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