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1ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 2MEETING MINUTES FOR 3September4, 20186:30pm 4 5PRESENT:Baggenstoss,Bole,Gelbach,Heikkila, Hoag,O’Brien,Quick, 6Stoner,Warzecha 7ABSENT:Newby 8STAFF:Brokke,Christensen, Johnson 9 101)INTRODUCTIONS 11 122)ROLL CALL/PUBLIC COMMENT 13 143)APPROVAL OF MINUTES –AUGUST2,2018MEETING 15Commissioner Gelbachmoved to approve the August 2, 2018meeting minutes. 16Commissioner Hoag seconds. Commissioner Stoner abstained. Motion passed. 17 184)GARE OVERVIEW 19Parks and Recreation AssistantDirector, Matt Johnson, provided an overview of the 20Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) programthat the City is currently 21participating in. GAREis a “national network of government working to achieve racial 22equity and advance opportunities forall”. In Minnesota, 14 government units are 23participating in 2018. 24 25The importance of racial equity include: yielding a better community, more effective 26provision of services to the community as a whole, and itis morally the right thing to do. 27 28The Roseville GARE leadershipteamhas 14 staff members (two from Parks and Recreation) 29and includes representatives from each organizational level. To date,the team has learned the 30history of racial inequity, created informational handouts on Roseville’s demographics, a 31Racial Equity Narrative and has learned howto utilize the Racial Equity Toolkit. 32 33The role of Parks and Recreation in racial equity is to help strengthen communities, reduce 34racial anxiety and help to build trust in municipal government.The National Recreation and 35Park Association (NRPA)has established Social Equity as one of their“Three Pillars of 36Impact” of Parks and Recreation. 37 38The future goals for the GARE leadership team include working tonormalize, organize, and 39operationalize. They will be utilizing the racial equity lens and tool kit where applicable. The 40team with continue with GARE training through 2018, and will develop a Racial Equity 41Action Plan.