HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-02-06 City Council Work Session Minutes MINUTES
OF THE WORK SESSION OF THE
EDINA CITY COUNCIL
HELD AT CITY HALL
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
4:17 P.M.
Mayor Hovland called the work session of the Edina City Council to order at 4:17 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Answering roll call was: Members Fischer, Staunton, Stewart, and Mayor Hovland. Member Brindle
entered the meeting at 5:10 p.m.
Edina City Staff attending the meeting: Kelly Dumais, City Manager Fellow; MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator;
Debra Mangen, City Clerk; Scott Neal, City Manager; and Lisa Schaefer, Assistant City Manager.
REVIEW OF APPLICANTS— RACE& EQUITY TASK FORCE
City Manager Neal reviewed the Race & Equity Task Force. The nine member task force will make
recommendations on policies, practices and strategies for the City to identify and eliminate race-based
disparities in Edina city government facilities, services and institutions. Three working groups will be appointed
to support the Task Force as follows:
• The Services Working Group will focus on the City's public services, such as public safety, community
health and park maintenance. Five members appointed by the City Council and two by the City
Manager.
• The Facilities Working Group will focus on the City's public facilities such as parks, City Hall and Edina
Liquor stores. . Five members appointed by the City Council and two by the City Manager.
• The Institutional Working Group will focus on internal City procedures and practices such as
employment practices. Five members appointed by the City Council and two by the City Manager.
Mr. Neal suggested that the three members from the City's HRRC that are serving on Government Alliance
on Race & Equity (GARE) be appointed to the Task Force. He suggested the Council fill the Task Force
members then work on the three working groups.
The Council discussed the process and their consensus was that one of the three HRRC Commissioners be
appointed to the Task Force and the other two to working groups. Council members reviewed the applicants
and are suggesting the following slate of applicants for appointment.
Race & Equity Task Force
• Christina Smith • Phil Godinez • Katherine Bass
• Leonel Dorvil • Ramla Hasanali • Thuy Anh Fox
• James Pierce (Co-chair) • HRRC GARE Member • Jessica Kingston (Co-chair)
Working Groups
Services Facilities Institutions
• Christina Smith • Phil Godinez • Katherine Bass
• Leonel Dorvil • Ramla Hasanali • Thuy Anh Fox
• Al Alexander (Chair) • Val Burke (Chair) • Kamala Puram (Chair)
• Ana Munro (Co-chair) • Elena Brito Sifferlin (Co-chair) • Eric Rehm (Co-chair)
• Guled Said • Arnold Bigbee • Randolph Cooper
• Sheila Burmeister • June Yoshinari Davis • Christine Bremer
• Daniel Nye 0 HRRC GARE Member 0 HRRC GARE Member
Minutes/Edina City Council Work Session/February 6. 2017
The alternates will be appointed in the event an appointee does not accept the assignment or resigns prior to
the second meeting of the applicable task force/working group.
I. Robert Rivera
2. Erica Allenburg
3. Brooks Doherty
4. April Yurecko
S. Bonnie Yuvaraj
6. Nancy Goethel
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Hovland adjourned the meeting at 6:27 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Minutes approved by Edina City Council, February 22, 2017. DeJA. g
James B. Hovland, Mayor
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