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Home My WebLink About2/3/2021 Item 3, Magee - Staff Agenda Correspondence (2) Wilbanks, Megan From:Magee, Dale Sent:Tuesday, December 29, 2020 1:16 PM Cc:Vereschagin, Cara; Purrington, Teresa; CityClerk; Dale Magee Subject:HRC planning - follow up Attachments:HRC Desired Changes - to Commissioners .pdf; HRC Desired Changes - to Commissioners .docx Hello and happy holidays, Commissioners, Attached please find a summary of the changes and ideas from your recent planning session. Request, please: 1. Please review and let me know if there are any questions, errors or omissions. (or if I just blatantly made something up) 2. There are a few follow ups (see yellow highlights); hope to come back to these at your February meeting. Please come to that meeting ready with your ideas (name change, feedback on draft reworked purpose statement, ideas for Health Care advocacy/HRC work, etc.). Things do not have to be final’d, but I know you want to keep the forward progress. Derek let us know that some of the HRC’s proposed changes could go to Council without having to wait for the Clerk’s Office to complete the updates for all the other advisory bodies. Will get more details about that timing – that’s good news to keep the momentum going. Thank you, and happy new year! -Dale ------------------------------------ Dale Magee Catalyst Consulting +1.805.440.8588 1 1 HRC REMASTERED - RE-ENVISIONED – REBRANDED - DESIRED CHANGES 2021 (from planning session Dec 14, 2020) DRIVERS: INCREASE the relevancy and impact of the HRC. Desired HRC purpose, impact Desired Structure / Operational Changes Desired Activities / Actions A champion for Community Building and Advocacy A body for the community to bring concerns or complaints of inequity, bias Conduit for the community who have not been treated fairly, do not have access, do not have anyone else speaking up for them. Voice for those without access. A place to be heard. Advocates. Conduit to Council as to what is being experienced by the whole community. Advisors to Council Revise purpose statement, update language – RENODA, ANGIE, DUSTY working on this. Present draft @ Feb meeting Name Change – decide recommendation @ Feb meeting Ideas: - Commission on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – JEDI) - Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Commission - Human Rights Commission - Human Rights & Equity Commission - Human & Civil Rights Commission - What words include homeless, health care? - Other ideas? Increase # of Commissioners – to 9 Remove CDBG – cumbersome, takes long time, not really “homelessness”, time better spent elsewhere Meeting Structure/ Frequency - One/month – Full HRC - One/month – Focus Area Group. Staffed? Begin meeting as activities start. More to come Staffing – Staff Liaison 1. Assigned person – needed. Discuss “best fit” EXISTING - keep • Administer annual GIA grants (amend to have streams of funding for each priority area so they are not competing) NEW – in progress – needs development • Citizen Award – create and produce this event annually. For outstanding service to the HRC’s priorities • Neighborhood Matching Grant – 1) Find out how to reinstate. 2) Reinstate & Administer • Advocate to get landlord/tenant resources back – e.g. get CRLA, Bar involved • Advise on DEI strategic plan development and implementation • Administer annual DEI grants • Speakers (Learning Sessions) at meetings – know more about the realities in the community • Regular updates to full Council (could coordinate with DEI Office)– 2x per year? • Design the mechanism(s) for people “to be heard” – actually speak to the HRC, a way for HRC to receive complaints, hear issues. – TBD • What is action that promotes the Health Care priority? Future Agenda item Priority Areas / Focus Areas Build Community (Mega – Goal / Outcome of work – all actions help to build community) Homelessness Health Care Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Structural / Operating Questions – Answers from Derek, 12.28.20 2 Mission / Purpose What does HRC do? Why does HRC exist? Need / Demand (external forces) What is most needed? Most Critical? Resources / Capability (internal forces) What are we capable of doing? What is best use of our resources? 1. Can GIA grants have set amount year to year? – No varies w City’s budget 2. Can GIA grants be in streams of funding? i.e. X amount to Homelessness, X amount to Health Care, X amount to Other. Yes. And the HRC can determine that at beginning of each GIA grant cycle 3. Where is best for the HRC to “live”? – Ultimately, in Admin, with Office for DEI – discussion TBC 4. Can HRC use volunteer subcommittees on ad hoc basis? Do they have to SLO City residents? – YES. SLO residents or not to be discussed further 5. Any suggestions to show impact of HRC’s work? – Wellness indexes, Number of people served via grant funding, other ways can be explored. Glad HRC is asking about this 2. Bring in other staff as SME (DEI, housing, health) 3. Where is best for the HRC to “live” Create Subcommittees (Action Teams) - increase ways people can be involved in area of interest (Homelessness, DEI, health care, etc. ) Activate expertise of community. e.g. some DEI TF members could join DEI subcommittee. AD HOC • Media Blitz for rebranding + HRC Awareness Campaign • Be responsive to Community needs/ a role the HRC can play • Commissioners visible in community (idea: each Commissioner could identify one relevant public activity to attend on behalf of HRC, commit to that. Discuss at next meeting?) HRC purpose, as stated in the Bylaws - UPDATE “It is the purpose of the Human Relations Commission (HRC) to advise the Council in its actions to create an environment within the City in which all persons can enjoy equal rights and opportunities regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or physical, mental, or economic status. The Human Relations Commission shall make recommendations to the City Council or the City Manager on how these social concerns and human needs can best be addressed.” 3 SIMPLE ORG MODEL Each Commissioner assigned to a Priority Area (or call it Focus Area?) Each Priority Area could have its own subcommittee – use additional community volunteers, use ad hoc HRC (new name here) Purpose: statement here The Work: Advocacy Outcome: Community Building Priority Area: Homelessness Priority Area: Health Care Priority Area: Varies dependent on Community Need - Changes over time Priority Area: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Action Team Subcommittee – as needed (volunteers in addition to Commissioners)