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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 28, 2020 Page 3 1 2 Councilmember Webster indicated she was looking at the City's work with the Government 3 Alliance on Race and Equity Cohort and she knew the Police Department has sent out and 4 provided a lot of data that is available to the residents on the City website and she noticed 5 another piece of data that might become available and was not sure if that was just for internal 6 use regarding code enforcement or is that something that will be made public. Mr. Casey 7 explained when the City has the results those will be made public. 8 9 Mayor Stille thanked Mr. Casey for the report and work on the goals even with all of the extra 10 work being done with COVID-19. 11 12 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 13 14 Councilmember Jenson stated he attended the Metro Cities meeting at the beginning of July they 15 started to compile an ad hoc committee to review the policies in order to have them written 16 through a race equity lens. He has applied to be on the committee. He noted he also ordered and 17 started reading a book called How to be an Anti -Racist by Ivran X Kennedy along with other 18 books, one called Blink by Malcolm Gladwell and Time for the Truth by Som Young Soon. 19 20 Councilmember Webster stated on July 18, 2020h she and Councilmember Walker hosted Coffee 21 with the Council, a virtual session through Zoom and she believed there were five residents that 22 participated. She appreciated all of the great comments and questions from the residents. 23 24 Councilmember Walker stated apart from answering emails, having Zoom meetings and phone 25 calls from residents concerning graduating class signs, he found it interesting to have a 26 diplomatic conversation with residents depending on where they are and what side of the fence 27 they are on regarding a number of issues. He noted that is a learning process. He also stated the 28 Coffee with the Council was very informal and last a couple of hours and was a very intimate 29 interaction with the residents and a very good discussion. He looked forward to having similar 30 Coffee with the Council meetings like that in the future. 31 32 Mayor Stille stated he attended the Kiwanis meeting on July 15, 2020. He presented an informal 33 Stay of the City address talking about the City's goals and how COVID-19 is being addressed. 34 He noted Councilmember Jenson was there as well. There were also three youth scholarships 35 awarded that night. 36 37 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 38 39 Mayor Stille invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 40 are not on the regular agenda. 41 42 Hearing none, Mayor Stille moved forward with the agenda. 43 44 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 45