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NOTICE AND AGENDA

COMMISSION ON DIVERSITY AWARENESS
DAY OF WEEK: Wednesday
DATE: November 16, 2022

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211 WEST ASPEN AVENUE
1:30 P.M.

Call to Order

Roll Call

NOTE: One or more Commission Members may be in attendance telephonically or by other technological means.

Jean Toner, Chair
Kidd, Carolyn Anita
Jarvis, Sara
Mandy Martinez Gebler, Vice Chair

Marcela Pino
Camp, Bethany
Akersmontana, Kaiden

Mission Statement and Land Acknowledgment

MISSION STATEMENT

A commission to foster support, respect, awareness and appreciation of diversity among all citizens of Flagstaff.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Commission on Diversity Awareness humbly acknowledges the ancestral homelands of this area’s Indigenous nations and original stewards. These lands, still inhabited by Native descendants, border mountains sacred to Indigenous peoples. We honor them, their legacies, their traditions, and their continued contributions. We celebrate their past, present, and future generations who will forever know this place as home.

Upcoming Opportunities and Announcements

Public Comment

The Commission cannot act upon items presented during the Public Participation portion of the Agenda. Individual Commission members may ask questions of the public but are prohibited by the Open Meeting Law from discussion or considering the item among themselves until the item is officially placed on the Agenda. Each public comment or presentation will be limited to five (5) minutes.

Approval of Minutes

Commission on Diversity Awareness Meeting of October 25, 2022.
Approve the minutes of the Commission on Diversity Awareness Meeting of October 25, 2022.

Date of Next Meeting

Date of Next Meeting: December 21, 2022

Action Items: Welcome new members – Introductions and why you were interested in serving on this commission.

Reports/Discussion Items: Explain portions of the meeting
Brief explanation of current pending items
Explain how to get an item on agenda:
In general, items may be placed on agendas:
? In response to direction from the City Council or City Manager.
? As requested by any commission member at a public meeting.
? In response to a request from the chairperson.
? As deemed necessary by the staff liaison.
? As requested by other commissions.

Proclamations:

Veterans Brain Health Awareness Day

Proclamations Work Group Update

ii.

Updates from Staff Liaison

Recommendations to Council (updates and future items)

Anti-Camping Ordinance: Moved to Janurary 2023

Current Commission Priorities

10.

Agenda for Future Meeting(s)

Proclamations - Black History Month February
Future Priorities

o Conversation with Downtown Business Alliance to include literature
o Civil Rights

Renaming of the Peaks Workgroup Update

Pending follow up from the High School group on when to send the Commission's recommendation to Council.

Equitable Restroom Recommendation

The item is currently in the Staff Future Agenda Items queue which means it is waiting for some research and staff work before it moves forward again.

Municipal Equity Index

Discuss next steps for this item or wait until the next report comes out.

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Adjourment

CERTIFICATE OF POSTING OF NOTICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing notice was duly posted at Flagstaff City Hall on , at a.m./p.m. This notice has been posted on the City's website and can be downloaded at www.flagstaff.az.gov.

Dated this day of , 2022.

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