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Equity and Inclusion Commission Minutes December 18, 2024 Page 2 of 3 46 Equity and Inclusion Manager Montez also noted that the City will declare vacancies on all the 47 City Commissions, including 3 vacancies on the EIC and applications will open. Commissioner 48 LaGrange asked if the City Council vets new applicants. Equity and Inclusion Manager Montez 49 stated that the City Council would take care of interviews and appointments. 50 51 b. SREAP Definitions 52 53 Equity and Inclusion Manager Montezpresented the definitions of the Strategic Racial Equity 54 Action Plan (SREAP) and asked the Commission to review, discuss, and ask questions. 55 56 The Commissioners reviewed the SREAP definitions for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The 57 Commissioners asked questions regarding clarity for certain terms within the definitions. 58 59 c. Organizational Departmental and Commission Review 60 61 Equity and Inclusion Manager Montez presented the Departments and Commission’s roles and 62 responsibilities and asked the Commission to review, discuss, and ask questions. 63 64 Chair Barze asked if the Fire Department cadetpositions are only open to people who have 65 graduated high school. 66 67 Equity and Inclusion Manager Montez stated that it is typically people who have graduated and 68 are pursuing a career in firefighting. 69 70 Commissioner Chan stated that the fire safety training is also offered by the Fire Department to 71 teach people how to perform CPR. 72 73 Commissioner LaGrange stated that one of the differences she has noticed between the EIC and 74 other Commissions is that items are not brought to the EIC, but rather, they discuss what they 75 want to work on. 76 77 Equity and Inclusion Manager Montez explained that the EIC work is not as rules-based as other 78 Commissions are. 79 80 Commissioner Filip-Crawford stated that she can see clear connections between the work of the 81 EIC and other Commissions. 82 83 Equity and Inclusion Manager Montez stated that he has planted a seed to get department heads 84 into future EIC meetings to share their work and what opportunities there are to partner with 85 them. He stated he wants things to be more about doing work across the other departments in the 86 city. 87 88 Equity and Inclusion Manager Montez stated that they are working on strategic planning, and it 89 will come forward to the City Council in January. He noted that, hopefully, they can discuss 90 some of the work that has been happening at their February EIC meeting. Qbhf!228!pg!354