HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Cultural Communities Board - 02/28/2017 (2)Cultural Communities Board Agenda
KENT Kent City Staff: Mayor Suzette Cooke, Dinah Wilson - Human Services
WA s H r N G T () N City Council Members: Bill Boyce, Council President, Jim Berrios, Brenda
Fincher, Dennis Higgins, Dana Ralph
Cultural Community Board Members: Beabe Akpojovwo, Davies Chirwa, Josephine Karanja,
Yusuf Bashir, Marvin Eckfeldt, Mizanur Rahman, Norma Maldonado (Alternate), Rand Al Hammadi,
Satwinder Kaur, Sharnsdeep Kaur, Sonia Morales, Hussein Al Kinani, Cesar Rangel, Ta Kwe Say
Vaivao Semisi Tupou, Yuriy Zaremba, Shamso Issak, Ted Schwarz
Board Advisors: Pastor Herbert Carey, Marwa Almusawi
February 28,2OL7
6:3O - 8 p.m.x
First Christian Church
Lt7L7 SE 240th Street,
Kent, WA
* 5: 45 p.m. D¡nner/ NetwOrking (Dinner provided for Board onty)
Item Description
1. Call to order
2. Roll Call
Action Speaker Time Page
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Changes to the Agenda
Welcome
Approve January Minutes
Conversation with Chief Ken Thomas
An nouncements/U pdates
Adjournment
Mayor Cooke/Dinah
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Unless otherwise noted, the Cultural Communities Board meets at 6 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each
month at the Kent Senior Center Activity Center, 600 E. Smith Street, Kent, WA 98032.
For additional information please contact Dinah Wilson at 253-856-5076, or via email at
DRWilson@KentWA.gov.
Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact the City Clerk's Office at 253-
856-5725 in advance. For TDD relay service call Washington Telecommunications Relay
Service at 1-8OO-833-6388.
APPROVAL PENDING
Cultural Communities Board (CCB)
Meeting Notes
January 24r 2OL7
Green River College - Kent Station (Room 323)
417 Ramsay Way Kent, WA 98032
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Board Members Present: Yusuf Bashir, Davies Chirwa, Marvin Eckfeldt, Rand Al
Hammadi, Josephine Karanja, Satwinder Kaur, Shanrkeep Kaur Shoker, Sonia
Morales, Mizan Rahman, Cesar Rangel, Ted Schwarz, Semisi Vaivao Tupou, Norma
Maldonado, Marwa Almusawi
Absent: Hussein Kinani, Yuriy Zaremba, Ta Kwe Say
City Staff Present: Mayor Suzette Cooke, Dinah Wilson, Hardy Awadjie
City Council Members: Brenda Fincher, Jim Berrios, Dana Ralph
Guests: LeAnn Lofgran, Cindy Hayward, Tiffany Carbajal, Dick Wing (The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Planning youth conference for February 23'd-25th,
20l7-service project by youth for refugee community)
Welcome
Dinah Wilson and Mayor Suzette Cooke
December 2O16 CCB Minutes aooroval
Motion to approve - Ted Schwarz
Announcements (onlv current announcements are included)
Iraqi Community Food Festival (Aldarboune Food Festival) - Iraqi Center,
Saturday, February 25, 20L7
Free income tax electronic filing help
-(AARP) - Kent Library (for low income individuals only) February t3,2OL7,
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
-Public Health (Kent East Hill nextto Home Depot) Tuesdays 5:00 PM - 8:00
PM, Thursdays 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Saturdays 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (no small
business taxes)
Bengalese NewYear's celebration - April 15,2Ot7 (5:00 PM-10:00 PM) Kent
Senior Activity Center - Food/Music/Activities
Reserving City of Kent Parks during summer months for CCB meetings and
activities
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O Training: How to facilitate meetings - Parliamentary procedures made fun
(Robert's Rules of Order) - February L3,2Ot7 @ 6:30 PM (Council Chambers
or TBD) Trainer - Ann MacFarlane of Jurassic Parliament
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CCB Discussion
. CCB elected a Chair (Satwinder Kaur) and Vice-Chair (Cesar Rangel); the
meeting facilitation was turned over to Satwinder. Youth arrest (incarceration rate) follow-up - Previous CCB meeting item-
data, which includes referrals from KSD, was passed out
CCB Action Plan (priorities identified by the Board, not listed in order of
importance)
1. Organizing local MLK Day event in 2018
2. Policing (Chief Thomas will be invited to the February meeting; CCB may
invite up to three guests)
3. Health/Housing: Quality & longevity of life
4. Education: CCB (organize a panel) + community engagement w/Kent School
District (Q&A)
Based on the discussion, CCB decided to invite Chief Thomas to the February
2OL7 CCB meeting (CCB members may invite up to three guests)
Items for follow-uo
The Kent City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting source of income
discrimination in rental housing (City Council members present shared
information about the ordinance; staff will provide an electronic copy of the
ordinance to CCB members)
CCB expressed an interest in creating an orientation to American Culture
pamphlet (Dínah will research and provide samples for CCB to review)
There is also interest in inviting decision-makers to the meeting to provide
background on various topics; e.9., what is the role of CPS and how does
staff decide when to intervene in families? (Josephine will invite someone
from CPS to a future CCB meeting)
Adjourned
* Next CCB Meeting - February 2q 2077 @ First Christian Church, 77777 SE
24oth St, Kent, WA
Notes taken by: Hardy Awadjie (VISTA - AmeriCorps)
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