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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 10, 2017 Page 3 1 City Manager Casey reviewed the resolution approving the City of St. Anthony’s participation in 2 the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) Cohort. GARE in partnership with the 3 League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) has organized cohorts of governmental jurisdictions intended 4 to systemically advance racial equity. 5 6 The following tools and resources will be received by participation: 7 • A racial equity training curriculum, 8 • A Racial Equity Tool to be used in policy, practice, program and budget decisions, 9 • A capacity building plan and organizational structure to institutionalize equity, 10 • Example policies and practices that help advance racial equity, and 11 • A Racial Equity Action Plan template that can be used to develop St. Anthony Village’s 12 plan. 13 14 City Manager Casey summarized the key components of the cohort to include: 15 • A curriculum that builds on the existing and growing field of governmental practices to 16 advance racial equity. Technical assistance from the Center for Social Inclusion, the Haas 17 Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and members of GARE’s Technical Assistance 18 Advisory Group will be provided. 19 • Peers from similarly situated jurisdictions that have experience with implementation of 20 racial equity initiatives. The cohort as a whole will be structured to support peer-to-peer 21 strategizing and problem-solving. 22 • An “Advancing Racial Equity” speaker series that will be an opportunity for cohort 23 participants, community members and elected officials to come together to learn and 24 strategize in the spirit of shared commitment to advancing racial equity and transforming 25 government. 26 27 St. Anthony’s team for the year-long process are Councilmember Brever, City Manager Casey, 28 Assistant to the City Manager Yunker, Liquor Operations Lead Clerk Taylor and a staff member 29 for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization. The cost will be $8,000. 30 31 Councilmember Stille asked what the time commitment was for this and Mr. Casey stated it will 32 be significant involving homework, monthly meetings and staff meetings to review plans. 33 Updates will be provided to Council in addition to updates on the City website. 34 35 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Brever, to adopt Resolution 17-36 018; a Resolution Approving the City of St. Anthony’s Participation in the Government Alliance 37 on Race and Equity (GARE) Cohort. 38 39 Motion carried 4-0. 40 41 C. Bias Awareness Training Recap. 42 43 City Manager Casey reported on December 8, 2016 the City concluded Anti-Bias Awareness 44 training sessions. There was a total of five sessions, each with a mix of representatives from all 45 9