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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes June 20, 2018 —Draft Minutes Page 4 of 7 136 137 e. Government Alliance on Race and Equity Update 138 Assistant City Manager Olson briefly highlighted GARE as an organization and 139 the City of Roseville's involvement in it. She noted this is a national network of 140 governments who are looking to advance equity for all. Roseville became part of 141 this network in January 2018. She emphasized GARE is not just a project; it is 142 something staff is looking to embed into the organization in every area. There 143 have been major milestones achieved in other organizations, and Roseville has 144 opportunity to create progress as well. 145 146 Assistant City Manager Olson continued that GARE targets racial equity, but also 147 believes that a rising tide lifts all boats. Therefore, targeting racial equity mean 148 all components of a community benefit. GARE has a broad cross-section of 149 participants: large and small communities, rural and urban, all within a variety of 150 government entities. Their 3-pronged approach includes a commitment to 151 achieving racial equity; utilizing the power and influence of institutions to create 152 equity; and developing partnerships to create racial equity. One effort has been to 153 become comfortable with the staff to talk about race. Racial equity is not linear, 154 nor is it a zero-sum game. There will be things that work well and things that do 155 not have great results. Currently staff is in the midst of developing a one-year 156 action plan that will be tangible to obtain and have measurable outcomes. 157 Approximately 30-40 communities have gone through the GARE process and 158 have already created action plans. She added that every department in the City of 159 Roseville is represented on the GARE team, which helps it grow within the DNA 160 of the organization. 161 162 Assistant City Manager Olson displayed the racial equity narrative that has been 163 composed by the City staff participants of GARE. The goal is to have an action 164 plan by the end of this year. A racial equity toolkit has already been established. 165 The toolkit provides steps to follow when thinking about a policy or program. 166 167 f. Discuss Police Video 168 Chair Holub recalled that a press release was sent out by the Police Department a few 169 weeks ago regarding an arrest in which force was used. Commissioner Eichenlaub 170 subsequently asked for the incident to be discussed by the HRIEC, but there was not 171 sufficient time to notify the public in order for the item to be included at the previous 172 HRIEC meeting. Thus, the incident is on the agenda for tonight. 173 174 Commissioner Eichenlaub noted that a City staff member sent him the training 175 materials used by the Police Department(PD) and also included the actual police 176 report. There was a lot of other terrific information included regarding how the PD 177 interacted with the community at large. He also stated the City does need to be seen 178 as actually addressing this issue at the Council or Commission level. He believes a 179 Commissioner attended a Council meeting and brought up the incident. There are 180 also other Roseville groups who are intent on looking at this issue. Showing that the