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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 18, 2019 Page 12 Councilmember Etten agreed and thought that when looking at the title, it is race and equity and a lot of that equity tool frame is looking at how are different peo- ple impacted that are outside of the majority. He thought the tool kit will get to those things that might relate to gender, economics, or race. Councilmember Willmus agreed with much of what his colleagues put forward and that implementation certainly is long-term. He thought much of what is be- fore the Council is internal to the organization and those are things that the City can really get at easier than what he wants to point out, which are contractors or suppliers. He asked how can those things be measured in terms of costs and tying that back. That would be an aspect of this that he would be very interested in. Ms. Olson stated those are conversations the organization has had, and answers are not known at this point. Mayor Roe stated just because there is a question about it does not mean it is not looked at but to keep those items on the list to circle back to when procedures or processes need to be looked at. He noted policies can be changed, and the City can circle back to those things. Mayor Roe did not think the organization was on the wrong track by any stretch and thought it was probably the threshold, noting the City has crossed that and is in good shape. He thought the next steps are important as to identifying some of those more detailed measures and trying to look at timelines to see what could be done sooner and later. He thought it was great to identify partners and would identify the St. Paul Area Chamber, which has done a lot of work on equity as well with the business community. Mayor Roe thought it would be worth a conversation with the HRIEC to figure out how that Commission plugs into this because he could see them functioning in a way almost like the Public Works Environment and Transportation Commission works related to the Green Step Process. Councilmember Groff asked how much the HRIEC has been involved with this so far. Ms. Olson stated this has been more of an update for the HRIEC and the HRIEC has not been involved in the internal workings. d. Discuss 2019-20 Policy Priority Planning Document City Manager Trudgeon briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the RCA and related attachments dated March 18, 2019. Councilmember Laliberte stated her first impression is that if everything is a pri- ority then nothing is a priority so going to five categories sort of struck her and