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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05 05 2022 Minues SERJAC Social Equity and Racial Justice Commission May 5, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please email ann.seltzer@ashland.or.us . Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title 1). Remote Meeting via Zoom Note: This meeting will be recorded and uploaded to the website to accompany the minutes. 1. Call to Order Land Acknowledgement (Gillis) 2. Approval of Minutes from April 7, 2022 3. Public Input must be submitted via the SERJ contact form in writing by 10:00 a.m. the day before the meeting. (5 minutes) 4. Meet with representatives of the Housing and Human Services Commission. (20 minutes) 2020-2024 Fair Housing Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing 5. Meet with representatives of the Planning Commission. (20 minutes) 6. Update on Housing Production Strategy Committee (Gillis 5 minutes) 7. Participation in the July 4 parade and discussion on documenting and archiving the work of SERJ. (Yamaguchi 20 minutes). This item is carried over from the April 7 meeting. 8. Discussion to schedule a special meeting to conduct DEI engagement for SERJ and what it might entail. (Muse 15 minutes). This item is carried over from the April 7 meeting. 9. Council Liaison/Staff Liaison Update (5 minutes) 10. Wrap up and Items to be added to future agendas.  Ashland Chamber of Commerce and Travel Ashland  Public Art Commission  Say Their Names  Truth to Power 11. Next meeting date: June 2, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. 12. Adjourn Land Acknowledgement We acknowledge and honor the aboriginal people on whose ancestral homelands we work — the Ikirakutsum Band of the Shasta Nation, as well as the diverse and vibrant Native communities who make their home here today. We honor the first stewards in the Rogue Valley and the lands we love and depend on: Tribes with ancestral lands in and surrounding the geography of the Ashland Watershed include the original past, present and future indigenous inhabitants of the Shasta, Takelma and Athabaskan people. We also recognize and acknowledge the Shasta village of K’wakhakha – “Where the Crow Lights” – that is now the Ashland City Plaza. Meeting Givens  Don’t interrupt  Be respectful  Raise your hand to speak  Allow others to speak before speaking again  It’s OK to disagree  Stay on topic  Be prepared (do your homework)  Support the relationship to and with the City  Keep an open mind Ordinance 3197 AMC 2.20 Social Equity and Racial Justice Commission The Purpose of the Social Equity and Racial Justice Commission is to provide recommendations and support to the Council and City Manager and education to the community on policies, measures, and practices to foster racial and social equity and respectful intergroup relations. Duties The duties and responsibilities of the Social Equity and Racial Justice Commission shall be as follows: A. To serve as an advisory body to the City Manager and City Council, with the same authority as other City commissions to define problems in City policies or governance, specify remedies, and partner with community organizations to implement those remedies upon City Manager or City Council approval. B. To encourage understanding and celebration of the diversity of the City’s population and visitors. C. To promote amicable inter-group relations within the City. D. To provide or facilitate human rights education and training opportunities for policymakers and the general public. E. To foster increased economic opportunities for Black, Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQ+, and disabled persons, as well as other marginalized persons in the Ashland community. F. To consult with other City advisory bodies and non-City entities on matters of mutual interest in the course of developing Commission recommendations. G. To engage at least every two years a broad spectrum of community members in gathering information on emerging issues and needs as they relate to human rights and intergroup relations. H. An individual may approach the Commission regarding a specific instance of prejudice, discrimination, or racism. If there is a mutual agreement from all parties involved in the incident, then the Commission shall arrange for impartial, nonbinding, collaborative conciliatory services that do not conflict with the functions of any other government body. If any party involved in the incident does not want to engage in conciliatory services, then the aggrieved individual will be referred to qualified sources of impartial advice and counsel. I. To deliver to the Council annual reports on its activities and accomplishments in the preceding year and to provide to the Council for its approval the Commission’s priorities for the succeeding year and the Commission’s draft workplan for developing recommendations on: Identifying and rectifying historic and contemporary systemic and systematic practices of racism, homophobia, sexism, classism, and other racial and social inequities impacting Black, Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQ+, and disabled persons, as well as other marginalized persons in the Ashland community. 2. Proposed policies, measures and practices to bring about social and racial equity and a greater inclusion for all who live, work, or visit in the City.