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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 18, 2019 Page 11 Mr. Miller clarified there are actually five funds that roll up into the Parks and Recreation Fund. Recess and Reconvene Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 8:03 p.m., and reconvened at approximately 8:11 p.m. c. Government Alliance on Race and Equity Update Assistant City Manager Olson briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the RCA and related attachments dated March 18, 2019. Councilmember Etten thought Ms. Olson was on the right path. He suggested if hiring staff that reflects a community, then the City it is more likely to have pro- grams and services and actions that connect with that community. Because the staffing and hiring process largely lays within the purview of staff who have done the training versus the Council, he thought it would be something that would be easier for staff as a group to own and take action on. Councilmember Groff stated staff is on the right path and this is probably a life- long process for everyone and not something to be done in a year. He applauded the goals and measurability the group has, noting it is one of the things that is so hard to do in this field, but he thought Ms. Olson spelled out some ideas and he was very hopeful and supported this. Councilmember Laliberte thanked Ms. Olson for the presentation and the work that the fourteen staff and the rest of the organization has done over the course of the past year. She stated because some of these goals are aspirational, she thought it would be interesting to see what the metric is for measuring success. Councilmember Laliberte stated when Ms. Olson was talking about the hiring process, the application process, the example was actually one of gender. She was curious how hyper focused it will be to review policies, review applications, review interview processes specifically for race because Ms. Olson went through this and this is the goal because even with the City's HRIE Commission, it is of- ten talked about renters and the seniors in the community who also need jobs these days. She wondered how filtered that work will be or how inclu- sive/exclusive will that be. Ms. Olson thought that was an excellent point and question. One of the things she thought was very important is that this work, even though it leads with race, it does include other areas that these tools can be applied to, not just with race. Alt- hough the group will be looking for race, her guess is that when reviewing poli- cies and procedures, it will encompass groups other than people of color.