those
communities
in
doing
more
outreach?
And
that's
how
we
came
to
the
grant
program
where
the
grant
program
was
to
allocate
and
disperse
100
000
from
the
city's
local
options,
sales
tax
budget
to
community
organizations
to
provide
for
and
expand
on,
upskilling
programs
and
business
startup
support?
H
For
this
upskilling
programs
or
you're
training
people
on
moving
them
from
low-end
jobs
to
mid-level
jobs,
also
where
we
are
helping
people
get
businesses
started
because
one
of
the
ways,
the
biggest
ways
to
build
wealth
is
to
essentially
work
for
yourself
and
establish
your
own
business
rather
than
essentially
collecting
a
paycheck.
So
the
grant
program
was
birthed,
so
people
could
have
the
opportunity.
H
So
we
could
assist
these
organizations
and
reaching
out
to
these
community
members
and
bringing
more
people
in
these
training
programs
we're
talking
about
organizations,
retirement
organizations
such
as
the
evelyn
k,
davis,
center
and
urban
dreams
and
programs
that
may
be
offered
by
other
organizations
that
work
with
certain
refugee
and
immigrant
groups.
So
we
really
want
to
help
support
the
organizations
that
are
already
doing
this
work.
H
So
the
opportunities
that
come
from
this
grant
number
one,
although
it's
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
grant,
it
will
be
given
to
at
least
two
organizations,
because
organizations
can
apply
for
and
receive
anywhere
from
five
hundred
thousand
to
fifty
thousand
dollars
from
the
grant
program.
So
it's
at
least
two
organizations
that
will
receive
that
will
receive
the
funding,
but
it
could
be
more
than
that,
depending
on
what
they
ask
for
and
what
we
deem
that
will
be
given
through
the
process
limitations.
H
Funding
will
be
released
in
six
month
increments,
and
we
do
that
because
we
just
don't
want
to
give
a
blank
check.
We
essentially
want
to
see
the
work
that's
done
to
have
the
report
back
before
they
are
given
the
second
half
of
their
funding,
and
no
organization
can
receive
funding
three
years
in
a
row.
H
H
Unless
there's
some
issue
that
we're
unaware
of
and
it
will
be
open
for
five
weeks
for
organizations
to
apply
initial
applications
will
be
reviewed
by
the
internal
committee
of
the
commission
and
a
few
staff
members
and
scored
and
from
those
scoring
from
that
scoring
rubric.
We'll
be
able
to
identify
the
finalists
and
the
finalists
will
present
before
the
commission
and
the
commission
will
vote
on
the
final
grant
recipients.
H
A
Yes,
let
me
interrupt
you
just
for
a
second.
Evidently,
people
are
trying
to
use
the
regular
counsel
session.
Zoom
information
is
why
they
are
not
getting
in.
Please
tell
them
to
go
to
the
work
session
and
they
will
be
able
to
get
in.
There
is
no
problem
with
the
zoom
link,
so
please
let
them
know
they're
trying
to
access
the
wrong
meeting.
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H
Yes,
that
is
in
the
rfi
some
of
the
expectations
and
the
questions,
it's
probably
about
a
30
questionnaire
rfi.
So
there
are
some
things,
and
you
know
my
hope
just
personally
that
you
know
the
first
group
is
a
group
that
hits
it
out.
The
parking
is
really
able
to
demonstrate
what
they're
trying
what
inequities
they're
trying
to
address
and
how
this
grant
funding
will
assist
in
that.
F
B
K
K
Why
is
information
critical
to
this
to
the
discussion
of
the
to
the
des
moines
city
council?
Why
is
this
a
critical
conversation?
What
does
the
data
reveal
about
our
city?
We
also
want
you
to
think
about
what
data
points
have
caught
you
by
surprise
and
then
what
policies
operational
plans
or
budgets?
What
type
of
decisions
can
come
from
just
the
revelation
of
the
data
that
we
we
share
with
you
today,
giving
you
just
a
little
bit
of
a
overview
of
what
this
report
means
and
where
it
has
come
from.
K
K
African
americans
and
africans
are
about
7.1
percent
of
the
population
in
polk
county,
making
up
about
11
percent
of
the
total
population
in
des
moines,
making
it
the
highest
proportion
of
african
americans
and
africans
in
in
any
city
or
town
throughout
the
entire
state.
Now,
if
we
want
to
break
up
polk
county,
we
see
about
4.6
percent
of
blacks
in
west
des
moines,
2.8
in
johnston,
1.76
in
ankeny
and
and
1.2
in
in
waukee,
and
as
many
of
you
all
know,
we
are
seeing
tremendous
growth
in
the
african-american
population
throughout
our
suburbs.
K
This
is
the
urban
core.
This
was
you
know
where
much
of
this
report
focuses
its
attention
on
when
we
first
sought
out
to
to
overcome
some
of
the
challenges
that
we
saw
existing
economically
in
the
community.
It
was
through
the
des
moines
urban
core
that
our
attention
was
focused
on,
and
so
you
all
know
very
well
about
the
urban
core,
10
neighborhoods,
more
than
35
000
individuals
and
one
of
the
one
of
the
more
diverse
sectors
of
our
our
entire
state
right
here
in
the
city
of
des
moines.
K
All
right
I'll
keep
going
and
let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
tale
of
two
cities
now
you
know
sometimes
people
look
at
this
comparison
and
they
take
a
step
back.
They
put
up
their
defenses,
but
I
want
you
to
know
that
we're
only
sharing
this
story
just
to
reveal
to
you
where
there
is
room
for
growth,
where
there
are
opportunities
for
us
to
overcome
some
of
the
challenges
and
help
overcome
some
of
the
challenges
that
we
see
so
many
african-americans
have
to
go
through.
K
K
L
K
Story
and
that
other
side
of
the
story
being
at
that
time,
third
worst
city
in
the
united
states
for
african
americans,
16.7
percent
unemployment
rate
compared
to
the
second
best
city,
to
find
a
job.
We
also
saw
1.4
percent
of
all
home
mortgages
were
made
to
african
americans
between
2010
and
2014,
however,
best
place
for
a
millennial
to
buy
a
home,
and
then
we
saw
less
than
11
percent
of
black
households
in
polk
county
with
retirement
income.
K
So
that
is
what
our
starting
point
was
as
it
related
to
the
accolades
that
we
received
and
then
here's
the
other
side
of
the
story
that
we
specifically
aligned
with
data
from
that
was
most
recent
third
best
city
to
live
in
the
u.s
in
2019,
compared
to
53
percent
of
african
americans
in
polk
county
cost
bit
because
burden
renters,
meaning
they're
spending,
30
percent
or
more
on
their
income
towards
rent
compared
to
about
40
percent
of
our
entire
population.
We'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that
seventh
by.
K
M
K
L
K
B
B
B
K
K
And
so
what
we
saw
is
it
related
to
financial
inclusion.
The
indicators
that
this
group
looked
at
were
the
unbanked
and
underbanked
numbers
of
blacks,
the
loan
approval
rates
and
the
number
of
small
businesses
that
existed.
What
you'll
see
on
the
left
in
the
teal
is
the
most
recent
data
that
we
have.
What
you'll
see
on
the
right
is
the
and
the
orange
is
the
2017
data.
K
While
you
may
see
some
improvements,
or
you
may
see
some
setbacks
from
year
to
year,
what
I
really
want
you
to
pay
attention
to
are
the
disparities
that
exist
within
that
year
and
that
is
where
our
room
for
improvement
and
our
room
for
growth
exists,
and
so,
when
we
look
at
the
black
des
moines
residents,
unbanked
numbers
22.1
of
blacks
in
des
moines
are
unbanked
compared
to
3
in
the
state
under
bank
numbers,
meaning
perhaps
they
have
a
checking
account.
Perhaps
they
have
a
savings
account.
They
definitely
don't
have
any
lines
of
credit.
K
They
don't
have
any
other
types
of
loans
or
products
that
that
financial
institution
offers
they're
using
payday
lending
they're
using
pay
cards.
That's
31.8
percent
of
black
des
moines
residents
are
under
bank
compared
to
13
and
a
half
percent
statewide.
So
you
see
over
50
percent
of
african
americans
lacking
a
relationship
with
the
financial
institution.
K
We
know
that
a
relationship
with
the
financial
institution
gets
an
individual
farther
along
the
trajectory
to
financial
sustainability,
so
again
an
opportunity
for
growth
there
with
unbanked
and
underbanked
numbers.
What
we
also
saw
as
it
related
to
financial
institutions,
was
that
african
americans
were
2.2
times
more
likely
to
get
denied
for
a
loan.
If
you
remember
at
the
beginning
of
covet,
there
were
a
number
of
people
that
were
getting
home,
equity
lines
of
credit.
They
were
getting
lines
of
credit
in
general.
They
were
refinancing
their
home
because
there
was
a
lot
of
uncertainty.
K
People
needed
liquidity
to
respond.
As
you
can
see,
african
americans
were
too
2.2
times
more
likely
to
get
denied
for
those
specific
types
of
products
poses
a
challenge
as
it
relates
to
financial
sustainability.
Then
we
look
at
the
wages.
We
look
at
the
median
income
for
any
for
for
a
household
in
the
in
polk
county.
What
we
saw
here
was
that
african
americans
were
making
thirty
three
thousand
eight
hundred
sixteen
dollars
compared
to
all
of
polk
county,
which
encompasses
those
relatively
low
numbers
in
in
household
income
for
african
americans.
K
Sixty
three
thousand
sixty
three
thousand
five
hundred
thirty
dollars
going
into
most
households
throughout
the
city
of
des
moines,
and
so
we
see
or
throughout
polk
county,
and
so
we
see
basically
a
thirty
thousand
dollar
difference
between
all
of
polk
county's
median
household
income
and
in
black
polk
county.
We
all
know
what
we
could
do
with
30
000
right
now,
and
so
therein
lies
room
for
opportunity
there.
K
And
then
we
look
at
key
findings
as
it
relates
to
small
businesses.
This
is
something
that
joshua
barr
mentioned
earlier
as
it
related
to
having
your
own
income.
When
we
first
started
on
this
project
at
the
bottom,
there
were
only
23
black
owned
small
businesses
in
polk
county,
and
I
know
that
you
all
know
as
a
council
that
the
businesses
that
exist
in
our
community,
the
black
businesses
that
exist
in
our
community,
the
barber
shops,
the
beauty
shops.
K
You
know
there's
more
than
23
of
those
and
we
were
only
able
to
identify
nine
female
small
businesses,
and
so
therein
lied
some
opportunity.
And
so,
when
you
look
at
the
2020
numbers,
which
were
on
the
top,
those
numbers
increased
astronomically
and
they're
continuing
to
increase,
because
we
are
identifying
those
small
businesses
we
are
getting
them
registered.
We
are
making
sure
that
they're
targeted
small
businesses
and
things
along
those
lines,
but
there
was
just
not
as
much
investment
going
into
small
businesses
still
opportunity
for
growth
there.
K
The
city
of
des
moines
was
stepped
up
to
the
plate
at
the
beginning
of
this
coveted
season
and
and
said
we're
going
to
help
fund
some
of
these
small
businesses
that
have
lack
of
resources
that
have
lack
of
relationships
with
financial
institutions
and
there's
a
lot
more
work
that
can
be
done
there.
But
that's
just
to
start
to
let
you
know
some
of
the
things
that
these
small
businesses
need,
because
they're,
starting
from
behind
the
finish
line.
To
be
honest,
the
other
indicator
that
we
looked
at
was
employment.
K
Obviously
the
labor
participation
rate
for
blacks
and
the
unemployment
rate
was
the
biggest
thing
that
this
work
group
taught
that
they
could
look
after
and
and
place
some
best
practices
to
improve
unemployment.
Again,
these
numbers
are
not
as
they
exist
right
now.
These
are
pre-coveted
numbers,
statewide
unemployment
for
blacks,
10.3
percent
compared
to
2.8
percent
throughout
the
state.
At
the
time
that
this
data
was
captured
in
in
polk
county
ten
and
a
half
percent
for
black
unemployment
rate
compared
to
2.7
percent
county-wide.
K
I
also
want
you
to
draw
your
attention
to
this
middle
graphic,
which
really
outlines
blacks
that
are
in
the
labor
force,
because
there
are
some
questions
of
you
know,
are
blacks
actively
seeking
employment.
Is
this
something
that
they're
interested
in
doing?
And
these
numbers
are
relatively
consistent
with
the
entire
city,
and
so
that
really
shares
to
us
that?
K
We
promote
in
our
community,
live
work
and
play
in
your
own
community,
and
this
number
really
shows
that
that
in
the
city
of
des
moines,
we're
at
a
deficit
for
job
availability
in
high
poverty
areas,
and
so
when
we're
promoting
live
work
and
play
it's
important
for
us
to
identify
that
that
is
not
available
to
so
many
of
our
city
and
des
moines
residents
compared
to
the
suburbs.
Where
we
see
a
surplus
in
job
availability
and
job
availability
in
those
communities,
then
we
look
at
educational
attainment.
K
The
purple
that
you'll
notice
is
the
urban
core
numbers,
the
green.
The
almost
teal
is
the
polk
county
numbers
and
then
the
kermit
green.
If
you
will,
is
des
moines
and
west
des
moines
metro
numbers
and
when
you
look
at
the
urban
core
again,
this
is
the
the
cornerstone
of.
So
much
of
this
research
is
to
help
resolve
the
challenges
that
we
see
existing
in
the
urban
core.
You'll
notice
that
there
are
some
obvious
disparities,
as
it
relates
to
dropout
rates
and
and
folks
getting
a
high
school
diploma
or
an
equivalency.
K
And
then
the
other
indicator
that
I
want
to
talk
to
you
about
today
is
housing
home
ownership,
which
is
a
traditional
means
of
transferring
wealth
and
building
wealth,
and
it
just
gives
you
flexibility
in
so
many
situations.
We
talked
about
those
home
equity
lines
of
credit.
We
talked
about
those
cost
savings
that
related
to
to
refinance
the
so
indicators
that
we
looked
at
here
were
black
home
ownership
rates
and
black
households
that
were
rent
burden,
and
so
I'm
going
to
start
to
the
far
right
on
this
slide
and
work.
K
This
is
absolutely
something
we
have
to
pay
attention
to:
70
percent
of
blacks,
rent
their
homes
compared
to
32.9
percent.
Again,
we
know
the
value
that
home
ownership
has
and
not
only
what
it
has
for
the
present
family,
but
what
it
has
for
future
generations,
and
when
we
see
you
know
less
than
50
percent
of
the
community
renting
their
homes.
We
have
to
call
the
question:
why
is
that?
K
Not
only
does
it
affect
the
sustainability
of
that
family
and
their
ability
to
transfer
wealth,
but
it
also
impacts
their
ability
to
gain
in
the
present
and
and
get
the
benefits
and
the
savings.
That
being
a
homeowner
offers,
and
then
we
look
at
the
the
second
graphic,
their
2018
construction
projects,
when
we,
when
we
outlined
okay,
really
trying
to
find
where
is
our
affordable
housing?
Where
can
we
push
people
to?
K
We
notice
the
disparity
that
existed
between
market
rate
units
about
2800
almost
compared
to
tax
credit
units,
almost
300,
an
obvious
disparity
there
as
it
relates
to
access
to
affordable
housing?
And
then
we
look
at
the
value
of
these
homes?
Are
the
people
who
actually
do
own
homes
or
perhaps
they're
renting
a
home
in
the
urban
core
minority
census
tracks
the
value
of
those
homes?
Ninety
five
thousand
six
hundred
dollars
compared
to
all
census,
tracts
in
our
county,
165
500.
M
L
M
B
So
I
think
deidra
has
faded
again,
so
this
this
slide
just
really
illustrates
the
number
of
structures
in
the
urban
core
built
before
1979
about
83
percent
and
those
that
have
been
built
since
1979
about
17
percent,
and
when
you
look
at
those
numbers
compared
to
the
rest
of
polk
county
as
well
as
the
city
of
des
moines,
you
see
that
the
urban
cord
needs
a
boost.
We
really
need
to
focus
our
attention
on
the
needs
of
the
urban
core,
as
it
relates
to
the
built
infrastructure
and
housing
so
deidre.
B
If
you
want
to
go
to
the
next
slide,
let's
just
talk
a
little
bit.
Why
one
economy
what
we
know
and
why
place
matters?
So
this
data
really
magnifies
the
racial
disparities
and
for
all
practical
purposes.
It
reveals
the
urgent
need
to
address
policies
and
systems,
especially
those
impacting
individuals
of
african
descent
and
those
living
in
the
urban
core.
B
Let's
talk
a
little
bit
again
about
the
urban
core.
If
you
want
to
go
to
the
next
slide
again,
the
urban
core
is
the
most
diverse
section
of
des
moines.
This
is
where
the
largest
percentage
of
individuals
of
african
descent
live,
and
it
is
those
10
neighborhoods
that
span
sort
of
the
central
part
of
des
moines,
and
really
a
lot
of
individuals
were
pushed
to
this
part
of
the
city
as
a
result
of
redlining
and
as
a
result
of
urban
renewal
as
well.
B
B
L
B
For
the
people,
the
next
one
other
things
that
I
want
to
report,
19
of
blacks
living
in
the
urban
core
reported
having
to
cut
portions
or
skip
meals
due
to
lack
of
financial
resources.
10.9
percent
were
diagnosed
with
diabetes,
35
are
obese,
15.2
percent
are
experiencing
poor
mental
health,
25
of
adults
have
experienced
four
or
more
adverse
childhood
experiences
known
as
aces.
B
13.3
percent
of
adults
lack
health
insurance
in
the
urban
core
and
they
likely
have
in
the
urban
core
a
greater
number
of
individuals,
households
without
a
car,
a
greater
number
of
individuals
commuting
on
foot
or
using
public
transportation,
limited
sidewalks
and
lower
pavement
quality,
limited
new
and
affordable
housing
stock
and
food
deserts,
child
care,
deserts,
transit,
deserts,
banking,
deserts
and
employment
desert.
So
again,
these
are
the
data
points
that
really
begin
to
illuminate
the
challenges
that
we
have
in
those
10
neighborhoods
that
we
call
the
urban
core.
B
B
So
place
does
matter,
and
we
lift
this
up
in
our
attempts
to
really
shine
a
light,
not
only
on
the
needs
of
the
urban
core,
but
ways
that
we
can
invest
in
the
urban
core
in
a
way
that
allows
us
to
increase
livability
quality
of
life
and
other
opportunities
for
the
children
and
families
that
live
in
the
core.
So
I'm
going
to
take
you
back
to
the
four
questions
that
we
posed
at
the
beginning.
Why
is
this
information
critical
to
a
discussion
of
the
city
council.
L
A
L
D
N
Well,
I'll
start
terry
and
didra.
Thank
you
for
for
the
presentation
and
and
for
the
work
you're
doing
I
do
you
have
in
terms
of
a
lot
of
this
is
sort
of
laying
out
and
identifying
the
problem
and
the
disparities
are
there?
Are
there
pieces
or
recommend
policy
recommendations
that
you
think
the
city
should
be
focused
on
to
address
these
issues.
K
Yes,
joshua,
so
the
blueprint
which
I
there
is
no
active
chat
here.
So
I
can
we
can
email
that
out
to
whomever
we
need
to
email
to
get
you
all
those
recommendations,
but
the
blueprint
really
outlines
the
recommendations
that
we
believe
can
be
helpful
in
decreasing
the
disparities
that
exist
in
the
data,
and
it
varies
from
from
sector
to
sector,
for
example,
in
unemployment.
There
is
a
notion
about
banning
the
box
for
folks
who
have
been
convicted
of
felons
in
their
past
and
they've
they've
done
their
time.
K
There's
recommendations
as
it
relates
to
housing.
That's
probably
one
where
there's
a
lot
of
room
for
growth.
That
can
happen
I'm
at
at
the
municipal
level,
and
so
that's
another
one
that
I
would
pay
close
attention
to
and
then,
of
course,
as
it
relates
to
small
businesses,
it's
really
about
building
an
infrastructure
within
our
community
and
what
we've
realized
related
to
small
businesses
with
everything.
That's
happened
over
the
course
of
this
past
11
months.
Is
that
the
state
of
iowa?
K
Not
simply
the
city
of
des
moines,
the
state
of
iowa
doesn't
have
the
strongest
infrastructure
to
support
small
businesses
and
there's
a
great
deal
of
work.
That's
happening
to
to
make
sure
that
that
happens,
but
this
was
an
opportunity
for
us
to
see
that
and,
and
and
and
the
blueprint
that
that
the
recommendations
that
occurred
are
actually
being
lived
out
that
exists
in
the
one
economy
report,
and
so
those
are
like
the
top
line.
K
K
This
data
lives
and
it
exists
and
it's
real,
but
the
more
that
we
can
stay
connected
to
the
community
and
engage
the
community
in
policy
decisions
and
just
in
practices
how
we
deliver
services
from
the
city
to
the
citizen,
I
think,
is
going
to
help
in
the
long
run.
Just
maintaining
that
connection
is
very
key.
N
H
And
we
have
it's
called.
We
call
it
a
fair
chance
ordinance
where
we
look
at
it
from
an
employment
housing
perspective,
making
sure
that
people
are
considered
fairly
for
employment
opportunities
for
housing
opportunities
before
they
dive
in
and
start
to
check
the
background
and
look
at
them
like
they
would
anybody
else
and
consider
any
other
background
issues
as
a
part
of
ultimately,
whether
or
not
they
the
person
gets
the
job
but
don't
discriminate
or
deny
them
the
opportunity
on
the
front
end.
H
D
J
D
N
Well,
I
I
I
was
just
wanted
to
follow
up,
so
are
we
expecting
that
the
fair
chance
ordinance
is
going
to
be
drafted
so
that
the
council
can
can
consider
and
adopt
it
in
the
first
quarter
or
what?
What
is
what's
the
process
going
to
be
there
I
mean
I,
I
would
love
to
have
us
pass
an
ordinance
in
the
first
quarter
of
this
next
year.
H
That
would
be
my
hope,
councilman.
I
I
can't
answer.
There's
a
whole
administrative
part.
I
will
need
to
talk
with
scott,
the
city,
manager
and
and
legal
see
if
they're
any
concerns,
but
definitely
have
something
in
an
updated
ordinance
which
may
or
may
not
include
that
part
sometime
next
year.
Get
that
before
you
all.
But
that
is
something
that's
definitely
on
the
table
and
that's
something
that's
been
submitted.
H
K
And
then
the
other,
the
other
recommendation
that
I
think
it's
important
to
highlight
was
around
housing.
And
you
know
that
what
our
housing
group
really
wanted
to
focus
on
was
empowering
the
people
who
lived
within
the
urban
core
to
take
ownership
of
their
properties
and
in
a
number
of
ways.
And
so
there
are
a
great
deal
of
recommendations
on
the
table
to
help
uplift.
K
The
people
who
actually
live
in
the
urban
core
to
be
a
part
of
the
growth
rather
than
others
coming
in
and
and
strengthening
the
growth
and
and
reaping
the
benefits
from
it.
And
so
that's
a
a
serious
concern.
As
we
see
the
growth
happening
throughout
the
city
of
des
moines
to
ensure
that
des
moines
residents
are
actually
being
a
part
of
that
process,
rather
than
being
subject
to
it.
J
K
K
One
of
the
other
things
that
we
want
to
see
improvements
on,
though,
is
not
only
the
accessibility
that's
happening
within
the
financial
institution,
because
really
only
financial
institutions,
paired
with
the
pushing
of
municipalities
and
and
and
and
other
stakeholders
are
going
to
make.
That
difference
was
that,
as
it
relates
to
truly
making
a
difference,
is
improving
the
access
that
an
individual
has
with
financial
institutions.
We
talk
about
food
deserts.
We
have
banking
deserts
where
we'll
see
title
we'll
see
pawn
shops
we'll
see.
K
N
D
B
B
Everything
that
we've
talked
about
today
is
an
issue
of
disproportionality
when
it
comes
to
communities
of
color.
So
you
know
the
pandemic.
Just
put
an
exclamation
point
on
what
we
already
knew,
and
so
once
we
get
out
of
this,
we
can't
be
back
to
business
as
usual,
because
we
can't
suggest
that
it
was
just
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic
that
these
things
happened.
These
things
existed
well
before
the
pandemic
even
had
its
onset.
B
B
D
H
If
you
recall
in
september
a
gentleman
by
the
name
of
david
meeks,
presented
to
you
all
about
unemployment
challenges
and
one
other
hand,
one
of
the
directives
was
for
the
commission
to
work
with
organizations
to
determine
what
the
city's
role
is
in
addressing
unemployment
challenges
for
marginalized
communities.
And
so
we
are
meeting
with
the
directors
council
next
month
and
a
number
of
other
organizations
to
have
further
discussions,
understanding
the
city's
roles
in
addressing
unemployment
challenges.
H
D
Joshua,
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you're
doing
with
the
civil
and
human
rights
commission
and
we
look
forward
to
additional
conversation
with
the
commission
and
seeing
how
we
jointly
can
work
together
to
continue
to
move
these
initiatives
forward
and
to
deidra
and
to
terry.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
participation
this
morning,
scott.
C
So
mayor,
I
too
want
to
just
give
my
appreciation
to
both
deidre
and
terry
and
the
commission
generally,
because
the
bridging
the
gap
work
works
very
well
with
some
of
these
other
initiatives
throughout
the
one
economy
and
other
groups
and
non-profits
trying
to
get
to
some
of
the
same
conclusions.
So
it's
important
that
we
keep
the
communication
flowing
and
share
with
each
other
the
the
the
goals
that
we're
trying
to
aspire
to.
C
So
again,
thanks
for
all
the
hard
work
on
this,
we
will
continue
to
bring
back
these
items
and
others
as
decision
points
are
necessary
and,
frankly,
just
to
keep
everyone
informed
of
how
improvement
is
either
being
made
or
what
additional
efforts
need
to
be
put
into
these
initiatives.
So
thank
you
for
everyone's
time
we
do
have
the
council
meeting
tonight.
The
next
work
session
will
not
be
until
january
11th.
D
Members
all
right,
thank
everybody,
not
only
participants,
but
those
that
have
been
watching.
Hopefully,
this
was
beneficial
and
look
forward
to
all
of
us,
working
together
to
continue
to
make
des
moines
a
better
place
for
all
of
our
community.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Everybody
and
we'll
see
you
this
evening
for
our
regular
city
council
meeting.