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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes December 18, 2019 Draft Minutes Page 3 of 9 provides training around racial equity and the Commission wanted to tie this document to the work staff has already participated in. Commissioner Peterson asked if staff could send the GARE statement to the public comment that was received via email. Ms. Olson indicated she did not receive the email but could forward the GARE statement to Chair Beltmann to forward to the individual. Commissioner Djevi indicated the question from the individual from the community was a good question and the city cannot look at race as the only factor of inclusion and being inclusive. He thought a really good point from the statement Ms. Olson read is making one where if race is taken out and only focus on the other issues, the people that belong to races that are usually oppressed get the really hard end of that stick. Black, gay, women get the hard end of that stick so if the focus is on race, the city addresses all the components and other issues related to that then hopefully the city can be as implicit as it can be. Commissioner Bolinger thanked the Commissioners who worked on this because she thought it was a huge process. Chair Beltmann asked if any of the Commissioners felt that there was anything missing. What was the general thoughts on this document? Commissioner Peterson noted on the appendix piece, previously work was done on the demographic information and highlighted items but thought staff should be asked what would be useful to them. She would like to get feedback from staff on this information. She thought it was important to include demographic information. Chair Beltmann thought the one piece that is missing is ideas and tactics around engagement. She thought in addition to seeking staffs input to also find out if staff felt this information was useful, what templates would be helpful for the Commission to develop and what frameworks for engagement could be provided along with demographics. Commissioner Allen proposed that staff in leadership positions look at this document for feedback. Commissioner Peterson asked if the survey information was also going to be presented to the City Council. Chair Beltmann indicated Councilmember Laliberte requested the Commission include all of the survey responses in the document.