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RESOLUTION NO.5 SERIES 2021 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AN EQUITY, DIVERSITY. AND INCLUSION TASK FORCE TO PROVIDE ADVISORY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHEREAS, in June 2020, the City Council expressed strong interest in addressing community concerns about issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion ("EDI"), and organized listening sessions that were held in August and September with the assistance of a consultant for the City Council to gain initial input from members of the community; and WHEREAS, these community conversations demonstrated there is interest on the part of Louisville residents and others to address EDI issues; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds there is a need for a community -based and expert - assisted effort to move from introducing hard conversations about EDI issues to having courageous conversations about which issues are most important and what the City can and should do to address them based on fuller information about the concerns, ideas, and expectations of the community, especially residents who are Black, Indigenous, and/or persons of color (`BIPOC"), but also including BIPOC-owned businesses, workers, and consumers; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10-2(f) of the Charter for the City of Louisville, Colorado and Section 2.20.020.17 of the Louisville Municipal Code, the City Council desires to establish a Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force to provide advisory recommendations as set forth herein; and WHEREAS, the focus of the Task Force shall be community aspects of EDI, versus the internal operations of the City, as those efforts are currently underway including learning and development, culture -building and integration of EDI concepts, and approached in City organizational operation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: Section 1. Establishment. There is hereby created an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion ("EDI") Task Force to provide advisory recommendations to the City Council with respect to community issues affecting Black, Indigenous, and people of color ("BIPOC"). Section 2. Membership. The Task Force shall consist of eleven (11) members that include City residents and nonresidents, homeowners and renters, business owners, BIPOC business owners located outside the City, employees who work in various industries within the City, community activists and leaders, and youth and those who work with youth, and City Staff. After appropriate community outreach to encourage potential members to apply, members shall be appointed by the City Council upon recommendation made by the consultant retained to assist the Task Force with its goals and responsibilities.