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Good evening. I'd like to call the August 14th, 2023 regular meeting of the City of Pacific Groves Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | 00:01:01 | |
Task Force to order at 6:01 PM. | 00:01:08 | |
Item 8. | 00:01:16 | |
The appointment of work plan subcommittees will be continued to the September 11th, 2023 regular meeting. | 00:01:18 | |
City Clerk Dei. Coordinator Kendall, will you please take A roll call vote? | 00:01:26 | |
Yes, chair bully. | 00:01:33 | |
Present Vice Chair Mark. | 00:01:35 | |
Present member. | 00:01:38 | |
Present. | 00:01:40 | |
Thank you. You're welcome. | 00:01:42 | |
Item 2 on the agenda is approval of the agenda. One of the ways that we strive to make our meetings as inclusive as possible is to | 00:01:45 | |
give explanations as we move along so you understand how the Brown Act process and the City Committee process works. | 00:01:52 | |
The agenda is really the road map for our meeting. It's published online and available in print at least 72 hours before each | 00:02:01 | |
meeting so the public has notice of items being considered by the task force. | 00:02:08 | |
I would like to move to approve the agenda with Item 8A continued to the September 11th, 2023 meeting. Is there a second? | 00:02:17 | |
2nd. | 00:02:26 | |
Thank you. | 00:02:28 | |
City Clerk Dei. Coordinator Kendall, would you please take A roll call vote? | 00:02:30 | |
Yes, chair. | 00:02:36 | |
I remember. | 00:02:39 | |
Aye, Vice Chair. Mark. | 00:02:40 | |
Motion carries 3. | 00:02:44 | |
One and what I failed to mention was we have a new appointment, uh Coral Barrett and she is not at this meeting but she will be at | 00:02:46 | |
the next. | 00:02:50 | |
Thank you. We look forward to welcoming her. | 00:02:56 | |
Item number three on the agenda is presentations. | 00:03:00 | |
Presentations are special informational items that help us with our task force work or recognitions by staff or a task force | 00:03:04 | |
member or a guest. | 00:03:09 | |
No task force discussion or public comment will be taken during item 3. | 00:03:15 | |
And this evening's presentation will be by Chief Kathy Madelone from the Pacific Grove Police Department. | 00:03:21 | |
And we welcome the Chief. Thank you. | 00:03:29 | |
Share the screen here. | 00:03:33 | |
OK, everybody can see that. Good. So good evening, Commissioners, members of the public and city staff, thank you for the | 00:03:41 | |
opportunity to provide you with an overview of your Police Department. Our motto is our community, your police. Our mission is to | 00:03:48 | |
provide exceptional public safety service and enhance the quality of life in our community. We have 5 core values of excellence, | 00:03:54 | |
community respect, professionalism and integrity. And our staff do their very best each and every day to live up to these values | 00:04:01 | |
and work together to accomplish our. | 00:04:07 | |
OK. Our team when fully staffed has a total of 34. | 00:04:20 | |
There are 23 sworn and 11 professional staff. We are currently recruiting for two community service officers and two police | 00:04:24 | |
service technicians. On July 31st we welcomed a new Police commander to the team and I'd like to ask him to stand up real quick. | 00:04:32 | |
So we can meet him. This is Brian Anderson. He comes through us from the city of San Jose. He was. | 00:04:40 | |
We retired there as Lieutenant. He started, as I said on July 31st and we threw him right into the fire because I was on 10 days | 00:04:49 | |
of vacation and the commander Santos. Stand up please, Sir. | 00:04:55 | |
You know our Dave. | 00:05:01 | |
He had an unexpected. | 00:05:05 | |
Incident. So he was out of work. | 00:05:07 | |
Commander Anderson was in charge right away. He did great while I was away. Just so you know. OK, so back to the presentation. So | 00:05:10 | |
recruiting and retention is affecting departments across the nation. So recruiting costs money and takes a significant amount of | 00:05:17 | |
time, which is why retaining good staff is very important and helps us provide service to our community. | 00:05:24 | |
Our team is very diverse. We are more diverse than the community we serve, which is important to mention because we are tourist | 00:05:32 | |
destination. | 00:05:35 | |
The stats I'm providing are based on 31 members, which will change slightly when we hire our next four employees. So currently we | 00:05:40 | |
have 34% female, 61% male. We are 59% white, 6% African American, 19% Hispanic and 16% Asian. | 00:05:49 | |
So having a healthy culture within the Police Department is vital to providing professional and quality service to our community. | 00:06:01 | |
I believe that providing the staff with the best. So so you see my graph here is is a three legged stool. | 00:06:08 | |
Right. And so the staff is up on top. The staff to me is the most valuable. | 00:06:15 | |
Of our of our assets that we have and each of the three lakes need to be working. So providing best police practices which is our | 00:06:20 | |
accreditation program, taking care of our staff mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally, which is the Wellness leg and | 00:06:26 | |
developing the team professionally and personally, which is the training leg. | 00:06:32 | |
With the most advanced and timely training is the key to the success. All three legs on the stool revolve around staff, and as I | 00:06:39 | |
just stated, staff are our most valuable resource. I believe the way they are treated directly impacts the way they treat members | 00:06:46 | |
of the public they encounter. If one of the legs of the stool is broken, the stool isn't stable. | 00:06:52 | |
You might be able to use your balance and lean on the seat of the stool, but all three legs must be working for there to be a | 00:06:59 | |
solid foundation. So let's dive into what each of these three legs are and how they are, how we are creating and cultivating a | 00:07:04 | |
solid foundation in the Police Department. | 00:07:09 | |
So Kali accreditation, our department voluntarily enrolled in Kalia, which is the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement | 00:07:14 | |
Agencies in January of 2018. Glee accreditation aims to establish a foundation for public safety agencies that focus on achieving | 00:07:20 | |
the best outcomes in the delivery of services. | 00:07:26 | |
Consistent internal and external review combined with third party validation of an agency's policies and procedures is critical in | 00:07:33 | |
delivering high quality public service safety services and promoting accountability. Although accreditation does not prevent all | 00:07:40 | |
adverse outcomes, it does set the course for success and provides a tool for review and ongoing measurement. Accreditation is | 00:07:48 | |
built on best practices in the form of standards. Our department was awarded clear accreditation in November of 2020. | 00:07:56 | |
Since then, we have completed and will continue to complete annual compliance reviews as we prepare for our next on site | 00:08:04 | |
assessment with independent auditors, which it will be in 2024, around November of 2024 and I also like to add that. | 00:08:12 | |
We are the only accredited agency and at least three counties, and we are the smallest municipal accredited Police Department in | 00:08:20 | |
the whole state of California. So through accreditation, there is a clear commitment to procedural justice, ethical policing, | 00:08:27 | |
Community Trust and engagement, transparency and service delivery, appropriate organizational culture, fairness and systems and | 00:08:33 | |
processes, and consistency in what citizens should expect from their Police Department. | 00:08:40 | |
And it is an ongoing. | 00:08:47 | |
The Wellness leg is very important to me and our administrative team, officers working on patrol who are not in the correct frame | 00:08:50 | |
of mind. | 00:08:54 | |
Can result in significant consequences to everyone involved, which is why so much effort is put into providing every resource | 00:08:59 | |
possible to our staff. | 00:09:03 | |
We have a one police chaplain, Pastor Charlie Rodriguez from the Peninsula Church, and we're always looking for other pastors to | 00:09:07 | |
join. So if anybody's interested in that, they can contact me or one of the commanders. We have a a peer support team that | 00:09:14 | |
consists of five members of the Police Department specially trained to help members process their responses to critical incidents. | 00:09:20 | |
We contracted with an employee assistance program that specializes in dealing with first responders and the critical incidents | 00:09:27 | |
they respond to. | 00:09:31 | |
We also have a software program called the Guardian Tracking Program that helps us monitor officers behaviors, their early warning | 00:09:35 | |
indicators. | 00:09:39 | |
To more significant issues so we can address them. | 00:09:43 | |
Early on and help prevent them from compounding or manifesting into larger problems. | 00:09:47 | |
Finally, we provide our each officer and their family members with an application, the Lighthouse app on their phones that | 00:09:52 | |
provides them with real time resources and tools. Why is this important? | 00:09:57 | |
The average person experiences 2 to 3 critical incidents in their lifetime, while the average police officer can see upwards of | 00:10:03 | |
188 critical incidents throughout their twenty year career. | 00:10:09 | |
Training last leg. | 00:10:16 | |
Our department participates in and follows hiring standards and training requirements specified by the California Commission on | 00:10:19 | |
Peace Officer Standards and Training. | 00:10:23 | |
Some department members started their law enforcement career in Pacific Grove and others are lateral officers who bring a wide | 00:10:28 | |
variety of law enforcement experience from other agencies. So, for example, the two commanders of myself are lateral officers. We | 00:10:33 | |
come in from different departments. All peace officers in the state of California are required to attend an accredited police | 00:10:38 | |
Academy. | 00:10:44 | |
Our department also invests in additional advanced training for our staff. | 00:11:25 | |
PGPD participates in the One Mine Pledge, which implements strategies for improving police response to persons affected by mental | 00:11:29 | |
illness. All sworn members of the PD attend Crisis Intervention Training in 2023. Members of the PD attended 2909 hours of | 00:11:35 | |
training throughout the year. | 00:11:41 | |
We we fully understand without the public's trust, it doesn't matter. If we have a good foundation internally, we will not be | 00:11:50 | |
successful. We believe one of the best ways to gain the public trust is to have continual positive interactions with our community | 00:11:55 | |
and members of the public. | 00:12:00 | |
We love engaging with our community and attend nearly every community event that occurs in the city. In addition, we also host | 00:12:05 | |
several events throughout the year to help maintain and grow our relationships with the public. | 00:12:10 | |
This slide shows a list of the larger events we host throughout the year. The key to each of these events is the opportunity for | 00:12:16 | |
members of the public to interact and get to know our staff understand that we are humans behind the badge and uniforms we wear. | 00:12:23 | |
Relationships or bonds are fortified and built, which help promote trust and collaboration. | 00:12:30 | |
We just graduated our second youth Academy in May and we hope to host another Citizens Academy in the fall. | 00:12:35 | |
Our National Night Out event has grown each year. It's a family event held the first Tuesday of every August. Our Halloween event | 00:12:41 | |
is so much fun. We love getting dressed up and engaging with the community. | 00:12:47 | |
We often host coffee with a cop events at business locations in the community and we'll be holding one of those in on September | 00:12:53 | |
15th from 10:00 to 11:30 and the location will be determined. | 00:12:58 | |
So please follow us on our social media and come join us. We participate in the Special Olympics events that help raise funds for | 00:13:04 | |
the athletes. We also reestablished our Neighborhood Watch program. And finally, our school resource program is built on a | 00:13:11 | |
partnership with PG USD. Their relationship between the SRO students, faculty and parents are immeasurable and invaluable. | 00:13:18 | |
SRO programs encourage dialogue between schools and law enforcement to help bridge the gap across professional cultures. It helps | 00:13:26 | |
prevent school based violence, connect at risk students and needed services, divert youth from juvenile court and create safe, | 00:13:31 | |
secure and peaceful school environments. | 00:13:36 | |
Members of the PGP. | 00:13:42 | |
Police Department understand and take our mission seriously. We strive to promote peace and harmony with all by building strong | 00:13:44 | |
relationships with our community. We are committed to our values of excellence, community respect, professionalism, integrity. We | 00:13:50 | |
live up to our model of our community and your police. | 00:13:55 | |
So thank you again for the opportunity and I'd be happy to answer any questions, although no questions are allowed for this | 00:14:02 | |
matter, but I will. | 00:14:05 | |
I am always available via e-mail and phone and you can also pop in the office if I'm there. I I love to interact with the | 00:14:09 | |
community. My door is always open but I'll leave the slide up for a few minutes. So this is the way you can connect with us and | 00:14:16 | |
follow us on social media so that you can learn about any of the events that we're having any anything that's significant for you | 00:14:23 | |
to know about as long as as in regards to police incidents that are going on. So this is the best way to contact with us so. | 00:14:30 | |
Thank you, Chief. Madeline here, I think. Thank you so much for having me. We can G very proud of many of the aspects of the city | 00:14:37 | |
organization that we've heard about tonight, the Police Department. So yes, I will note that the presentation that the chief gave | 00:14:43 | |
is attached to the agenda that is available online. And also, Chief, if you could say the date of the next coffee with the cops, | 00:14:50 | |
even though you don't know the location yet, sure, it'll be Friday, September 15th, it'll be from 10:00 to 11:30 at a location in | 00:14:56 | |
the city. | 00:15:02 | |
Thank you so much. We really appreciate your being here. My pleasure. | 00:15:08 | |
Item number four on the agenda is task force and staff announcements, City related items only. | 00:15:16 | |
Are there any task force announcements? | 00:15:23 | |
You will not be surprised to hear that I have a few. | 00:15:33 | |
First, I'd like to comment on the resignation of Secretary Donna Stevens. I wanted to share some of Secretary Stevens resignation | 00:15:37 | |
letter to the mayor and the task force because she does address the citizens of Pacific Grove as part of it. I'm quoting. Please | 00:15:44 | |
know that I'm thankful and honored that I had the opportunity to serve on such an esteemed task force. It was my pleasure to serve | 00:15:51 | |
with each of you to move the needle on diversity. | 00:15:58 | |
Equity and inclusion efforts in the City of Pacific Grove. I am proud of the work the Task Force has achieved and is proposing to | 00:16:05 | |
accomplish to move towards unity in the City of Pacific Grove. | 00:16:11 | |
Finally, I want to address the citizens of Pacific Grove. At every DEI Task Force meeting, I felt your passion and dedication to | 00:16:17 | |
the place referred to as America's Last Hometown. | 00:16:23 | |
I'm hopeful that everyone can respect each other's opinions, even if they are contrary to your own, and instead focus on what you | 00:16:30 | |
have in common as you continue the great work you're doing to build a more inclusive community. | 00:16:37 | |
We appreciate Secretary Stevens's contributions and wish her all the best in the future and as mentioned, we do have a new task | 00:16:44 | |
force member appointed and we look forward to their attendance at the next meeting. | 00:16:50 | |
I wanted to acknowledge the June closing of Pacific Grove Cleaners after 97 years in business. | 00:16:56 | |
And the contributions of Randy Uchida and his family for nearly a century to the business and cultural life of Pacific Grove. Mr. | 00:17:03 | |
Uchida, Randy's grandfather opened the business in 1926. Because California law prohibited anyone of Asian lineage from owning | 00:17:10 | |
land, Mr. Uchida had to have a white friend buy the property and lease it back to him. | 00:17:18 | |
In 1942, with other neighbors of Japanese ancestry, the family was sent to an internment camp and their property was seized. | 00:17:26 | |
Thanks to the kindness of friends and others, they were able to reclaim their property upon return and flourish in our community. | 00:17:34 | |
I want to recognize their strength, resilience, resilience, and service to our community for nearly 100 years. | 00:17:41 | |
The month of July was Disability Pride Month, an opportunity to honor the history, achievements, experiences and challenges faced | 00:17:50 | |
by individuals with disabilities. | 00:17:55 | |
Both visible and invisible, the Americans with Disability Act, known as the ADA, was passed in July 1990. | 00:18:01 | |
Hence the recognition in July, the 2023 theme for Disability Pride Month was Advancing Access and Equity. | 00:18:10 | |
I very much hope that next July council will acknowledge this landmark month and the city will fly the disability flag. | 00:18:19 | |
I also want to appreciate the Mayor's August 2nd Proclamation honoring the all black 54th Coast Artillery Regiment who served our | 00:18:27 | |
country so honorably while experiencing lifelong prejudice and discrimination. | 00:18:34 | |
It made such an impact on me to hear directly from surviving regiment member William E Jackson, senior in a 2011 Santa Cruz | 00:18:42 | |
interview. It's available online, of his life as a black man in segregated military and civilian life. | 00:18:51 | |
I also want to recognize the Hiroshima Nagasaki Remembrance and Floating Peace Lantern ceremony on August 5th at Lovers Point. | 00:19:00 | |
It was a solemn and moving remembrance. | 00:19:09 | |
And finally, Pacific Grove schools are back in session and I hope we can all help facilitate the safety of our communities | 00:19:12 | |
children by driving carefully during school hours around schools. | 00:19:17 | |
And watching out for each other. | 00:19:23 | |
Are there any staff announce? | 00:19:26 | |
Staff has no announcements. | 00:19:29 | |
Thank you. | 00:19:31 | |
Item number 5 is Council liaison announce. | 00:19:33 | |
Council member Padori. | 00:19:38 | |
Or are there any announcements from council member Padori? | 00:19:41 | |
Yes, there is. Council member Padori could not be present tonight, but on behalf of him he asked that I share. He first wanted to | 00:19:45 | |
congratulate Coral Barrett on their appointment and welcome them to the task force and and looking forward to meeting them next | 00:19:50 | |
month. | 00:19:56 | |
He also wanted to report that last month he had the opportunity to attend Monterey County's inaugural annual Race Relations Summit | 00:20:03 | |
meeting in Seaside, CA. The event was hosted by the black leaders and allies. | 00:20:10 | |
The goal was to bring regional community leaders to talk about race and the importance of diversity in work, environment and in | 00:20:17 | |
our communities. | 00:20:21 | |
His big take away was that we are all in this together and he wanted to especially thank the DI Task Force for the important work | 00:20:26 | |
that you all are doing for our community. Thank you. | 00:20:32 | |
Thank you. | 00:20:38 | |
Item number six is general public. | 00:20:41 | |
This is an opportunity for members of the public to comment on any item that is not on the agenda that is within the jurisdiction | 00:20:44 | |
of the City and of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force. And I will note that the Task Force often receives comments via | 00:20:51 | |
e-mail between meetings. I want to acknowledge the comments and the community interest. Task Force members are not able to engage | 00:20:58 | |
in dialogue via e-mail. | 00:21:04 | |
Comments regarding items on the regular agenda shall be heard prior to the task force consideration of the items at such times as | 00:21:13 | |
items are called. | 00:21:17 | |
And each member of the public may comment once per agenda. | 00:21:22 | |
Comments from the public will be limited to 3 minutes and will not receive Task Force action. | 00:21:27 | |
Speakers must adhere to the time limits, using the time limit lights as a guide. | 00:21:33 | |
Comments and statements should be addressed to the task force and not the audience. | 00:21:38 | |
Public comment is encouraged if it is not disruptive to the meeting. | 00:21:44 | |
As the chair, if someone chooses to engage in disruptive conduct, I will respond in a viewpoint neutral manner according to the | 00:21:48 | |
following rules of order. | 00:21:53 | |
Asking the individual to cease the disruptive behavior or call a meeting recess If the disruption continues, I may confer with | 00:21:58 | |
city staff, including the City attorney. | 00:22:04 | |
Ask that the member of the public making the disruption be ejected from the meeting. | 00:22:10 | |
Or adjourn the meeting. | 00:22:14 | |
Comments may be made in person or remotely using Zoom or by phone. | 00:22:17 | |
If in person, please come up to the podium one at a time and watch the time. Keeping lights red means that your 3 minutes has | 00:22:23 | |
ended. If joining the meeting by phone, please press star 9 to raise your hand to speak. | 00:22:30 | |
And Star 6 to unmute your phone. | 00:22:37 | |
I will now open general public comment to members of the public present. Would you indulge a comment? | 00:22:41 | |
To go back. | 00:22:49 | |
Would that be all right if point of indulge I'm sorry I missed that. Yeah indulgement. So what this would be doing is going | 00:22:51 | |
reopening then the staff. | 00:22:56 | |
Oh, yeah, that's at the Chair's discussion anyway. OK. So before I open general public comment, we'll go back to the task force | 00:23:03 | |
comments, OK And go to vice chair Mark. Thank you. | 00:23:10 | |
I couldn't remember the Robert's Rules for that. I did want to acknowledge we have a larger. | 00:23:18 | |
A larger number of community members here and I wanted to welcome. | 00:23:27 | |
And thank you for being here. | 00:23:33 | |
Your community engagement is very important to us. Your viewpoints matter and. | 00:23:37 | |
One of our charters is to have community engagement. So I'm hoping that we will continue to see you and and that you will come up | 00:23:44 | |
to this public comment portion and you will speak your mind, positive, negative, creative thoughts, whatever. So thank you again | 00:23:51 | |
for being here. | 00:23:59 | |
Thank you, Vice. | 00:24:08 | |
And now I will open general public comment and we will take members of the public who are present in person 1st and then we will | 00:24:11 | |
go remotely. | 00:24:15 | |
The podium is right. | 00:24:21 | |
Welcome. | 00:24:30 | |
Thank you. I'm Colleen Ingram, resident. | 00:24:32 | |
Thank you very much for the work you do. | 00:24:36 | |
I just wanted to give a shout out to Ralph Romero and his blog called The Peninsula Report. | 00:24:39 | |
You can find it. | 00:24:45 | |
Thepr.substack.com. | 00:24:47 | |
And I'll send that to you in an. | 00:24:51 | |
But this blog highlights feel good stories and events happening in the Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. | 00:24:53 | |
That celebrate our DI. | 00:24:59 | |
The most recent. | 00:25:01 | |
Includes information about Monterey City expanding its walking tour to include the Pearl District Path with history of Asian | 00:25:03 | |
immigrants and eventual Sicilian settlement. | 00:25:08 | |
Lower Presidio New Monterey Path will show importance of the Chinese and Portuguese and how they impacted Cannery Row. | 00:25:14 | |
Other August events highlighted are West End celebration in Sand City, the Turkish festival in Monterey. | 00:25:24 | |
There are new business features and a wonderful. | 00:25:31 | |
About the Salinas High School Students Invitation to the Mikvah Challenge Soapbox National Showcase in Washington, DC. | 00:25:35 | |
The Challenge is a public speaking program that challenges young people to speak out about issues that affect their lives. | 00:25:44 | |
Zabela's speech was a fact filled love letter to. | 00:25:51 | |
The farm workers who supply our nation with food. | 00:25:55 | |
As the daughter of farm workers, she wrote the speech as a way to thank her parents to let them know their work is valued and that | 00:25:59 | |
she is so proud of. | 00:26:03 | |
Being your daughter. | 00:26:08 | |
So if you get a chance, check it out. It's really nice. | 00:26:09 | |
Thank you. | 00:26:13 | |
Thank you. | 00:26:15 | |
Welcome. And the DI Task Force, Miss Kendall. My name is Mike Gibbs. I'm a member of the EDC here in Pacific Grove, speaking as a | 00:26:34 | |
private citizen. | 00:26:40 | |
And I just a couple of recognitions the CHIEF give, I've seen the presentation before but. | 00:26:45 | |
Her Wellness program is outstanding and it's true, is one of the few certification programs among small cities in the United, not | 00:26:50 | |
California, but the United States. So that's a wonderful thing. And I would like to also thank Chairman Bowie for the shout out to | 00:26:56 | |
the 54th and also sending me the video. | 00:27:02 | |
I think interview with Mr. Williams and that was extremely interesting so. | 00:27:09 | |
I'm here tonight just to you know I'm it's great to see everybody here. This is probably as many people of every other meeting for | 00:27:13 | |
the past 10 meetings put together which I have been at most of and I'm here to talk about EE is the equity in. | 00:27:20 | |
Dei A lot of people think that the E stands for equality, It stands for equity. We have things like the women's, you know, equal | 00:27:28 | |
Rights Amendment. | 00:27:32 | |
Not the equity Rights amendment, it was the Equal Rights Amendment. And I think some people are confused about the difference | 00:27:37 | |
between the two things. Equity is common outcomes and equality is common opportunity. Everybody has the same opportunity, but | 00:27:44 | |
equity calls for the same outcome for mostly everybody. So when I was in traveling in the South part of Peru and the Inca. | 00:27:51 | |
Outback near Arekeepa. There's it's a it's a big famous Inca culture makes the Keshava language and they have a saying that when | 00:27:58 | |
you walk down the street the Ke$ha would agree to each other. Amasua Amayu on Makia and I probably goof that up, but it's | 00:28:04 | |
basically. | 00:28:10 | |
Don't cheat, don't steal, don't lie. And I think that one of the things that. | 00:28:16 | |
We're starting to see in our school system is the development of equity, equity, grading, those kind of things in the school | 00:28:22 | |
system. | 00:28:25 | |
And the current PG USD school system is looking at equity grading. | 00:28:29 | |
Which basically says that cheating is taken out of. | 00:28:35 | |
The equation cheating doesn't count or it's given a pass. | 00:28:39 | |
And I It made me think of the Inca Don't cheat. Don't. | 00:28:42 | |
Kind of. | 00:28:47 | |
And outcomes are like that are not common in the workforce. If you get a job, you're expected to not cheat. You're held | 00:28:48 | |
accountable if you don't. And I and to me, the equity. | 00:28:53 | |
Umm, sort of. Movement has gone way too far to make sure everybody is treated exactly the same regardless of their work ethic. | 00:29:00 | |
Regardless the preparation, regardless of their homework, regardless of their ability to contribute to the team, nonetheless | 00:29:08 | |
everybody's treated the same way and I I think it's it's gone to, you know, kind of the wrong direction. | 00:29:13 | |
So for me, the E always stood for equality and let's make sure we give everybody the same opportunity to achieve at their own | 00:29:19 | |
level. | 00:29:23 | |
And so that's my comment here tonight. I appreciate your service. It's great to see everybody here and I hope other people talk | 00:29:27 | |
up. I'm looking forward to what they have to say. Thank you very much. | 00:29:32 | |
Thank you. | 00:29:38 | |
Welcome, Madam Chair, Madam Vice Chair, Member, Madam Clerk. | 00:29:46 | |
My name is Segal and Rub. | 00:29:51 | |
It's the first time I come here. I've been living in Pacific Grove for nine years. | 00:29:54 | |
And I just want to to to tell a little story of one night when we were in our house and we've been flying a rainbow flag since we | 00:29:59 | |
moved to PG. | 00:30:04 | |
And one night we heard little bang on our door, very timid. And it was a group of students from the middle school, from Pacific | 00:30:10 | |
Grove Middle School. | 00:30:14 | |
Who had gathered enough courage to come and let us know how important for them it was to see our flag, the flag on our house, | 00:30:19 | |
because it made them feel safer? | 00:30:25 | |
And all these signs like the like the City Hall and the police flying the flag, all these signs are so important for people who | 00:30:31 | |
feel like they're not part of. | 00:30:36 | |
And what you're doing is essential. | 00:30:42 | |
Oh, and by the way, there's never too much equity that doesn't exist. | 00:30:45 | |
And and to finish, 'cause I'm I'm gonna make it short to finish to go back to the the schools. | 00:30:49 | |
Pacific Grove Union School District. I mean, we moved from Paris and we looked at all the schools on the West Coast and there were | 00:30:56 | |
two that respected our criteria and PG was one of them. | 00:31:02 | |
So from Europe we flew direct to. | 00:31:09 | |
Because of the school, thank you to the school. So I just want to say that this school district is so strong. | 00:31:11 | |
And so dedicated to the well-being of all their students that surely. | 00:31:19 | |
And with the results they have, they know better than any of us, simple citizen, what they're doing. | 00:31:27 | |
My son graduate. Our son graduated from TGI school two years ago. He's thriving in UC Irvine. | 00:31:34 | |
And so are all his friends from the Pacific Grove School District. So again. | 00:31:40 | |
Thank you very much the I task force. I appreciate what you do. I encourage you to do even. | 00:31:46 | |
Thanks. | 00:31:51 | |
Thank you. | 00:31:53 | |
Welcome. | 00:32:02 | |
Thank you. Good evening. My name is Carol Marquardt. I live in Pacific Grove and. | 00:32:03 | |
See, I'm really happy I've been to all these meetings. | 00:32:10 | |
And we'll be happy to see people here and we now have three DI task force members here. | 00:32:15 | |
And I learned there were five appointed and looking forward to the. | 00:32:23 | |
Person. | 00:32:28 | |
Going to be appointed and I'm looking forward to also. | 00:32:30 | |
Councilmember Padori attending I I don't think I've seen him attend in the last five meetings that I've been here. | 00:32:34 | |
In the past I have talked about. | 00:32:42 | |
A proposal that the DEI task Force had of spending $356,000 for a consultant. I don't know if that's coming up tonight, but I | 00:32:46 | |
understand the seed collaborative. | 00:32:52 | |
Is an organization in Southern California, and he recommends that the state must ask for. | 00:32:59 | |
Age, gender, gender orientation, gender expression and income for any applicant. | 00:33:06 | |
Who replies in the city Pacific Grove. | 00:33:13 | |
Now I understand from reading the Wall Street Journal and the Monroe Herald and many other newspapers that there are certain | 00:33:17 | |
protected groups. | 00:33:22 | |
And they are and I have to read this. | 00:33:27 | |
Race, Sex, Color, Ethnicity, National origin, Religion, Sexual orientation, Gender identity, Age, Disability. | 00:33:32 | |
Generic information and veteran status. Now that's a lot of protected people, so I wonder if the number of people. | 00:33:41 | |
Been discriminated against are going to outnumber the people who are discriminating. | 00:33:52 | |
And I also remind you that Chief Justice John Roberts the majority opinion in June and. | 00:33:59 | |
That was against the preferential admissions in certain universities and his conclusion is that. | 00:34:08 | |
Applicants or anybody must be treated based on his or her experiences and individual. | 00:34:17 | |
And not as a basis of race. Thank. | 00:34:24 | |
Thank you. | 00:34:28 | |
Welcome. | 00:34:39 | |
Hello, my name is Liz Jacobs. I'm a resident in Pacific Grove. | 00:34:42 | |
I am here because I first of all want to say thank you so much for the work that you do. | 00:34:47 | |
It's very affirming for me and in these times especially and I it's much appreciated. | 00:34:53 | |
I among the hats I wear, one of them is that I'm the chair of the Business Improvement District in Pacific Grove and. | 00:35:02 | |
You know, in our August meeting following discussion of the Supreme Court ruling that businesses may if they want to. | 00:35:11 | |
Refused service to people that they feel violate their religions or offend them. | 00:35:23 | |
And this was targeted, of course, at the LGBTQ plus community and. | 00:35:29 | |
The business owners in Pacific Grove that were attending the August meeting voted. | 00:35:36 | |
To. | 00:35:43 | |
Create and distribute decals for businesses in the Lighthouse District in the downtown. | 00:35:45 | |
That say all are welcome because we we feel that it's a step backward to, you know refuse service we feel. | 00:35:51 | |
And that we don't want to lose the. | 00:36:01 | |
The inclusivity. | 00:36:04 | |
Our our dedication to the whole community. | 00:36:07 | |
And I just wanted to say you, this will be happening in the future and. | 00:36:11 | |
You know it's. | 00:36:19 | |
I think we feel that it's very much in line with the work that you're doing. I just wanted to come here and say, you know, thank | 00:36:19 | |
you for for what you're doing. | 00:36:23 | |
And you know, we appreciate the the dissent opinions, I guess in the. | 00:36:28 | |
Supreme Court that say the 14th Amendment does say that we are all protected The the IT makes provisions for protecting all | 00:36:34 | |
members of society. So yeah, thank you so much for having that as your ethos. And I think the majority of people in our community | 00:36:41 | |
feel the same way. Thank you. | 00:36:48 | |
Thank you. | 00:36:56 | |
Welcome. | 00:37:05 | |
My name is Beth Walker. My pronouns are she. | 00:37:09 | |
I'd like to speak directly to the task force and say thank you for all that you're doing. I know this work is difficult, but | 00:37:13 | |
desperately needed. | 00:37:17 | |
And absolutely worth it. | 00:37:22 | |
I was reminded in the 4th of July parade where we had a contingent for Monterey Peninsula Pride. | 00:37:25 | |
That there are a lot more of people who believe in the DEI work than not. | 00:37:32 | |
It was a. | 00:37:38 | |
Reminder that there can be hope. | 00:37:41 | |
I know that. | 00:37:46 | |
The dissenting opinion can be loud and bullying, but we have more supporters, more people that believe like we do, that we can be | 00:37:49 | |
Better Together. More diversity is better and change is good. | 00:37:55 | |
I am sure sometimes it feels like you're walking alone. | 00:38:02 | |
And nothing could be further from the truth. | 00:38:06 | |
I'd also like to speak to things that I have heard people say from this podium. | 00:38:09 | |
This task force has existed for 2 1/2 years. I know that a lot of people haven't paid attention up until the last election. | 00:38:13 | |
The intimidation and attacks on the LGBTQ AI Plus community using conspiracy theory. Talking points, National Q Anon Conspiracy | 00:38:24 | |
theory. | 00:38:29 | |
Theory talking points such as we can live with the L and the G and the B, but the rest of the alphabet has to go. | 00:38:35 | |
That's not the way it. | 00:38:43 | |
There's just as many people in this country with green eyes as there are transgender. | 00:38:46 | |
Are we going to murder all of the green eyed people in this country? I don't think so. | 00:38:51 | |
Small minded people don't get to decide whose life they approve of or. | 00:38:56 | |
For those that do not understand your impact. | 00:39:00 | |
These kids are more than likely to be tormented in school, experience domestic violence, more likely to become homeless, more | 00:39:03 | |
likely to self harm, and more likely to attempt suicide. They are trying to live their authentic life and they deserve our | 00:39:09 | |
support. | 00:39:15 | |
I'd like to speak directly to our neighbors of color, LGBTQ AI, plus families, friends, neighbors, especially our queer and trans | 00:39:21 | |
youth. | 00:39:25 | |
You are loved, supported. You are worth fighting. | 00:39:30 | |
Please do not let these bullies get in the way of you pursuing and living your best life in your authentic self. | 00:39:34 | |
Don't let a small group of hateful people change how you feel about our city or how you feel about yourselves. | 00:39:41 | |
We see you. We love you, We support you, and you have allies here. Thank you. | 00:39:48 | |
Thank you. | 00:39:55 | |
Taking no other public comment in person. | 00:40:05 | |
Are there any who would? Oh, here's one more. | 00:40:08 | |
Welcome. | 00:40:13 | |
Hi there. My name is Melanie Zaragoza. I'm board chair of Monterey Peninsula Pride, but here acting as a private citizen. | 00:40:16 | |
I just also want to thank this task force for being here. I've been board chair for Monterey Peninsula Pride since 2021, and it's | 00:40:24 | |
been some of the most rewarding work that I've done in my 10 years in the nonprofit sector. | 00:40:31 | |
It's volunteer work. | 00:40:39 | |
And myself and ten other people work countless hours to serve the queer community here. And that was very visible at our Pride | 00:40:41 | |
parade last month, and I hope that many of you were there. | 00:40:48 | |
So I just want to say thank you on behalf of Monterey Peninsula Pride and myself for having this task force. We know that | 00:40:56 | |
diversity is so important, equity is so important, inclusion is. | 00:41:02 | |
So important. This is such a privileged community and it is a privilege to be a part of it as well and as a young person at | 00:41:08 | |
Chicana. | 00:41:13 | |
And a person who's part of the queer community. I just want to encourage you to keep the work going. | 00:41:18 | |
And I'll bring my own phrase forward that I heard when I was in school, which is equality is making sure everybody has shoes. | 00:41:23 | |
Equity is making sure everybody has shoes that fit. | 00:41:32 | |
Thanks. | 00:41:37 | |
Thank you. | 00:41:39 | |
Welcome. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thanks for your work. I really appreciate you all. And I just wanted to quickly address the | 00:41:49 | |
issue of equitable grading. | 00:41:55 | |
That was mischaracterized here this evening. It is not about turning a blind eye to cheating. Equitable grading is about. | 00:42:03 | |
Mastery. Making sure that the student has mastery of the material instead of penalizing them in a way that does not recognize | 00:42:13 | |
their work. For example, a neighbor of mine, a young man, he turned he had a situation in his family and he turned in his | 00:42:19 | |
assignment late. | 00:42:26 | |
And he was penalized 50%. | 00:42:32 | |
And so that. | 00:42:35 | |
Do anything about his learning. He had the material, he had an A, but because it was late and that for some reason they weren't | 00:42:38 | |
able to let that the teacher know he was penalized. So equitable grad. | 00:42:44 | |
Is about that. It's not about allowing cheating and also regarding trans people. | 00:42:51 | |
Erasing people. | 00:42:58 | |
Is fascism and we don't do that in this country. | 00:43:00 | |
Thank you. | 00:43:04 | |
Thank you. | 00:43:07 | |
Clerk TEI Coordinator Kendall, Do we have any citizens who would like to comment on general public comment remotely? | 00:43:14 | |
I do not see any hands raised. | 00:43:23 | |
OK. Thank you. | 00:43:26 | |
I will now close general public. | 00:43:28 | |
Item number seven is the consent agenda. This deals with routine and non controversial matters. The vote on the consent agenda | 00:43:32 | |
applies to each item unless removed. | 00:43:37 | |
Any task force member or the public may remove an item for individual consideration. | 00:43:43 | |
When items are pulled for discussion, they are placed at the end of the regular agenda. | 00:43:49 | |
One motion shall be made to approve all non removed items on the consent agenda. | 00:43:54 | |
Are there any requests by a task force member or the public to remove a consent agenda item? | 00:43:59 | |
Clerk DI Coordinator Kendall. | 00:44:07 | |
Sorry, any request from the public to remove a consent agenda item? No, Nobody online. OK, thank you. Seeing none, I would move to | 00:44:10 | |
approve the consent agenda. Is there a second? | 00:44:16 | |
2nd. | 00:44:23 | |
Members, thank you. | 00:44:25 | |
City Clerk the Coordinator Kendell, may we have a roll call vote. | 00:44:28 | |
Yes, chair, chair. | 00:44:33 | |
I remember hoops. | 00:44:35 | |
Aye, Vice Chair Marks. | 00:44:38 | |
Motion carries 3. | 00:44:41 | |
Thank you. The minutes of the June 12th, 2023 DI Task Force Regular meeting and the July 10th, 2023 DEI Task Force regular meeting | 00:44:44 | |
adjourned due to a lack of quorum were approved. | 00:44:51 | |
And then item number 8A on the regular agenda has been continued to the September 11th meeting. | 00:44:59 | |
Item number 8B on the regular agenda is a report from the underrepresented Groups and Communities Subcommittee. | 00:45:07 | |
There'll be a brief oral agenda report, then task force come, task force questions. | 00:45:14 | |
Then public comment on this agenda item and then task force discussion. | 00:45:20 | |
As the remaining member of the underrepresented groups and community subcommittee, I will present the report. | 00:45:26 | |
And I will note that this subcommittee was established by the task force because several items in our purpose have to do with | 00:45:33 | |
underrepresented communities. | 00:45:39 | |
First of all, our Task Force Purpose Item C is to promote the participation of underrepresented communities. | 00:45:47 | |
Including, but not limited to, people of color. | 00:45:56 | |
LGBTQ. | 00:46:01 | |
People with disabilities, immigrants and others and monitor change that occurs to diversity, equity, inclusion and racial justice | 00:46:02 | |
within the city. | 00:46:07 | |
And item D of our purpose is to provide feedback, guidance, strategies and recommendations to increase community engagement by | 00:46:12 | |
underrepresented groups. | 00:46:17 | |
And as a task force, we felt that having a shared understanding of the terms underrepresented groups and underrepresented | 00:46:24 | |
communities would help us in our work with and for the community. So you heard a presentation tonight from our Police Department. | 00:46:30 | |
Every month we've been having a presentation from different community groups or parts of the city that help us understand more | 00:46:36 | |
about our community and about underrepresented groups within the community. For example, at the last meeting we had a | 00:46:42 | |
presentation. | 00:46:48 | |
By the President, CEO of the Chamber of Commerce. So we heard from the business organization. | 00:46:55 | |
So during July, Secretary Stevens and I continued working on identifying underrepresented groups and communities not listed in the | 00:47:01 | |
task force purpose. And one thing that we found was it's possible to get demographic data, for example, from the census, but self | 00:47:09 | |
identification is not something that's usually captured with traditional data gathering models. So we see that as sort of a big | 00:47:16 | |
hole quite frankly that somebody who's experienced in this work who has done. | 00:47:24 | |
A lot of work in cities and communities might be able to help the other. | 00:47:32 | |
We also hoped to bring back information as we continue to work on this to help us as a task force. Another item in our purpose is | 00:47:37 | |
to develop a community lens to examine city policies, programs, and practices. So getting a broader sense of our community is | 00:47:44 | |
going to help us develop that community lens. | 00:47:52 | |
I will say that a couple of things that we did notice before Secretary Stevens had to leave was that one area that we noted is | 00:48:00 | |
that Pacific Grove does not have a Youth advisory committee to represent the approximately 18% of Pacific Grove's population that | 00:48:07 | |
is 18 and under. In fact, the City Charter does not allow anyone to be appointed to a committee unless they're old enough to | 00:48:13 | |
register to vote. | 00:48:19 | |
And we think that we felt that the work of the youth ambassadors, most recently this summer, shows the value of welcoming and | 00:48:27 | |
including young voices and perspectives into civic life. Valuable not only for now, but certainly for the future when we want to | 00:48:32 | |
have engaged citizens. | 00:48:37 | |
And then, although people of color are specified as one underrepresented community, Secretary Stevens and I noted that there are | 00:48:43 | |
many different groups and experiences within that phrase. | 00:48:49 | |
And it is very clear to us as a task force, and I'll say this, having been on the task force since the beginning that expressed | 00:48:55 | |
public interest from our very beginning, including to the present, there is, let me put it another way, there has been and there | 00:49:03 | |
continues to be expressed public interest in recognizing, learning about and never forgetting. | 00:49:10 | |
For example, Pacific Groves, Chinese. | 00:49:18 | |
Or the black and African American life in Pacific Grove, Japanese American history, indigenous people, and many others. | 00:49:21 | |
We feel that this is such an important part of the work of diversity, equity and inclusion for Pacific Grove, learning about our | 00:49:30 | |
shared history and heritage, but also hearing directly from the people whose lives and experiences were changed and also helped | 00:49:38 | |
change Pacific Grove. So I sincerely hope that the task force will take this under consideration for the future as well. We will | 00:49:46 | |
continue to have presentations. We have them scheduled out pretty much through the end of this year. | 00:49:54 | |
And my hope is that as we're able to get another subcommittee appointed to look at this, we will be bringing back to the task | 00:50:02 | |
force more information about underrepresented communities. | 00:50:08 | |
In addition to the ones listed. | 00:50:14 | |
Are there any questions from the task force? | 00:50:17 | |
So we will take public comments on this item. Now. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes and will not receive Task Force action. | 00:50:25 | |
Speakers must adhere to the time limits using the time limit lights as the guide. Again, comments and statements should be | 00:50:32 | |
addressed to the Task Force and not to the audience. And again, public comment is encouraged if it is not disruptive to the | 00:50:38 | |
meeting and as the chair. If someone chooses to engage in conduct that is disruptive, I will respond in a viewpoint neutral manner | 00:50:45 | |
according to the rules of order. | 00:50:51 | |
Comments may be made in person or remotely using Zoom or by phone, so I will first open public comment on the underrepresented | 00:50:58 | |
subcommittee item to members of the public present remotely. | 00:51:04 | |
Clerk Dei Coordinator Kendall, Do we have any members present remotely? | 00:51:13 | |
A No hands raised online. | 00:51:20 | |
OK, then I will open it up to those who are present in person. | 00:51:24 | |
Welcome. Thank you very much. | 00:51:36 | |
I'm back again and I would like a list of your underrepresented people because I already gave you a list race, sex, color, | 00:51:40 | |
ethnicity and national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information and veteran | 00:51:47 | |
status. | 00:51:54 | |
So is this a list of the marginalized group? Because. | 00:52:01 | |
Half of the people in this room are marginalized. | 00:52:06 | |
So can we provide a list of those people? Thank you. | 00:52:09 | |
Thank you. | 00:52:14 | |
Welcome. | 00:52:28 | |
Thank you. This morning gives again. I was hoping more people would get up and and talk. It is a. | 00:52:29 | |
Democracy and open forum. And I know some people are here for the first time, but just what I have learned is that any citizen, | 00:52:35 | |
you don't even have to be a member. | 00:52:40 | |
Our resident in Pacific Grove can come and talk. You can come to the Economic Development Council, the Planning Commission. | 00:52:46 | |
That DEI task force and and speak out and the first public comment is pretty much anything that's not on the agenda and then. | 00:52:54 | |
You have public comment on each of the agenda items, so I think more discussion is is great. | 00:53:01 | |
On this particular item, you know. | 00:53:08 | |
Haven't been around for a few. | 00:53:12 | |
You know, we've, we've learned with our family, our communities. | 00:53:14 | |
That there are certain things in common. We have a common language, we have common rules, we have common culture, and we have | 00:53:17 | |
really more in common than we really know. | 00:53:21 | |
And you all probably have heard me ask this before, but. | 00:53:26 | |
In terms of what are the the topic is if you have terms or conditions make make sure that we have engaged the public in more than | 00:53:32 | |
just the public comment section. And I think early on at the DI meeting somebody mentioned a town hall meeting. | 00:53:39 | |
It's not a formal meeting, it's just out there to get to get public input. | 00:53:47 | |
And and listen to the public because I think one of the difficulties is and and Miss Barclay might have, you know, sort of | 00:53:53 | |
indicated this is that when we have a list of terms and people don't know what it is, it's it's hard to support other terms. And | 00:53:58 | |
you all are very familiar and one of your first meetings you referred to the 1964 civil rights amendment, which is very important | 00:54:04 | |
under Lyndon Johnson. | 00:54:09 | |
And since subsequent to that other groups. So for example I was a Vietnam era vet. | 00:54:15 | |
And that was added to the civil Rights Amendment later. And so I would just question, are people like that included in the | 00:54:22 | |
underrepresented groups? I I just don't know, 'cause you may have published the list, I don't know. | 00:54:28 | |
What it is So getting the input of the community is really, really important to having a collaborative spirit in the community. | 00:54:35 | |
And you know, there's been a lot of chatter on Next door. And I've been responsible for probably 3/4 of it over the past two | 00:54:41 | |
weeks. And I appreciate everybody's comments, including members of this particular task force, because I think that's part of the | 00:54:47 | |
discussion, is to push it ahead and find some common ground rather than, you know, bite at each other or, you know, take shots at | 00:54:53 | |
each other. | 00:54:59 | |
Find some common ground for having a discussion. | 00:55:05 | |
And so for public forums like that, that's always been sort of my agenda is people ask me what's my agenda, just get some | 00:55:08 | |
discussion, get ideas out and share them with people. And it's one of the easiest things to make happen. It's it's hard to | 00:55:14 | |
facilitate, but I would really love to see that around this particular topic, what is an underrepresented group. So more you can | 00:55:20 | |
add to that the better. Thank you. Thank you. | 00:55:26 | |
Welcome. | 00:55:37 | |
My name is Mishka Chudolowski and I've been president of PG. I'm a newcomer. It's only been like 25 years. | 00:55:39 | |
So. | 00:55:49 | |
This is the first time I've been to this group and what I have heard about it. I applaud your work and thank you for your time and | 00:55:51 | |
service. | 00:55:55 | |
So forgive my ignorance, but I think one of the biggest unrepresentative groups is low income in this area. And my question is, is | 00:56:00 | |
that part of your? | 00:56:06 | |
Your focus or is that totally out in left field? | 00:56:13 | |
Thanks. | 00:56:19 | |
Thank you. | 00:56:21 | |
Welcome. Thank you. My name is Colin Crook, I'm resident of Pacific Grove and I think for your plan for learning more about or | 00:56:32 | |
discovering more underrepresented groups sounds really good to me. | 00:56:38 | |
How can we learn about others and their experiences unless we listen to them? | 00:56:44 | |
So I've attended quite a few of these meetings via Zoom. This is my first one in person, but I look forward to getting more | 00:56:50 | |
reports both from city departments and from or from or about those underrepresented groups. Thank you guys for what you do. | 00:56:56 | |
Thank you. | 00:57:05 | |
Welcome. | 00:57:15 | |
Thank you very much. | 00:57:17 | |
I've looked online about. | 00:57:20 | |
How you find these underrepresented groups and how difficult it can be. | 00:57:22 | |
For a task force. | 00:57:28 | |
And I understand, too, that this is under the purview of what a consultant would do, what they're used to doing. | 00:57:30 | |
Where they have the tools to do this. | 00:57:38 | |
So I I'd like to support that idea of the consultant. | 00:57:42 | |
Being on board for this and to also I know. | 00:57:47 | |
Under a different subject but. | 00:57:52 | |
Affecting this. | 00:57:54 | |
Our consultant fee was for 2 1/2 years. | 00:57:56 | |
So if you divide that up, the. | 00:58:00 | |
Really not that bad, so I'm hoping that we can do this. Thanks. | 00:58:03 | |
Thank you. | 00:58:09 | |
Welcome. It's so lovely to hear that. | 00:58:17 | |
Welcome. | 00:58:21 | |
I'd also like to voice my support for the idea of expanding what it means to be underrepresented. How wonderful. And I'll just | 00:58:24 | |
give a small anecdote, if you'll have me. | 00:58:30 | |
My family is one who has been afraid of the census. | 00:58:37 | |
I think a lot of people know what I mean. They're afraid of being counted and they're afraid of being identified because they have | 00:58:43 | |
been under represented. And it wasn't until I became more actively a part of local politics, my community, that I really | 00:58:50 | |
understood that not being counted means being invisible. | 00:58:58 | |
And so having that representation drawing out what it means to be a person of color. | 00:59:05 | |
To be a person part of the queer community, it's just an extra step that feels simple and makes people feel welcomed, so I | 00:59:12 | |
encourage you to continue to explore that. | 00:59:18 | |
Thank you. | 00:59:28 | |
I am seeing no other oh, here's. | 00:59:36 | |
We also have one caller online. | 00:59:41 | |
Welcome. | 00:59:44 | |
Yes, thank you for your all your work. My name is Bruce Donet. I've been. | 00:59:46 | |
Resident of this community for almost 40 years. I am a identified white male, able bodied, formerly educated. | 00:59:50 | |
Christian Reard. | 01:00:00 | |
Individual in in this culture. | 01:00:04 | |
When I heard the question about. | 01:00:07 | |
How did you come up with this list of underrepresented people? My thought was. | 01:00:10 | |
I maybe there were a few people that a few groups that you put yourself, but to me they've. | 01:00:18 | |
That list does represent people who are underrepresented. | 01:00:24 | |
And. | 01:00:30 | |
It's hard. | 01:00:35 | |
It's hard to accept initially, I think. | 01:00:37 | |
Uh, people being underrepresented Because I know my. | 01:00:41 | |
My experience. | 01:00:47 | |
My. | 01:00:49 | |
Has all told me that I'm not underrepresented. | 01:00:51 | |
I've always been represented. | 01:00:55 | |
But I've been represented on the basis of gender. I've been represented on the basis of sexual orientation and religion and | 01:00:58 | |
immigrant status and whatever. OK. So I think initially it feels like somehow I'm going to be less represented. | 01:01:08 | |
I should. I just want to say something and that is that. For example, I don't know black history, OK? I also don't know female | 01:01:20 | |
history. | 01:01:23 | |
Or I should say, I don't know black experience or female experience and the only way I have ever. | 01:01:28 | |
Learned anything about this is by. | 01:01:34 | |
And I've had to probably, probably give up my gender role conditioning. | 01:01:38 | |
And my racial conditioning. | 01:01:44 | |
But what I've gotten in return has been my humanity. So I want to thank you all for doing the work you do. I support you. And this | 01:01:48 | |
is my first meeting, and I hope I haven't rambled on too much. Thank you. | 01:01:55 | |
Thank you. | 01:02:03 | |
Seeing no one else in person, I will reopen it for our one remote speaker. | 01:02:11 | |
Thank you, Chair, Inga, Lawrence and Dymer. | 01:02:17 | |
Welcome. Thank you, Sandra, and thank you Chair. Umm. | 01:02:21 | |
I gather, and I have all along because I think I've attended every meeting that you've had. | 01:02:26 | |
By zoom, of course. | 01:02:32 | |
That this list is not something that's complete. The subcommittee is to create a list of other. | 01:02:36 | |
Represented groups that you underrepresented. Groups that you haven't named. | 01:02:45 | |
So I look forward to you creating that. | 01:02:51 | |
And I would like to say also to kind of address the newcomer quote of five years that this very old Comer from old timer of 70 | 01:02:54 | |
years. | 01:02:59 | |
Definitely has spoken about. | 01:03:06 | |
Lower income? | 01:03:09 | |
And especially senior lower income as a vastly underrepresented group that needs inclusion, especially in things like. | 01:03:12 | |
Addressing city contracts that don't include us at all, but just lump us in with a vast affluent majority. | 01:03:24 | |
And yes, this is something that. | 01:03:33 | |
Needs a little work and. | 01:03:36 | |
I would like to say that just continue your list and I hope you get another member for your subcommittee. Thank you. | 01:03:39 | |
Thank you. | 01:03:49 | |
I will now close public comment. | 01:03:51 | |
And I'll bring this item back to the task force for any further discussion. There will be no action taken. It was just an oral | 01:03:56 | |
report. | 01:03:59 | |
Uncharacteristically quiet today. | 01:04:11 | |
I am. | 01:04:16 | |
Moved and I am hopeful. I've been really drained by by this work lately and. | 01:04:18 | |
Just the. | 01:04:28 | |
Just hearing the thoughts and the. | 01:04:29 | |
Just. | 01:04:34 | |
Reactions. | 01:04:36 | |
Just just thank you. | 01:04:39 | |
I'll echo that just hearing. | 01:04:48 | |
From everyone tonight and seeing how. | 01:04:51 | |
Even just talking about the beginning of this work to identify underrepresented groups kind of resonates with so many people. | 01:04:55 | |
In the room is wonderful encouragement. | 01:05:04 | |
To keep it going. And yeah, so thank you to everyone as well. | 01:05:08 | |
Thank you. This is Ben. | 01:05:14 | |
Terrifically engaged meeting. We certainly appreciate that. | 01:05:16 | |
I would note that. | 01:05:21 | |
The work the Secretary Stevens and I began has been interrupted, and another subcommittee will be appointed to carry this on. | 01:05:24 | |
In our discuss. | 01:05:32 | |
We actually talked about there's really two parts to underrepresented. So one is the communities, the groups and the ones that | 01:05:34 | |
were listed were actually laid forth by council in our purpose when we were formed as a task force. So that was our starting point | 01:05:40 | |
and our work is really to try to identify other communities and I think all the public input that we receive is extremely helpful | 01:05:47 | |
with that. | 01:05:53 | |
But of course the other side of underrepresented is what does it mean to be represented. And in the United States in a democracy, | 01:06:00 | |
we elect representatives to represent us. So that will also be something I think that the subcommittee will be looking at is who? | 01:06:08 | |
Who are our representatives and how do they reflect the community and how do we know that and what are the ways that? | 01:06:17 | |
They can be identified, those various. | 01:06:26 | |
Identities can be identified and and sort of looked at, so that is going to be the other side of the equation is knowing all of | 01:06:30 | |
these different communities and groups. | 01:06:36 | |
Throughout the city. | 01:06:43 | |
How are they represented? How are their voices? How are our voices heard? So the work will continue. | 01:06:45 | |
Chair, May I? Yes, Vice chair. | 01:06:52 | |
So my background is, some of you may know as a grant writer in the nonprofit sector and. | 01:06:57 | |
When you persuasively writes a proposal, you have to quantify. | 01:07:06 | |
Quantify your ask, but you also have to have qualitative data and. | 01:07:13 | |
And in trying to find underrepresented communities here, it's tricky because I think as our chair, Bowie said. | 01:07:21 | |
Much more eloquently than I ever would. It's it's tricky to find people who will self identify and we haven't even really started | 01:07:33 | |
because. | 01:07:38 | |
It it's tricky. | 01:07:43 | |
But I will also say that umm. | 01:07:46 | |
Quantifying is also difficult because of the. | 01:07:51 | |
Excuse me? | 01:07:57 | |
I I'm struggling in. | 01:07:59 | |
Interaction. | 01:08:03 | |
Thank you. I haven't had dinner. | 01:08:06 | |
Intersection. Intersectionality. And that also speaks to how. | 01:08:10 | |
We all are on several different lists. How? How do we, how do we quantify that? It's how. | 01:08:18 | |
Miss Melanie had spoken to the fact that she's a Chicano. She's or you know, we're we're a number of different things. | 01:08:28 | |
So it. | 01:08:38 | |
There's a road ahead of us and we all have a place and we all have value. So thank you for your patience and thank you for your | 01:08:39 | |
input because it's going to shape. | 01:08:44 | |
Shape where we go. | 01:08:50 | |
Thank you, Vice chair. | 01:08:53 | |
We will move on now to item 8C on the regular agenda, which is the recommendation to adopt A Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task | 01:08:57 | |
Force cultural calendar. | 01:09:03 | |
So there will be an agenda report and a presentation and then task force questions, then the opportunity for public comment and | 01:09:10 | |
then task force discussion. And because this is a recommendation to adopt, then there will be an action taken and vice Chair Mark. | 01:09:19 | |
Several months ago, in order to do the work of the task force, just about everyone except for me as somebody who works full time, | 01:09:29 | |
has family obligations, has life obligations. | 01:09:34 | |
And. | 01:09:40 | |
Obviously we're all volunteers up here. To do the work as efficiently as we can, we establish subcommittees which is no more than | 01:09:42 | |
two people or one person as a lead. | 01:09:47 | |
That takes on different parts of the work. At our next meeting, we'll actually go over our work plan. We have an adopted work plan | 01:09:53 | |
sort of holding back on that until we are fully up to speed with all the task force members or. | 01:09:59 | |
Most of them we. | 01:10:06 | |
But in order to do that, we've established subcommittees and in this case, it was the vice chair who took the lead by herself to | 01:10:09 | |
bring this forward and really continue the work that was done by the previous task force and a subcommittee to get it to this | 01:10:16 | |
point. So really appreciate your taking this on and doing this. So now a presentation by Vice, the vice chair. | 01:10:23 | |
Thank you, Chair Bowie. | 01:10:31 | |
And I. | 01:10:34 | |
I was on the first term also, however. | 01:10:36 | |
I was not TAS. | 01:10:40 | |
The cultural calendar. Umm, so I will start. | 01:10:43 | |
With the recommendation so. | 01:10:47 | |
Tonight I will hope that we vote and discuss to send. | 01:10:50 | |
Sent to the City Council. | 01:10:57 | |
An expanded excuse me. | 01:11:00 | |
This is a. | 01:11:04 | |
A typo? Excuse me to send a cultural calendar up to the City Council for review and with the hope and goal to go ahead and upload | 01:11:06 | |
it onto the DEI portion of the city website. | 01:11:14 | |
By no means is this extensive I. | 01:11:23 | |
How can it be? This is a base with a reflection of. | 01:11:26 | |
Excuse me, of significant cultural recognitions at the federal States and local level and. | 01:11:35 | |
Again, it's not extensive. I didn't even think about Romero's newsletter as a res. | 01:11:43 | |
Someone had brought up. | 01:11:53 | |
But we can do that I. | 01:11:56 | |
And again, we're hoping that it will be posted to the DI website and another goal would be that we're celebrating and amplifying. | 01:11:58 | |
The recognition of cultural diversity of our communities in each respective month of relevance. | 01:12:10 | |
Further we would. | 01:12:19 | |
Provide a framework, A cyclical framework for the future task forces. | 01:12:21 | |
And recommending these recognitions. | 01:12:27 | |
And help community chairs and staff contribute to the calendar agenda. | 01:12:31 | |
In a timely and proactive. | 01:12:37 | |
I'm also hoping that we'll be able to have. | 01:12:41 | |
A very quick and efficient way for the entire community to be able to submit. | 01:12:47 | |
Their their recognitions and heritage and and items that is important to them. However, right now our discussion. | 01:12:57 | |
And a recommendation is just a base, a base calendar which may or may not be in the agenda and it was posted on the website. | 01:13:07 | |
So. | 01:13:19 | |
I have a few other words to say. | 01:13:21 | |
But then we'll wrap it up. | 01:13:26 | |
Because there's so much time on my hands, I wanted to start with this Gandhi quote. Our ability to reach unity and diversity will | 01:13:42 | |
be the beauty and the test of our civilization. So I wanted to speak. | 01:13:49 | |
To the reason why. | 01:13:57 | |
The diversity. Diversity. | 01:14:02 | |
Calendar is so important and again it speaks to recognizing. | 01:14:05 | |
The value and. | 01:14:13 | |
The value of people and their heritage and recognizing who they are. | 01:14:18 | |
I don't think that there's too many. | 01:14:25 | |
There could ever be too many. | 01:14:29 | |
Too many items on this calendar. | 01:14:34 | |
Too many protected classes. What are we going to stop protecting people so? | 01:14:38 | |
With that, I'm gonna go ahead and and my presentation. Thank you. | 01:14:43 | |
Thank you, Vice Chair. And now is an opportunity for the task force to ask any questions of the Vice Chair. | 01:14:50 | |
On the. | 01:14:57 | |
Not a question, but just yeah, it isn't available in the agenda packet and just looking through here, you know, you can see that | 01:15:02 | |
you did so much work on it. So thank you for. | 01:15:07 | |
All that you've included actually I wouldn't be curious to know kind of where you. | 01:15:15 | |
Gathered all this from it must have taken. | 01:15:19 | |
A long time, yeah. I did a lot of research and unfortunately my. | 01:15:22 | |
It was very hard to call things down, but there are a few sites and you you would be very surprised to know if there are a lot of. | 01:15:31 | |
Well, no. | 01:15:42 | |
There are a lot of services. | 01:15:44 | |
Because this work is so important that actually that actually do diversity calendars for. | 01:15:47 | |
Companies and businesses and. | 01:15:56 | |
Yeah, Recognizing their employees. | 01:16:01 | |
Really. Really. | 01:16:04 | |
Yeah, brings the corporate culture together and also you know that innovation. | 01:16:07 | |
Breeds This is me pitching, pitching, diversity and economic development. | 01:16:13 | |
Yeah. | 01:16:20 | |
Thank you Vice Chair. This is an incredible amount of work and that went into this and want to really appreciate that. So I wanted | 01:16:23 | |
to be, it seemed like looking at this sort of the primary use. | 01:16:29 | |
This is a question. The primary use of this calendar would be. | 01:16:35 | |
On the DEI website so it would be available to the public, to the staff, to anyone. | 01:16:40 | |
And then the secondary use would be then to provide a cyclical framework for the task force. In recommending recognitions to the | 01:16:47 | |
City Council, As for example we did for Pride month, we recommended a. | 01:16:53 | |
Proclamation for that. OK, well, that's that's useful. Umm, I. | 01:17:00 | |
Clerk DEI, Coordinator, Candel, I wonder sort of the process with this before we go out to public comment. If it goes on the | 01:17:06 | |
website, does it go to council at that point or is it something that's put on our website as part of our work with our framework | 01:17:13 | |
with the website? And then if a proclamation were to be developed from the calendar, then that would go to the City Council, Is | 01:17:21 | |
that correct? That is correct. I believe that was the initial discussion between the task force. | 01:17:28 | |
Great. Thank you. And then my second question for. | 01:17:37 | |
For the Clerk DEI coordinator is. I know that we a couple of meetings go ahead a presentation from the city's information | 01:17:41 | |
resources person, who then subsequently left the city and what is this? What is the state of the staffing for information | 01:17:48 | |
resources for posting something to the to the web page, for example? | 01:17:54 | |
We have contract IT assistance and and depending on how. | 01:18:02 | |
We wanted to post this. I could potentially post it as well. OK. Thank you so much. Appreciate that. Good. | 01:18:10 | |
And now? | 01:18:19 | |
It's time for public comments. Again, I give these reminders each time. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes. Will not receive | 01:18:21 | |
Task Force action. Speakers must adhere to the time limits, using the time limit lights as a guide. Comments and statements should | 01:18:27 | |
be addressed to the task Force and not the audience. | 01:18:33 | |
Public comment is encouraged as long it is not disruptive to the meeting. And as the chair, if someone chooses to engage in | 01:18:40 | |
conduct that is disruptive, I will respond in a viewpoint neutral manner according to the rules of order. Comments may be made in | 01:18:48 | |
person or remotely using zoom or by phone. I will first open public comment on the cultural calendar agenda item to members of the | 01:18:55 | |
public in person, then to those who are present remotely. So now we'll open the comment to members who are here in person. | 01:19:03 | |
Welcome. | 01:19:20 | |
The packet and read through all. | 01:19:26 | |
The listings, I just had a question you you sort of indicated an idea that it worked miss mark that there were some things that | 01:19:30 | |
were not included and I'm just wondering if there was a screen or how did you decide what was going to be on the final list? | 01:19:36 | |
And not on the final list. I was interested in this Australian recognition for. Sorry day. | 01:19:42 | |
Yeah, I don't, I don't know what that is, but maybe is it referred to the board game and from, you know, even though it's a | 01:19:47 | |
diversity calendar, I see it more as an inclusion calendar and there are 365 days a year there are only, you know, maybe 891012 | 01:19:53 | |
events per month. | 01:19:58 | |
I think you have a lot more days to fill and that would be more inclusive if we had, you know, one for each day and there's plenty | 01:20:04 | |
of days you have I I didn't see butterfly. | 01:20:09 | |
A day up there, I didn't see other things that would be, you know, much more relevant to Pacific Grove. I'd like to see some of | 01:20:14 | |
those things that are going on here. And the other question is, is that the somebody brought up the contract with Seed. I'm | 01:20:21 | |
wondering if they helped with this with this calendar at all and Seed is connected with something called the Obi. | 01:20:28 | |
Uh, Institute. Mr. Gibbs, we're actually not discussing the consultant at this time. This is a discussion of a cultural calendar. | 01:20:36 | |
I was just asking. | 01:20:41 | |
They were part of the my question was were they part of the selection process and because they talk about other and they talk | 01:20:46 | |
about belonging and to me, I'm just, I'm sorry, but any questions about the consultant who are not a part of this agenda item. And | 01:20:51 | |
this the consultant item has already been heard by the task force and it's no longer a part of the task force work. So if you | 01:20:57 | |
could. | 01:21:03 | |
And find your comments to the cultural calendar, please. Right. I was. I was just asking if they were, if they participated in | 01:21:09 | |
this, I wasn't discussing. | 01:21:13 | |
The fact of the contract, I just wanted to know if they had some. | 01:21:17 | |
If they had some part in this at all. | 01:21:21 | |
So, all right, well, forget to forget the the consultant. I guess the general term would be what items are others and what items | 01:21:23 | |
belong on the contract. And we started my discussion. How did you decide? | 01:21:29 | |
What items got left on the table and what belonged? And from an accusative, inclusive standpoint, it would seem to me to be. | 01:21:36 | |
An interesting thing and you know if you turn over the most of the coins in your pocket it says E purpose you know them out of | 01:21:43 | |
many. | 01:21:47 | |
And I'm kind of an out of many one guy, right? So you know, it's like having a birthday party. | 01:21:51 | |
And inviting everybody on your list. And then you forget Uncle Frank. | 01:21:56 | |
You know, or Aunt Emma, and they're not on the list. And you go, holy moly, what happened? Uncle Frank's down the list and then | 01:21:59 | |
you get a bad e-mail because he wasn't on the list. I just want to make sure that we have enough opportunity for everybody to be | 01:22:05 | |
on the calendar and because it's an easy way to offend somebody by making them another rather than a belonger. So thank you for | 01:22:11 | |
that. I wasn't trying to introduce the contract or any of the terms. | 01:22:16 | |
Or anything like that. So I appreciate your attention. Thank you. | 01:22:22 | |
Thank you. | 01:22:26 | |
Welcome. I thank you. I'm back. We have to talk about the rules of order because I've heard people applauding back here, and I | 01:22:33 | |
heard somebody yelling shut up when Mike Gibbs was talking. So you need to be aware of how people are behaving here. And when we | 01:22:39 | |
talk about the rules of orders, nobody's going to start a riot in here. | 01:22:45 | |
But there needs to be some decorum and you need to be aware of that. Thank you. | 01:22:52 | |
Thank you. | 01:23:00 | |
Thank you. I didn't get a chance to look at this, but I just wanted to talk about. | 01:23:08 | |
An event that happened last month, which was the Summer Lights, which is the evolution of the Feast of Lanterns, and I just wanted | 01:23:15 | |
to say that I thought it was such an amazing. | 01:23:22 | |
Effort by the youth ambassadors and that I really look forward to more of it and it just I was I. | 01:23:29 | |
Made my heart full because they worked so hard and they took the ideas of inclusion and they just ran with that and they're just | 01:23:39 | |
going to do more and I'm just proud of them. So I look forward to that on the calendar. Thank you. | 01:23:46 | |
Thank you. | 01:23:54 | |
Welcome. | 01:24:06 | |
Half Walker. My pronouns are she and her. | 01:24:09 | |
So what I inferred from the presentation, thank you Miss Mark, is that not that there were selections done on purpose to leave | 01:24:13 | |
things out. | 01:24:21 | |
But that that one person cannot possibly. | 01:24:28 | |
Research and include everything that is out there. | 01:24:33 | |
And therefore. | 01:24:38 | |
The list will and calendar will be growing and. | 01:24:40 | |
Updated on a regular basis. | 01:24:46 | |
As someone who? | 01:24:49 | |
Does these things for a living. | 01:24:51 | |
It's not possible to do everything when you're one person and my understanding. | 01:24:54 | |
Which I got from your presentation was not that you chose to exclude things. | 01:25:01 | |
But that you haven't. | 01:25:08 | |
Done everything because it's not possible yet. | 01:25:10 | |
So that's all. Thank you for your work. I appreciate it. | 01:25:14 | |
Thank you. | 01:25:19 | |
I don't see anyone else in person, so clerk dei, coordinator candle do we have? | 01:25:25 | |
Participants remotely we do. We have two callers, Inga Lawrence and Joymer. | 01:25:32 | |
Welcome. | 01:25:37 | |
Thank you Sandra and Chair. | 01:25:39 | |
I am the one who wrote to the DVI DEI calling this an extensive list because it is. It's extensive in the fact that yes, there can | 01:25:41 | |
always be more, but I'm kind of agreeing that every single day of the calendar year could have. | 01:25:51 | |
An event with it. | 01:26:02 | |
I consider that when too many things are put on something, it no longer is inclusive. It doesn't make anything special or | 01:26:06 | |
recognizable. It is just a list. And that bothers me because it's like marketing of Taco day and and whatever day, you know, I | 01:26:15 | |
mean it's it's it becomes less special and rather meaningless. | 01:26:24 | |
And it's sort of like, well, I don't know, what is the purpose to monetize it. You know, it's like everything seems to be | 01:26:34 | |
monetized, even library books. They say, oh, you saved this amount of money by checking out the book on your receipt. Guess what? | 01:26:40 | |
I didn't save it because I wouldn't have bought it. | 01:26:47 | |
You know I am able to read it because we have a public liar library that my taxes pay for okay. So here we have this. Well in | 01:26:53 | |
Norway and Sweden we have different days for my name day and queen harolds day and I mean Sonia and and King Hara you know I mean | 01:27:04 | |
each culture has their special days and what what it's in and one is I love the the fact that the woman got up and spoke about. | 01:27:14 | |
The Youth Ambassadors, that's great. That's a special events calendar. | 01:27:25 | |
Sponsored by the City and. | 01:27:31 | |
Full cost recovery, whatever. That's a cult. That's a special events calendar, not a cultural calendar. So I don't know For | 01:27:34 | |
posting on ADEI website, I think it's fine. You can and certainly people can add anything, and I'm certain that if people start | 01:27:42 | |
adding, it'll come to every day of the year has some special. | 01:27:50 | |
Day attached to it. | 01:27:59 | |
I don't. | 01:28:03 | |
Carry on. | 01:28:06 | |
Thank you. Bye, bye. | 01:28:07 | |
Thank you. | 01:28:11 | |
Yeah. So we will finish with our remote. | 01:28:12 | |
Public comment and I do want to encourage everyone in the room to be sure and remember that this is a task force meeting and we | 01:28:16 | |
need to focus on the work at hand. Thank you. | 01:28:21 | |
Yes, I have not yet finished the remote public comment. Thank you. | 01:28:27 | |
We're DI coordinator, Kendall. There's another speaker. There is one more speaker, Dan Miller. | 01:28:33 | |
Welcome. | 01:28:38 | |
Yeah, I'm kind of amazed at some of the stuff that went on tonight. | 01:28:41 | |
I've been at 1000 meetings in this city. I served on the City Council for six years. | 01:28:46 | |
I was on the Planning Commission for three years. | 01:28:51 | |
And cutting off Mr. Gibbs on a legitimate question, and it was a legitimate question. It might not be in your eyes. You might not | 01:28:53 | |
want the question answered. But that was a legitimate question. And as far as this calendar realized, this is the concept of one | 01:29:00 | |
person and the days they feel need to be recognized. And I'll tell you, looking at it, there's a whole lot of stuff being left off | 01:29:07 | |
that a whole lot of people not being recognized. And once you start doing a calendar like this. | 01:29:15 | |
You're not including everybody, you're excluding them. And there you are, miss marks, making faces again. | 01:29:22 | |
I also have a problem having a cult. | 01:29:29 | |
Recognition calendar put out by a person who has been on social media in the past 48 hours calling people Nazis. So yeah, don't | 01:29:32 | |
stop me ma'am, you can't do it. Not legal. By the meetings of laws and Robert's Rules of Order. I can basically say anything that | 01:29:40 | |
has anything to do with the what it's is at hand And what is hand is at hand is the calendar that one of your representative did | 01:29:48 | |
and if that's going to be adopted. | 01:29:56 | |
By anybody. It should be examined what this person is out there in the vitriol that she constantly exposes out on next door and | 01:30:04 | |
social media. It has to stop. I've said this before and you and the rest of you have never even discussed how out of line he is | 01:30:13 | |
with this. And by the way, I've lived here 68 years, so if we're going to count years, in fact, Miss Bowie, I think you went to | 01:30:21 | |
high school with my sister and I think you were actually friends with my sister. This is the most disappointing. | 01:30:29 | |
Discussions I've ever seen by committee in this town? No, thank you. | 01:30:38 | |
I'm sorry. | 01:30:46 | |
Please don't have any responses, this is still a task force meeting. | 01:30:47 | |
And we will continue. Are there any other remote public comments? | 01:30:51 | |
No other ones are raised. | 01:30:57 | |
OK. Thank you. | 01:30:59 | |
I will now close public comment. | 01:31:01 | |
And I'll bring you back to the task force for a discussion and then action. | 01:31:05 | |
I. | 01:31:15 | |
Missing the Lords and. | 01:31:16 | |
As always had. | 01:31:19 | |
Had a great points. | 01:31:22 | |
What? I gleaned from what she? | 01:31:27 | |
I commented upon was that we really should define a metric. | 01:31:31 | |
For what we put. | 01:31:38 | |
What we put on the calendar. | 01:31:40 | |
Summer lights I think is appropriate to put on there because. | 01:31:45 | |
We can discuss that in a letter later time, but we should speak to how we define. | 01:31:51 | |
And what is going to what and how? | 01:32:00 | |
We we decide what goes on to the calendar and I think. | 01:32:06 | |
Obviously, we would start with our ordinance. | 01:32:11 | |
The purpose? | 01:32:17 | |
For the task force. | 01:32:21 | |
Number hoops. | 01:32:26 | |
I think that's a good idea and. | 01:32:29 | |
Just to echo though, a couple of things that were said as one. | 01:32:31 | |
Person going into this, you know that didn't have that metric. Again, just to thank you. | 01:32:36 | |
All the research you did do to make sure that there was so much representation. | 01:32:43 | |
And I also think when we're looking at this calendar and knowing that our goal is to post it to the website. | 01:32:49 | |
Keeping in mind. | 01:32:56 | |
When we post something to the website and knowing that it may be a living document. | 01:32:58 | |
It's also. | 01:33:05 | |
I think from my perspective, a call. | 01:33:06 | |
Get people curious. | 01:33:10 | |
It's not just a call to say, hey, look at this calendar. These are all the days that matter and that's what we've decided. | 01:33:12 | |
The call is to take a look at the calendar and say, well, here's a holiday that is recognized here somewhere else that I've never | 01:33:19 | |
heard of. | 01:33:23 | |
Let me go find out more about that, whether that's by coming back to this task force, whether that's by. | 01:33:28 | |
Doing research on other parts you know of the Internet with people you know, I think. | 01:33:34 | |
I just wanted to make that comment because I think. | 01:33:40 | |
Is relevant with we're we're going to be talking about more things that we're adding to the website here in the future too and I | 01:33:44 | |
think it's relevant as we talk about each of these things. | 01:33:49 | |
We're not. | 01:33:55 | |
The information stops there. It's a start. | 01:33:57 | |
Right, Yeah. | 01:34:00 | |
Yeah, yeah, so. | 01:34:03 | |
My vision for this is that it would be a conversation with the community and with us, and that this is just a jumping off point. | 01:34:09 | |
I would just love for someone to say hey. | 01:34:23 | |
I am not represented there and. | 01:34:28 | |
It's a pretty great culture and I would love to share. | 01:34:33 | |
And and then I would I would love people to get excited and. | 01:34:39 | |
You know and have events and particularly have epicurean cuisines, but that that's. | 01:34:44 | |
But yeah, so that that's where I was. It's not an exhaustive list or calendar. | 01:34:52 | |
And down the road, again, I would, I would love for it to be very easy for people to contribute. And for those who don't know it, | 01:35:01 | |
it's not really. It's a very static website. So it's you can't just. | 01:35:08 | |
But we can work on that just with an e-mail, so and then. | 01:35:17 | |
Good. The chair. | 01:35:23 | |
I I do think a lot of the fluff could be called from this work in progress calendar. | 01:35:28 | |
There are some things that slipped through there, as Mr. Miller pointed out. | 01:35:36 | |
And I wouldn't mind taking another pass before uploading it. | 01:35:43 | |
OK, So what I think I'm hearing is that we've got some input from the public as a part of this discussion. | 01:35:49 | |
That having an understanding of sort of the basis for the. | 01:35:57 | |
Inclusion of these items and what I do see in your agenda report is a listing of significant cultural recognitions at the federal, | 01:36:02 | |
state and local level. So I think that that. | 01:36:08 | |
Describes the framework for what the cultural calendar would be, and then the various purposes of it. And also wanting to find a | 01:36:15 | |
way to have the public be able to propose dates and events as well that could then be reviewed by the task force as they came | 01:36:22 | |
along or on a regular basis, say. And so I think what I'm hearing is that perhaps more work. | 01:36:30 | |
Could be done on the cultural calendar and then brought back again. Is that what you're proposing or? | 01:36:38 | |
I don't think that that would be necessary. I mean, I would very much like to go ahead and make the vote now. | 01:36:47 | |
And perhaps. | 01:36:56 | |
Just make sure that I. | 01:37:00 | |
On to both. | 01:37:02 | |
And. | 01:37:04 | |
Yes. And what I did hear you say was there were some fluff you thought could be taken out and so. | 01:37:07 | |
Yes, yes. And I think that. | 01:37:12 | |
Probably a task force meeting is not the place to go into extensive line by line, right? I I just. | 01:37:14 | |
I I don't believe that it requires another month and another vote. | 01:37:21 | |
Maybe if I could check in? | 01:37:28 | |
Clerk DI Coordinator Kendall to help us in moving forward. | 01:37:30 | |
I think if we're not ready to finalize tonight a vote to finalize tonight, I think it probably should come back another time | 01:37:36 | |
because we want to be able to bring this back before the task force as well as the public. | 01:37:41 | |
And do that simultaneously, so. | 01:37:48 | |
I think that you could solicit input from the public that could be by e-mail directly to you. That wouldn't be a conversation. | 01:37:51 | |
That occurs, but they, but definitely the public could. | 01:37:59 | |
The task force or e-mail you directly with their input as well if you wanted to do that in between now and the next month, the | 01:38:04 | |
next meeting which is on September 11th, but I would recommend it coming back again if it's not fully. | 01:38:11 | |
Sure. | 01:38:20 | |
Well, can I speak to the fact that you said? | 01:38:22 | |
Well, if I take another pass at it and then we end up uploading it, I mean when that's go public right there. | 01:38:26 | |
I think that that's a task force direction, but I think tonight you you're you're actually voting to make a recommendation and you | 01:38:38 | |
don't have a final product in front of you. So that's. | 01:38:43 | |
That's why I'm recommending it come back again, right? We've done that before in the past though, haven't we? | 01:38:49 | |
I've seen. | 01:38:58 | |
All right. | 01:38:59 | |
I don't remember. | 01:39:01 | |
Items OK, that's OK. This is good. This is good. Let's be our best. | 01:39:03 | |
Yeah. And I think the challenge is that because it would be these all of these specific things that would be being approved, then | 01:39:08 | |
if we were to come back and remove some, then that's a little different than coming back and adding. That's fantastic. We had a | 01:39:14 | |
lot of feedback that I can go ahead. | 01:39:19 | |
And incorporate. So, OK, thank you. And again, really appreciate your taking on this work and knowing that we're looking at a | 01:39:24 | |
metric of significant cultural recognitions at the federal, state and local level and we will get Butterfly Parade on there. | 01:39:32 | |
And also yes, taking in the the input from the public, we did receive some by e-mail as well as in person. So I appreciate very | 01:39:41 | |
much appreciate your taking this on yet again. | 01:39:46 | |
And we will not take action on this item then and then we'll have it brought back at the next meeting. | 01:39:52 | |
That OK. | 01:39:58 | |
All right. | 01:40:02 | |
And I think is there anything else we need to do clerk DI coordinator Kendall to wrap this up or we're pretty clear, I think, | 01:40:07 | |
yeah, I think you're clear on the direction. OK, good. Thank you. Our next meeting will be September 11th, 2023 at 6:00 PM in the | 01:40:13 | |
chamber as well as remotely. | 01:40:19 | |
Thank you all for being here and I will adjourn the meeting at 7:40 PM. | 01:40:26 |
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Good evening. I'd like to call the August 14th, 2023 regular meeting of the City of Pacific Groves Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | 00:01:01 | |
Task Force to order at 6:01 PM. | 00:01:08 | |
Item 8. | 00:01:16 | |
The appointment of work plan subcommittees will be continued to the September 11th, 2023 regular meeting. | 00:01:18 | |
City Clerk Dei. Coordinator Kendall, will you please take A roll call vote? | 00:01:26 | |
Yes, chair bully. | 00:01:33 | |
Present Vice Chair Mark. | 00:01:35 | |
Present member. | 00:01:38 | |
Present. | 00:01:40 | |
Thank you. You're welcome. | 00:01:42 | |
Item 2 on the agenda is approval of the agenda. One of the ways that we strive to make our meetings as inclusive as possible is to | 00:01:45 | |
give explanations as we move along so you understand how the Brown Act process and the City Committee process works. | 00:01:52 | |
The agenda is really the road map for our meeting. It's published online and available in print at least 72 hours before each | 00:02:01 | |
meeting so the public has notice of items being considered by the task force. | 00:02:08 | |
I would like to move to approve the agenda with Item 8A continued to the September 11th, 2023 meeting. Is there a second? | 00:02:17 | |
2nd. | 00:02:26 | |
Thank you. | 00:02:28 | |
City Clerk Dei. Coordinator Kendall, would you please take A roll call vote? | 00:02:30 | |
Yes, chair. | 00:02:36 | |
I remember. | 00:02:39 | |
Aye, Vice Chair. Mark. | 00:02:40 | |
Motion carries 3. | 00:02:44 | |
One and what I failed to mention was we have a new appointment, uh Coral Barrett and she is not at this meeting but she will be at | 00:02:46 | |
the next. | 00:02:50 | |
Thank you. We look forward to welcoming her. | 00:02:56 | |
Item number three on the agenda is presentations. | 00:03:00 | |
Presentations are special informational items that help us with our task force work or recognitions by staff or a task force | 00:03:04 | |
member or a guest. | 00:03:09 | |
No task force discussion or public comment will be taken during item 3. | 00:03:15 | |
And this evening's presentation will be by Chief Kathy Madelone from the Pacific Grove Police Department. | 00:03:21 | |
And we welcome the Chief. Thank you. | 00:03:29 | |
Share the screen here. | 00:03:33 | |
OK, everybody can see that. Good. So good evening, Commissioners, members of the public and city staff, thank you for the | 00:03:41 | |
opportunity to provide you with an overview of your Police Department. Our motto is our community, your police. Our mission is to | 00:03:48 | |
provide exceptional public safety service and enhance the quality of life in our community. We have 5 core values of excellence, | 00:03:54 | |
community respect, professionalism and integrity. And our staff do their very best each and every day to live up to these values | 00:04:01 | |
and work together to accomplish our. | 00:04:07 | |
OK. Our team when fully staffed has a total of 34. | 00:04:20 | |
There are 23 sworn and 11 professional staff. We are currently recruiting for two community service officers and two police | 00:04:24 | |
service technicians. On July 31st we welcomed a new Police commander to the team and I'd like to ask him to stand up real quick. | 00:04:32 | |
So we can meet him. This is Brian Anderson. He comes through us from the city of San Jose. He was. | 00:04:40 | |
We retired there as Lieutenant. He started, as I said on July 31st and we threw him right into the fire because I was on 10 days | 00:04:49 | |
of vacation and the commander Santos. Stand up please, Sir. | 00:04:55 | |
You know our Dave. | 00:05:01 | |
He had an unexpected. | 00:05:05 | |
Incident. So he was out of work. | 00:05:07 | |
Commander Anderson was in charge right away. He did great while I was away. Just so you know. OK, so back to the presentation. So | 00:05:10 | |
recruiting and retention is affecting departments across the nation. So recruiting costs money and takes a significant amount of | 00:05:17 | |
time, which is why retaining good staff is very important and helps us provide service to our community. | 00:05:24 | |
Our team is very diverse. We are more diverse than the community we serve, which is important to mention because we are tourist | 00:05:32 | |
destination. | 00:05:35 | |
The stats I'm providing are based on 31 members, which will change slightly when we hire our next four employees. So currently we | 00:05:40 | |
have 34% female, 61% male. We are 59% white, 6% African American, 19% Hispanic and 16% Asian. | 00:05:49 | |
So having a healthy culture within the Police Department is vital to providing professional and quality service to our community. | 00:06:01 | |
I believe that providing the staff with the best. So so you see my graph here is is a three legged stool. | 00:06:08 | |
Right. And so the staff is up on top. The staff to me is the most valuable. | 00:06:15 | |
Of our of our assets that we have and each of the three lakes need to be working. So providing best police practices which is our | 00:06:20 | |
accreditation program, taking care of our staff mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally, which is the Wellness leg and | 00:06:26 | |
developing the team professionally and personally, which is the training leg. | 00:06:32 | |
With the most advanced and timely training is the key to the success. All three legs on the stool revolve around staff, and as I | 00:06:39 | |
just stated, staff are our most valuable resource. I believe the way they are treated directly impacts the way they treat members | 00:06:46 | |
of the public they encounter. If one of the legs of the stool is broken, the stool isn't stable. | 00:06:52 | |
You might be able to use your balance and lean on the seat of the stool, but all three legs must be working for there to be a | 00:06:59 | |
solid foundation. So let's dive into what each of these three legs are and how they are, how we are creating and cultivating a | 00:07:04 | |
solid foundation in the Police Department. | 00:07:09 | |
So Kali accreditation, our department voluntarily enrolled in Kalia, which is the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement | 00:07:14 | |
Agencies in January of 2018. Glee accreditation aims to establish a foundation for public safety agencies that focus on achieving | 00:07:20 | |
the best outcomes in the delivery of services. | 00:07:26 | |
Consistent internal and external review combined with third party validation of an agency's policies and procedures is critical in | 00:07:33 | |
delivering high quality public service safety services and promoting accountability. Although accreditation does not prevent all | 00:07:40 | |
adverse outcomes, it does set the course for success and provides a tool for review and ongoing measurement. Accreditation is | 00:07:48 | |
built on best practices in the form of standards. Our department was awarded clear accreditation in November of 2020. | 00:07:56 | |
Since then, we have completed and will continue to complete annual compliance reviews as we prepare for our next on site | 00:08:04 | |
assessment with independent auditors, which it will be in 2024, around November of 2024 and I also like to add that. | 00:08:12 | |
We are the only accredited agency and at least three counties, and we are the smallest municipal accredited Police Department in | 00:08:20 | |
the whole state of California. So through accreditation, there is a clear commitment to procedural justice, ethical policing, | 00:08:27 | |
Community Trust and engagement, transparency and service delivery, appropriate organizational culture, fairness and systems and | 00:08:33 | |
processes, and consistency in what citizens should expect from their Police Department. | 00:08:40 | |
And it is an ongoing. | 00:08:47 | |
The Wellness leg is very important to me and our administrative team, officers working on patrol who are not in the correct frame | 00:08:50 | |
of mind. | 00:08:54 | |
Can result in significant consequences to everyone involved, which is why so much effort is put into providing every resource | 00:08:59 | |
possible to our staff. | 00:09:03 | |
We have a one police chaplain, Pastor Charlie Rodriguez from the Peninsula Church, and we're always looking for other pastors to | 00:09:07 | |
join. So if anybody's interested in that, they can contact me or one of the commanders. We have a a peer support team that | 00:09:14 | |
consists of five members of the Police Department specially trained to help members process their responses to critical incidents. | 00:09:20 | |
We contracted with an employee assistance program that specializes in dealing with first responders and the critical incidents | 00:09:27 | |
they respond to. | 00:09:31 | |
We also have a software program called the Guardian Tracking Program that helps us monitor officers behaviors, their early warning | 00:09:35 | |
indicators. | 00:09:39 | |
To more significant issues so we can address them. | 00:09:43 | |
Early on and help prevent them from compounding or manifesting into larger problems. | 00:09:47 | |
Finally, we provide our each officer and their family members with an application, the Lighthouse app on their phones that | 00:09:52 | |
provides them with real time resources and tools. Why is this important? | 00:09:57 | |
The average person experiences 2 to 3 critical incidents in their lifetime, while the average police officer can see upwards of | 00:10:03 | |
188 critical incidents throughout their twenty year career. | 00:10:09 | |
Training last leg. | 00:10:16 | |
Our department participates in and follows hiring standards and training requirements specified by the California Commission on | 00:10:19 | |
Peace Officer Standards and Training. | 00:10:23 | |
Some department members started their law enforcement career in Pacific Grove and others are lateral officers who bring a wide | 00:10:28 | |
variety of law enforcement experience from other agencies. So, for example, the two commanders of myself are lateral officers. We | 00:10:33 | |
come in from different departments. All peace officers in the state of California are required to attend an accredited police | 00:10:38 | |
Academy. | 00:10:44 | |
Our department also invests in additional advanced training for our staff. | 00:11:25 | |
PGPD participates in the One Mine Pledge, which implements strategies for improving police response to persons affected by mental | 00:11:29 | |
illness. All sworn members of the PD attend Crisis Intervention Training in 2023. Members of the PD attended 2909 hours of | 00:11:35 | |
training throughout the year. | 00:11:41 | |
We we fully understand without the public's trust, it doesn't matter. If we have a good foundation internally, we will not be | 00:11:50 | |
successful. We believe one of the best ways to gain the public trust is to have continual positive interactions with our community | 00:11:55 | |
and members of the public. | 00:12:00 | |
We love engaging with our community and attend nearly every community event that occurs in the city. In addition, we also host | 00:12:05 | |
several events throughout the year to help maintain and grow our relationships with the public. | 00:12:10 | |
This slide shows a list of the larger events we host throughout the year. The key to each of these events is the opportunity for | 00:12:16 | |
members of the public to interact and get to know our staff understand that we are humans behind the badge and uniforms we wear. | 00:12:23 | |
Relationships or bonds are fortified and built, which help promote trust and collaboration. | 00:12:30 | |
We just graduated our second youth Academy in May and we hope to host another Citizens Academy in the fall. | 00:12:35 | |
Our National Night Out event has grown each year. It's a family event held the first Tuesday of every August. Our Halloween event | 00:12:41 | |
is so much fun. We love getting dressed up and engaging with the community. | 00:12:47 | |
We often host coffee with a cop events at business locations in the community and we'll be holding one of those in on September | 00:12:53 | |
15th from 10:00 to 11:30 and the location will be determined. | 00:12:58 | |
So please follow us on our social media and come join us. We participate in the Special Olympics events that help raise funds for | 00:13:04 | |
the athletes. We also reestablished our Neighborhood Watch program. And finally, our school resource program is built on a | 00:13:11 | |
partnership with PG USD. Their relationship between the SRO students, faculty and parents are immeasurable and invaluable. | 00:13:18 | |
SRO programs encourage dialogue between schools and law enforcement to help bridge the gap across professional cultures. It helps | 00:13:26 | |
prevent school based violence, connect at risk students and needed services, divert youth from juvenile court and create safe, | 00:13:31 | |
secure and peaceful school environments. | 00:13:36 | |
Members of the PGP. | 00:13:42 | |
Police Department understand and take our mission seriously. We strive to promote peace and harmony with all by building strong | 00:13:44 | |
relationships with our community. We are committed to our values of excellence, community respect, professionalism, integrity. We | 00:13:50 | |
live up to our model of our community and your police. | 00:13:55 | |
So thank you again for the opportunity and I'd be happy to answer any questions, although no questions are allowed for this | 00:14:02 | |
matter, but I will. | 00:14:05 | |
I am always available via e-mail and phone and you can also pop in the office if I'm there. I I love to interact with the | 00:14:09 | |
community. My door is always open but I'll leave the slide up for a few minutes. So this is the way you can connect with us and | 00:14:16 | |
follow us on social media so that you can learn about any of the events that we're having any anything that's significant for you | 00:14:23 | |
to know about as long as as in regards to police incidents that are going on. So this is the best way to contact with us so. | 00:14:30 | |
Thank you, Chief. Madeline here, I think. Thank you so much for having me. We can G very proud of many of the aspects of the city | 00:14:37 | |
organization that we've heard about tonight, the Police Department. So yes, I will note that the presentation that the chief gave | 00:14:43 | |
is attached to the agenda that is available online. And also, Chief, if you could say the date of the next coffee with the cops, | 00:14:50 | |
even though you don't know the location yet, sure, it'll be Friday, September 15th, it'll be from 10:00 to 11:30 at a location in | 00:14:56 | |
the city. | 00:15:02 | |
Thank you so much. We really appreciate your being here. My pleasure. | 00:15:08 | |
Item number four on the agenda is task force and staff announcements, City related items only. | 00:15:16 | |
Are there any task force announcements? | 00:15:23 | |
You will not be surprised to hear that I have a few. | 00:15:33 | |
First, I'd like to comment on the resignation of Secretary Donna Stevens. I wanted to share some of Secretary Stevens resignation | 00:15:37 | |
letter to the mayor and the task force because she does address the citizens of Pacific Grove as part of it. I'm quoting. Please | 00:15:44 | |
know that I'm thankful and honored that I had the opportunity to serve on such an esteemed task force. It was my pleasure to serve | 00:15:51 | |
with each of you to move the needle on diversity. | 00:15:58 | |
Equity and inclusion efforts in the City of Pacific Grove. I am proud of the work the Task Force has achieved and is proposing to | 00:16:05 | |
accomplish to move towards unity in the City of Pacific Grove. | 00:16:11 | |
Finally, I want to address the citizens of Pacific Grove. At every DEI Task Force meeting, I felt your passion and dedication to | 00:16:17 | |
the place referred to as America's Last Hometown. | 00:16:23 | |
I'm hopeful that everyone can respect each other's opinions, even if they are contrary to your own, and instead focus on what you | 00:16:30 | |
have in common as you continue the great work you're doing to build a more inclusive community. | 00:16:37 | |
We appreciate Secretary Stevens's contributions and wish her all the best in the future and as mentioned, we do have a new task | 00:16:44 | |
force member appointed and we look forward to their attendance at the next meeting. | 00:16:50 | |
I wanted to acknowledge the June closing of Pacific Grove Cleaners after 97 years in business. | 00:16:56 | |
And the contributions of Randy Uchida and his family for nearly a century to the business and cultural life of Pacific Grove. Mr. | 00:17:03 | |
Uchida, Randy's grandfather opened the business in 1926. Because California law prohibited anyone of Asian lineage from owning | 00:17:10 | |
land, Mr. Uchida had to have a white friend buy the property and lease it back to him. | 00:17:18 | |
In 1942, with other neighbors of Japanese ancestry, the family was sent to an internment camp and their property was seized. | 00:17:26 | |
Thanks to the kindness of friends and others, they were able to reclaim their property upon return and flourish in our community. | 00:17:34 | |
I want to recognize their strength, resilience, resilience, and service to our community for nearly 100 years. | 00:17:41 | |
The month of July was Disability Pride Month, an opportunity to honor the history, achievements, experiences and challenges faced | 00:17:50 | |
by individuals with disabilities. | 00:17:55 | |
Both visible and invisible, the Americans with Disability Act, known as the ADA, was passed in July 1990. | 00:18:01 | |
Hence the recognition in July, the 2023 theme for Disability Pride Month was Advancing Access and Equity. | 00:18:10 | |
I very much hope that next July council will acknowledge this landmark month and the city will fly the disability flag. | 00:18:19 | |
I also want to appreciate the Mayor's August 2nd Proclamation honoring the all black 54th Coast Artillery Regiment who served our | 00:18:27 | |
country so honorably while experiencing lifelong prejudice and discrimination. | 00:18:34 | |
It made such an impact on me to hear directly from surviving regiment member William E Jackson, senior in a 2011 Santa Cruz | 00:18:42 | |
interview. It's available online, of his life as a black man in segregated military and civilian life. | 00:18:51 | |
I also want to recognize the Hiroshima Nagasaki Remembrance and Floating Peace Lantern ceremony on August 5th at Lovers Point. | 00:19:00 | |
It was a solemn and moving remembrance. | 00:19:09 | |
And finally, Pacific Grove schools are back in session and I hope we can all help facilitate the safety of our communities | 00:19:12 | |
children by driving carefully during school hours around schools. | 00:19:17 | |
And watching out for each other. | 00:19:23 | |
Are there any staff announce? | 00:19:26 | |
Staff has no announcements. | 00:19:29 | |
Thank you. | 00:19:31 | |
Item number 5 is Council liaison announce. | 00:19:33 | |
Council member Padori. | 00:19:38 | |
Or are there any announcements from council member Padori? | 00:19:41 | |
Yes, there is. Council member Padori could not be present tonight, but on behalf of him he asked that I share. He first wanted to | 00:19:45 | |
congratulate Coral Barrett on their appointment and welcome them to the task force and and looking forward to meeting them next | 00:19:50 | |
month. | 00:19:56 | |
He also wanted to report that last month he had the opportunity to attend Monterey County's inaugural annual Race Relations Summit | 00:20:03 | |
meeting in Seaside, CA. The event was hosted by the black leaders and allies. | 00:20:10 | |
The goal was to bring regional community leaders to talk about race and the importance of diversity in work, environment and in | 00:20:17 | |
our communities. | 00:20:21 | |
His big take away was that we are all in this together and he wanted to especially thank the DI Task Force for the important work | 00:20:26 | |
that you all are doing for our community. Thank you. | 00:20:32 | |
Thank you. | 00:20:38 | |
Item number six is general public. | 00:20:41 | |
This is an opportunity for members of the public to comment on any item that is not on the agenda that is within the jurisdiction | 00:20:44 | |
of the City and of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force. And I will note that the Task Force often receives comments via | 00:20:51 | |
e-mail between meetings. I want to acknowledge the comments and the community interest. Task Force members are not able to engage | 00:20:58 | |
in dialogue via e-mail. | 00:21:04 | |
Comments regarding items on the regular agenda shall be heard prior to the task force consideration of the items at such times as | 00:21:13 | |
items are called. | 00:21:17 | |
And each member of the public may comment once per agenda. | 00:21:22 | |
Comments from the public will be limited to 3 minutes and will not receive Task Force action. | 00:21:27 | |
Speakers must adhere to the time limits, using the time limit lights as a guide. | 00:21:33 | |
Comments and statements should be addressed to the task force and not the audience. | 00:21:38 | |
Public comment is encouraged if it is not disruptive to the meeting. | 00:21:44 | |
As the chair, if someone chooses to engage in disruptive conduct, I will respond in a viewpoint neutral manner according to the | 00:21:48 | |
following rules of order. | 00:21:53 | |
Asking the individual to cease the disruptive behavior or call a meeting recess If the disruption continues, I may confer with | 00:21:58 | |
city staff, including the City attorney. | 00:22:04 | |
Ask that the member of the public making the disruption be ejected from the meeting. | 00:22:10 | |
Or adjourn the meeting. | 00:22:14 | |
Comments may be made in person or remotely using Zoom or by phone. | 00:22:17 | |
If in person, please come up to the podium one at a time and watch the time. Keeping lights red means that your 3 minutes has | 00:22:23 | |
ended. If joining the meeting by phone, please press star 9 to raise your hand to speak. | 00:22:30 | |
And Star 6 to unmute your phone. | 00:22:37 | |
I will now open general public comment to members of the public present. Would you indulge a comment? | 00:22:41 | |
To go back. | 00:22:49 | |
Would that be all right if point of indulge I'm sorry I missed that. Yeah indulgement. So what this would be doing is going | 00:22:51 | |
reopening then the staff. | 00:22:56 | |
Oh, yeah, that's at the Chair's discussion anyway. OK. So before I open general public comment, we'll go back to the task force | 00:23:03 | |
comments, OK And go to vice chair Mark. Thank you. | 00:23:10 | |
I couldn't remember the Robert's Rules for that. I did want to acknowledge we have a larger. | 00:23:18 | |
A larger number of community members here and I wanted to welcome. | 00:23:27 | |
And thank you for being here. | 00:23:33 | |
Your community engagement is very important to us. Your viewpoints matter and. | 00:23:37 | |
One of our charters is to have community engagement. So I'm hoping that we will continue to see you and and that you will come up | 00:23:44 | |
to this public comment portion and you will speak your mind, positive, negative, creative thoughts, whatever. So thank you again | 00:23:51 | |
for being here. | 00:23:59 | |
Thank you, Vice. | 00:24:08 | |
And now I will open general public comment and we will take members of the public who are present in person 1st and then we will | 00:24:11 | |
go remotely. | 00:24:15 | |
The podium is right. | 00:24:21 | |
Welcome. | 00:24:30 | |
Thank you. I'm Colleen Ingram, resident. | 00:24:32 | |
Thank you very much for the work you do. | 00:24:36 | |
I just wanted to give a shout out to Ralph Romero and his blog called The Peninsula Report. | 00:24:39 | |
You can find it. | 00:24:45 | |
Thepr.substack.com. | 00:24:47 | |
And I'll send that to you in an. | 00:24:51 | |
But this blog highlights feel good stories and events happening in the Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. | 00:24:53 | |
That celebrate our DI. | 00:24:59 | |
The most recent. | 00:25:01 | |
Includes information about Monterey City expanding its walking tour to include the Pearl District Path with history of Asian | 00:25:03 | |
immigrants and eventual Sicilian settlement. | 00:25:08 | |
Lower Presidio New Monterey Path will show importance of the Chinese and Portuguese and how they impacted Cannery Row. | 00:25:14 | |
Other August events highlighted are West End celebration in Sand City, the Turkish festival in Monterey. | 00:25:24 | |
There are new business features and a wonderful. | 00:25:31 | |
About the Salinas High School Students Invitation to the Mikvah Challenge Soapbox National Showcase in Washington, DC. | 00:25:35 | |
The Challenge is a public speaking program that challenges young people to speak out about issues that affect their lives. | 00:25:44 | |
Zabela's speech was a fact filled love letter to. | 00:25:51 | |
The farm workers who supply our nation with food. | 00:25:55 | |
As the daughter of farm workers, she wrote the speech as a way to thank her parents to let them know their work is valued and that | 00:25:59 | |
she is so proud of. | 00:26:03 | |
Being your daughter. | 00:26:08 | |
So if you get a chance, check it out. It's really nice. | 00:26:09 | |
Thank you. | 00:26:13 | |
Thank you. | 00:26:15 | |
Welcome. And the DI Task Force, Miss Kendall. My name is Mike Gibbs. I'm a member of the EDC here in Pacific Grove, speaking as a | 00:26:34 | |
private citizen. | 00:26:40 | |
And I just a couple of recognitions the CHIEF give, I've seen the presentation before but. | 00:26:45 | |
Her Wellness program is outstanding and it's true, is one of the few certification programs among small cities in the United, not | 00:26:50 | |
California, but the United States. So that's a wonderful thing. And I would like to also thank Chairman Bowie for the shout out to | 00:26:56 | |
the 54th and also sending me the video. | 00:27:02 | |
I think interview with Mr. Williams and that was extremely interesting so. | 00:27:09 | |
I'm here tonight just to you know I'm it's great to see everybody here. This is probably as many people of every other meeting for | 00:27:13 | |
the past 10 meetings put together which I have been at most of and I'm here to talk about EE is the equity in. | 00:27:20 | |
Dei A lot of people think that the E stands for equality, It stands for equity. We have things like the women's, you know, equal | 00:27:28 | |
Rights Amendment. | 00:27:32 | |
Not the equity Rights amendment, it was the Equal Rights Amendment. And I think some people are confused about the difference | 00:27:37 | |
between the two things. Equity is common outcomes and equality is common opportunity. Everybody has the same opportunity, but | 00:27:44 | |
equity calls for the same outcome for mostly everybody. So when I was in traveling in the South part of Peru and the Inca. | 00:27:51 | |
Outback near Arekeepa. There's it's a it's a big famous Inca culture makes the Keshava language and they have a saying that when | 00:27:58 | |
you walk down the street the Ke$ha would agree to each other. Amasua Amayu on Makia and I probably goof that up, but it's | 00:28:04 | |
basically. | 00:28:10 | |
Don't cheat, don't steal, don't lie. And I think that one of the things that. | 00:28:16 | |
We're starting to see in our school system is the development of equity, equity, grading, those kind of things in the school | 00:28:22 | |
system. | 00:28:25 | |
And the current PG USD school system is looking at equity grading. | 00:28:29 | |
Which basically says that cheating is taken out of. | 00:28:35 | |
The equation cheating doesn't count or it's given a pass. | 00:28:39 | |
And I It made me think of the Inca Don't cheat. Don't. | 00:28:42 | |
Kind of. | 00:28:47 | |
And outcomes are like that are not common in the workforce. If you get a job, you're expected to not cheat. You're held | 00:28:48 | |
accountable if you don't. And I and to me, the equity. | 00:28:53 | |
Umm, sort of. Movement has gone way too far to make sure everybody is treated exactly the same regardless of their work ethic. | 00:29:00 | |
Regardless the preparation, regardless of their homework, regardless of their ability to contribute to the team, nonetheless | 00:29:08 | |
everybody's treated the same way and I I think it's it's gone to, you know, kind of the wrong direction. | 00:29:13 | |
So for me, the E always stood for equality and let's make sure we give everybody the same opportunity to achieve at their own | 00:29:19 | |
level. | 00:29:23 | |
And so that's my comment here tonight. I appreciate your service. It's great to see everybody here and I hope other people talk | 00:29:27 | |
up. I'm looking forward to what they have to say. Thank you very much. | 00:29:32 | |
Thank you. | 00:29:38 | |
Welcome, Madam Chair, Madam Vice Chair, Member, Madam Clerk. | 00:29:46 | |
My name is Segal and Rub. | 00:29:51 | |
It's the first time I come here. I've been living in Pacific Grove for nine years. | 00:29:54 | |
And I just want to to to tell a little story of one night when we were in our house and we've been flying a rainbow flag since we | 00:29:59 | |
moved to PG. | 00:30:04 | |
And one night we heard little bang on our door, very timid. And it was a group of students from the middle school, from Pacific | 00:30:10 | |
Grove Middle School. | 00:30:14 | |
Who had gathered enough courage to come and let us know how important for them it was to see our flag, the flag on our house, | 00:30:19 | |
because it made them feel safer? | 00:30:25 | |
And all these signs like the like the City Hall and the police flying the flag, all these signs are so important for people who | 00:30:31 | |
feel like they're not part of. | 00:30:36 | |
And what you're doing is essential. | 00:30:42 | |
Oh, and by the way, there's never too much equity that doesn't exist. | 00:30:45 | |
And and to finish, 'cause I'm I'm gonna make it short to finish to go back to the the schools. | 00:30:49 | |
Pacific Grove Union School District. I mean, we moved from Paris and we looked at all the schools on the West Coast and there were | 00:30:56 | |
two that respected our criteria and PG was one of them. | 00:31:02 | |
So from Europe we flew direct to. | 00:31:09 | |
Because of the school, thank you to the school. So I just want to say that this school district is so strong. | 00:31:11 | |
And so dedicated to the well-being of all their students that surely. | 00:31:19 | |
And with the results they have, they know better than any of us, simple citizen, what they're doing. | 00:31:27 | |
My son graduate. Our son graduated from TGI school two years ago. He's thriving in UC Irvine. | 00:31:34 | |
And so are all his friends from the Pacific Grove School District. So again. | 00:31:40 | |
Thank you very much the I task force. I appreciate what you do. I encourage you to do even. | 00:31:46 | |
Thanks. | 00:31:51 | |
Thank you. | 00:31:53 | |
Welcome. | 00:32:02 | |
Thank you. Good evening. My name is Carol Marquardt. I live in Pacific Grove and. | 00:32:03 | |
See, I'm really happy I've been to all these meetings. | 00:32:10 | |
And we'll be happy to see people here and we now have three DI task force members here. | 00:32:15 | |
And I learned there were five appointed and looking forward to the. | 00:32:23 | |
Person. | 00:32:28 | |
Going to be appointed and I'm looking forward to also. | 00:32:30 | |
Councilmember Padori attending I I don't think I've seen him attend in the last five meetings that I've been here. | 00:32:34 | |
In the past I have talked about. | 00:32:42 | |
A proposal that the DEI task Force had of spending $356,000 for a consultant. I don't know if that's coming up tonight, but I | 00:32:46 | |
understand the seed collaborative. | 00:32:52 | |
Is an organization in Southern California, and he recommends that the state must ask for. | 00:32:59 | |
Age, gender, gender orientation, gender expression and income for any applicant. | 00:33:06 | |
Who replies in the city Pacific Grove. | 00:33:13 | |
Now I understand from reading the Wall Street Journal and the Monroe Herald and many other newspapers that there are certain | 00:33:17 | |
protected groups. | 00:33:22 | |
And they are and I have to read this. | 00:33:27 | |
Race, Sex, Color, Ethnicity, National origin, Religion, Sexual orientation, Gender identity, Age, Disability. | 00:33:32 | |
Generic information and veteran status. Now that's a lot of protected people, so I wonder if the number of people. | 00:33:41 | |
Been discriminated against are going to outnumber the people who are discriminating. | 00:33:52 | |
And I also remind you that Chief Justice John Roberts the majority opinion in June and. | 00:33:59 | |
That was against the preferential admissions in certain universities and his conclusion is that. | 00:34:08 | |
Applicants or anybody must be treated based on his or her experiences and individual. | 00:34:17 | |
And not as a basis of race. Thank. | 00:34:24 | |
Thank you. | 00:34:28 | |
Welcome. | 00:34:39 | |
Hello, my name is Liz Jacobs. I'm a resident in Pacific Grove. | 00:34:42 | |
I am here because I first of all want to say thank you so much for the work that you do. | 00:34:47 | |
It's very affirming for me and in these times especially and I it's much appreciated. | 00:34:53 | |
I among the hats I wear, one of them is that I'm the chair of the Business Improvement District in Pacific Grove and. | 00:35:02 | |
You know, in our August meeting following discussion of the Supreme Court ruling that businesses may if they want to. | 00:35:11 | |
Refused service to people that they feel violate their religions or offend them. | 00:35:23 | |
And this was targeted, of course, at the LGBTQ plus community and. | 00:35:29 | |
The business owners in Pacific Grove that were attending the August meeting voted. | 00:35:36 | |
To. | 00:35:43 | |
Create and distribute decals for businesses in the Lighthouse District in the downtown. | 00:35:45 | |
That say all are welcome because we we feel that it's a step backward to, you know refuse service we feel. | 00:35:51 | |
And that we don't want to lose the. | 00:36:01 | |
The inclusivity. | 00:36:04 | |
Our our dedication to the whole community. | 00:36:07 | |
And I just wanted to say you, this will be happening in the future and. | 00:36:11 | |
You know it's. | 00:36:19 | |
I think we feel that it's very much in line with the work that you're doing. I just wanted to come here and say, you know, thank | 00:36:19 | |
you for for what you're doing. | 00:36:23 | |
And you know, we appreciate the the dissent opinions, I guess in the. | 00:36:28 | |
Supreme Court that say the 14th Amendment does say that we are all protected The the IT makes provisions for protecting all | 00:36:34 | |
members of society. So yeah, thank you so much for having that as your ethos. And I think the majority of people in our community | 00:36:41 | |
feel the same way. Thank you. | 00:36:48 | |
Thank you. | 00:36:56 | |
Welcome. | 00:37:05 | |
My name is Beth Walker. My pronouns are she. | 00:37:09 | |
I'd like to speak directly to the task force and say thank you for all that you're doing. I know this work is difficult, but | 00:37:13 | |
desperately needed. | 00:37:17 | |
And absolutely worth it. | 00:37:22 | |
I was reminded in the 4th of July parade where we had a contingent for Monterey Peninsula Pride. | 00:37:25 | |
That there are a lot more of people who believe in the DEI work than not. | 00:37:32 | |
It was a. | 00:37:38 | |
Reminder that there can be hope. | 00:37:41 | |
I know that. | 00:37:46 | |
The dissenting opinion can be loud and bullying, but we have more supporters, more people that believe like we do, that we can be | 00:37:49 | |
Better Together. More diversity is better and change is good. | 00:37:55 | |
I am sure sometimes it feels like you're walking alone. | 00:38:02 | |
And nothing could be further from the truth. | 00:38:06 | |
I'd also like to speak to things that I have heard people say from this podium. | 00:38:09 | |
This task force has existed for 2 1/2 years. I know that a lot of people haven't paid attention up until the last election. | 00:38:13 | |
The intimidation and attacks on the LGBTQ AI Plus community using conspiracy theory. Talking points, National Q Anon Conspiracy | 00:38:24 | |
theory. | 00:38:29 | |
Theory talking points such as we can live with the L and the G and the B, but the rest of the alphabet has to go. | 00:38:35 | |
That's not the way it. | 00:38:43 | |
There's just as many people in this country with green eyes as there are transgender. | 00:38:46 | |
Are we going to murder all of the green eyed people in this country? I don't think so. | 00:38:51 | |
Small minded people don't get to decide whose life they approve of or. | 00:38:56 | |
For those that do not understand your impact. | 00:39:00 | |
These kids are more than likely to be tormented in school, experience domestic violence, more likely to become homeless, more | 00:39:03 | |
likely to self harm, and more likely to attempt suicide. They are trying to live their authentic life and they deserve our | 00:39:09 | |
support. | 00:39:15 | |
I'd like to speak directly to our neighbors of color, LGBTQ AI, plus families, friends, neighbors, especially our queer and trans | 00:39:21 | |
youth. | 00:39:25 | |
You are loved, supported. You are worth fighting. | 00:39:30 | |
Please do not let these bullies get in the way of you pursuing and living your best life in your authentic self. | 00:39:34 | |
Don't let a small group of hateful people change how you feel about our city or how you feel about yourselves. | 00:39:41 | |
We see you. We love you, We support you, and you have allies here. Thank you. | 00:39:48 | |
Thank you. | 00:39:55 | |
Taking no other public comment in person. | 00:40:05 | |
Are there any who would? Oh, here's one more. | 00:40:08 | |
Welcome. | 00:40:13 | |
Hi there. My name is Melanie Zaragoza. I'm board chair of Monterey Peninsula Pride, but here acting as a private citizen. | 00:40:16 | |
I just also want to thank this task force for being here. I've been board chair for Monterey Peninsula Pride since 2021, and it's | 00:40:24 | |
been some of the most rewarding work that I've done in my 10 years in the nonprofit sector. | 00:40:31 | |
It's volunteer work. | 00:40:39 | |
And myself and ten other people work countless hours to serve the queer community here. And that was very visible at our Pride | 00:40:41 | |
parade last month, and I hope that many of you were there. | 00:40:48 | |
So I just want to say thank you on behalf of Monterey Peninsula Pride and myself for having this task force. We know that | 00:40:56 | |
diversity is so important, equity is so important, inclusion is. | 00:41:02 | |
So important. This is such a privileged community and it is a privilege to be a part of it as well and as a young person at | 00:41:08 | |
Chicana. | 00:41:13 | |
And a person who's part of the queer community. I just want to encourage you to keep the work going. | 00:41:18 | |
And I'll bring my own phrase forward that I heard when I was in school, which is equality is making sure everybody has shoes. | 00:41:23 | |
Equity is making sure everybody has shoes that fit. | 00:41:32 | |
Thanks. | 00:41:37 | |
Thank you. | 00:41:39 | |
Welcome. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thanks for your work. I really appreciate you all. And I just wanted to quickly address the | 00:41:49 | |
issue of equitable grading. | 00:41:55 | |
That was mischaracterized here this evening. It is not about turning a blind eye to cheating. Equitable grading is about. | 00:42:03 | |
Mastery. Making sure that the student has mastery of the material instead of penalizing them in a way that does not recognize | 00:42:13 | |
their work. For example, a neighbor of mine, a young man, he turned he had a situation in his family and he turned in his | 00:42:19 | |
assignment late. | 00:42:26 | |
And he was penalized 50%. | 00:42:32 | |
And so that. | 00:42:35 | |
Do anything about his learning. He had the material, he had an A, but because it was late and that for some reason they weren't | 00:42:38 | |
able to let that the teacher know he was penalized. So equitable grad. | 00:42:44 | |
Is about that. It's not about allowing cheating and also regarding trans people. | 00:42:51 | |
Erasing people. | 00:42:58 | |
Is fascism and we don't do that in this country. | 00:43:00 | |
Thank you. | 00:43:04 | |
Thank you. | 00:43:07 | |
Clerk TEI Coordinator Kendall, Do we have any citizens who would like to comment on general public comment remotely? | 00:43:14 | |
I do not see any hands raised. | 00:43:23 | |
OK. Thank you. | 00:43:26 | |
I will now close general public. | 00:43:28 | |
Item number seven is the consent agenda. This deals with routine and non controversial matters. The vote on the consent agenda | 00:43:32 | |
applies to each item unless removed. | 00:43:37 | |
Any task force member or the public may remove an item for individual consideration. | 00:43:43 | |
When items are pulled for discussion, they are placed at the end of the regular agenda. | 00:43:49 | |
One motion shall be made to approve all non removed items on the consent agenda. | 00:43:54 | |
Are there any requests by a task force member or the public to remove a consent agenda item? | 00:43:59 | |
Clerk DI Coordinator Kendall. | 00:44:07 | |
Sorry, any request from the public to remove a consent agenda item? No, Nobody online. OK, thank you. Seeing none, I would move to | 00:44:10 | |
approve the consent agenda. Is there a second? | 00:44:16 | |
2nd. | 00:44:23 | |
Members, thank you. | 00:44:25 | |
City Clerk the Coordinator Kendell, may we have a roll call vote. | 00:44:28 | |
Yes, chair, chair. | 00:44:33 | |
I remember hoops. | 00:44:35 | |
Aye, Vice Chair Marks. | 00:44:38 | |
Motion carries 3. | 00:44:41 | |
Thank you. The minutes of the June 12th, 2023 DI Task Force Regular meeting and the July 10th, 2023 DEI Task Force regular meeting | 00:44:44 | |
adjourned due to a lack of quorum were approved. | 00:44:51 | |
And then item number 8A on the regular agenda has been continued to the September 11th meeting. | 00:44:59 | |
Item number 8B on the regular agenda is a report from the underrepresented Groups and Communities Subcommittee. | 00:45:07 | |
There'll be a brief oral agenda report, then task force come, task force questions. | 00:45:14 | |
Then public comment on this agenda item and then task force discussion. | 00:45:20 | |
As the remaining member of the underrepresented groups and community subcommittee, I will present the report. | 00:45:26 | |
And I will note that this subcommittee was established by the task force because several items in our purpose have to do with | 00:45:33 | |
underrepresented communities. | 00:45:39 | |
First of all, our Task Force Purpose Item C is to promote the participation of underrepresented communities. | 00:45:47 | |
Including, but not limited to, people of color. | 00:45:56 | |
LGBTQ. | 00:46:01 | |
People with disabilities, immigrants and others and monitor change that occurs to diversity, equity, inclusion and racial justice | 00:46:02 | |
within the city. | 00:46:07 | |
And item D of our purpose is to provide feedback, guidance, strategies and recommendations to increase community engagement by | 00:46:12 | |
underrepresented groups. | 00:46:17 | |
And as a task force, we felt that having a shared understanding of the terms underrepresented groups and underrepresented | 00:46:24 | |
communities would help us in our work with and for the community. So you heard a presentation tonight from our Police Department. | 00:46:30 | |
Every month we've been having a presentation from different community groups or parts of the city that help us understand more | 00:46:36 | |
about our community and about underrepresented groups within the community. For example, at the last meeting we had a | 00:46:42 | |
presentation. | 00:46:48 | |
By the President, CEO of the Chamber of Commerce. So we heard from the business organization. | 00:46:55 | |
So during July, Secretary Stevens and I continued working on identifying underrepresented groups and communities not listed in the | 00:47:01 | |
task force purpose. And one thing that we found was it's possible to get demographic data, for example, from the census, but self | 00:47:09 | |
identification is not something that's usually captured with traditional data gathering models. So we see that as sort of a big | 00:47:16 | |
hole quite frankly that somebody who's experienced in this work who has done. | 00:47:24 | |
A lot of work in cities and communities might be able to help the other. | 00:47:32 | |
We also hoped to bring back information as we continue to work on this to help us as a task force. Another item in our purpose is | 00:47:37 | |
to develop a community lens to examine city policies, programs, and practices. So getting a broader sense of our community is | 00:47:44 | |
going to help us develop that community lens. | 00:47:52 | |
I will say that a couple of things that we did notice before Secretary Stevens had to leave was that one area that we noted is | 00:48:00 | |
that Pacific Grove does not have a Youth advisory committee to represent the approximately 18% of Pacific Grove's population that | 00:48:07 | |
is 18 and under. In fact, the City Charter does not allow anyone to be appointed to a committee unless they're old enough to | 00:48:13 | |
register to vote. | 00:48:19 | |
And we think that we felt that the work of the youth ambassadors, most recently this summer, shows the value of welcoming and | 00:48:27 | |
including young voices and perspectives into civic life. Valuable not only for now, but certainly for the future when we want to | 00:48:32 | |
have engaged citizens. | 00:48:37 | |
And then, although people of color are specified as one underrepresented community, Secretary Stevens and I noted that there are | 00:48:43 | |
many different groups and experiences within that phrase. | 00:48:49 | |
And it is very clear to us as a task force, and I'll say this, having been on the task force since the beginning that expressed | 00:48:55 | |
public interest from our very beginning, including to the present, there is, let me put it another way, there has been and there | 00:49:03 | |
continues to be expressed public interest in recognizing, learning about and never forgetting. | 00:49:10 | |
For example, Pacific Groves, Chinese. | 00:49:18 | |
Or the black and African American life in Pacific Grove, Japanese American history, indigenous people, and many others. | 00:49:21 | |
We feel that this is such an important part of the work of diversity, equity and inclusion for Pacific Grove, learning about our | 00:49:30 | |
shared history and heritage, but also hearing directly from the people whose lives and experiences were changed and also helped | 00:49:38 | |
change Pacific Grove. So I sincerely hope that the task force will take this under consideration for the future as well. We will | 00:49:46 | |
continue to have presentations. We have them scheduled out pretty much through the end of this year. | 00:49:54 | |
And my hope is that as we're able to get another subcommittee appointed to look at this, we will be bringing back to the task | 00:50:02 | |
force more information about underrepresented communities. | 00:50:08 | |
In addition to the ones listed. | 00:50:14 | |
Are there any questions from the task force? | 00:50:17 | |
So we will take public comments on this item. Now. Comments will be limited to 3 minutes and will not receive Task Force action. | 00:50:25 | |
Speakers must adhere to the time limits using the time limit lights as the guide. Again, comments and statements should be | 00:50:32 | |
addressed to the Task Force and not to the audience. And again, public comment is encouraged if it is not disruptive to the | 00:50:38 | |
meeting and as the chair. If someone chooses to engage in conduct that is disruptive, I will respond in a viewpoint neutral manner | 00:50:45 | |
according to the rules of order. | 00:50:51 | |
Comments may be made in person or remotely using Zoom or by phone, so I will first open public comment on the underrepresented | 00:50:58 | |
subcommittee item to members of the public present remotely. | 00:51:04 | |
Clerk Dei Coordinator Kendall, Do we have any members present remotely? | 00:51:13 | |
A No hands raised online. | 00:51:20 | |
OK, then I will open it up to those who are present in person. |