HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Cultural Communities Board - 09/24/2019Cultural Communities Board Meeting September 24, 2019
Minutes Kent, Washington
Date: September 24, 2019 Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Centennial Center
Attending: Rand Al Hammadi, Yusuf Bashir, Marvin Eckfeldt, Norma Maldonado,
Mizanur Rahman, Ta Kwe Say, Ted Schwarz; Sara Franklin-Phillips, Marvin Eckfeldt,
Marwa Almusawi, Taffy Johnson, Lelei Masina.
Absent:, Vaivao Semisi-Tupou, Shanrkeep Kaur Shoker, Sonia Morales, Samiha
Bhuiyan, Marwa Almusawi, Cesar Rangel
Item Description
1. Call to order
Meeting called to order by chair at 6:35PM
2. Roll call
Chair did the roll call. See above for list of attendees.
3. Mayor Ralph updates
Mayor Ralph stopped by for the first half of the meeting. Mayor wanted to apologize
for not being present as often as she would like. Board members took the time to
ask questions to the Mayor about a few different topics. First question asked had to
do with HR policies. Mizan wanted to know if there were any new policies that came
about after Marty (HR director) presented to the board about the workforce
demographics and the push to make it match community demographics.
Mayor Ralph talked about the push to make that happen and the difficulties that
often arise. Mayor shared that the city needs to do a better job of getting a much
larger pool of candidates.
The conversation then turned to the Police Department and their push to make the
department more diverse. Mayor talked about the work that was being done by the
recruiting division.
Marvin then cut the conversation short and thanked the Mayor for her time, but
said that we still had another speaker in the agenda and the conversation was
cutting into that time.
Cultural Communities Board Meeting September 24, 2019
Minutes Kent, Washington
Mayor Ralph thanked the board for their time and shared that she would make an
attempt, time permitting to be at more of the Cultural Communities Board
meetings.
4. Transportation Master Plan
Vice chair Sara moved the discussion to the transportation masterplan and
introduced April Delchamps.
April gave a brief overview of the plan, and wanted to break the group into smaller
teams to have discussions about what the transportation priorities were.
The board members broke into smaller groups and began writing what they felt
were the shortcomings of our transportation system. Bus routes, stops, the lack of
east to west public transportation options etc.
5. Updates/Announcements
No updates
6. Adjourn
Meeting adjourned at 8:00pm
Cultural Communities Board Meeting September 24, 2019
Minutes Kent, Washington