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41Racial Equity Tool Kit via e-mail for the Commission to fill out prior to next month’s Commission <br />42meeting. <br />43 <br />44The six areas that are reviewed as part of the GARE Racial Equity Tool Kit include: <br />45Objective: What is the desired result of what is being proposed? <br />46Data: What data is relevant? Who does the data tell us in the impacted group? <br />47Engagement:How are you most affected communities targeted?Must be a planned and thorough <br />48approach. <br />49Analysis: How will the proposal increase or decrease racial equity? What are the potential <br />50unintended consequences? Does the objective, impacts and engagement plan align? <br />51Implementation: What is the plan? Is it realistic? Adequately resourced including personnel? <br />52 Accountability: How will actual impacts be evaluated/addressed? What is the communication <br />53strategy? How can we leverage inroads made in the process into the future? <br />54 <br />55The Human Rights Inclusion and Engagement Commission (HRIEC) has also put together an <br />56 EngagementBest Practices (draft) document that has been presented to the City Council. This <br />57 document has valuable points on community engagement that should be remembered during this <br />58 project: <br />59 <br />60 Quality Engagement… <br />61 Ensures quality decision making <br />62 Engages community members who are impacted <br />63 Creates broader diversity of opinions/views prior to decision making <br />64 Increases public understanding/support of the process <br />65 <br />66 Engagement Best Practice: <br />67 Be intentional about engagement and outreach (utilize planning tools) <br />68 Identify existing assets and leverage them for effective engagement <br />69 Go where the people are (will need to be creative with this during Covid-19) <br />70 <br />71The staff proposed process for this project could potentially include the following steps: <br />72 Process conversation – Oct. 6 <br />73 o Commissioner input(due by Oct. 13) <br />74 Process developed/presented based on feedback – Nov. 3 <br />75 City Council input –Nov. 30 <br />76 Process revision and/or finalization –TBD (based ontheCity Council’s input) <br />77 Implementation and assessment <br />78 <br />79 The Commission discussed the origin of the current name and the request to change the name. <br />2 <br /> <br />