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City Council Meeting Minutes January 19, 2021 Page 4 of 7 Public Comments - None RESOLUTION NO. 5, SERIES 2021 — A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AN EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION TASK FORCE TO PROVIDE ADVISORY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL Councilmember Leh stated this is an effort to address community concerns about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion raised in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. This is one way to continue to move forward the community conversation on this issue. The goal is not to be perfect but to be excellent and hold ourselves to account. Council asked Councilmember Leh and Councilmember Brown two work with staff to suggest some next steps. Their first recommendation is to create a community based, expert assisted task force to find out what are the most important issues to the community. Council wants to hear from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) to help us know what people think about how the City government interacts with the wider community. Councilmember Brown reviewed the recommendation in more detail: the task force would be given a specific scope of work and time frame to formalize the conversations into meaningful and actionable items to recommend for Council consideration to help create a more equity driven community. Councilmember Brown stated the scope of the task force is to examine how Louisville can be a more welcoming place for BIPOC people in all areas. The task force would gather community input and then make four to five specific recommendations for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the City government with suggested goals and tactics to use to achieve this outcome. He noted they are suggesting members be appointed by the City Council but that would be based on the recommendation of a selection committee and the facilitator yet to be hired. Members should include BIPOC, and residents and non-residents who might work in town or have other experiences in town. The task force would give monthly updates to Council. The proposed resolution will need to be finalized with the sunset date determined and the number of members. There are suggested areas to focus on of land use, transportation and business -related issues, but there may be others Council would like to add. Councilmember Leh noted this recommendation is not an end in itself, but is rather the beginning of the process. He added the Council does not want to guide the task force discussions those should come from the task force itself. Public Comments — None.