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Home My WebLink AboutTRC Agenda 4 4 2024Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission Thursday, April 4, 2024 Regular Meeting 7 PM – Assembly Room, Senior Center 28 S. Linn Street AGENDA: 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. READING OF NATIVE AMERICAN LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3. PUBLIC COMMENT OF ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA (COMMISSIONERS SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC CONCERNING SAID ITEMS.) 5 MINUTE MAXIMUM FOR EACH SPEAKER. Only in-person comments will be allowed for Public Comment. Public comment for specific agenda items, which must be directly related to that agenda item, may be made in-person or remotely. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM MARCH 18, 20, 21 MEETINGS 5. DEBRIEF FROM FACT-FINDING AND TRUTH-TELLING EVENTS HELD IN MARCH 6. PHASE 2: BUDGET UPDATE, REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, NEXT STEPS & FOLLOW-UP 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COMMISSIONERS 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF STAFF 9. ADJOURNMENT In order to encourage input from the public, the Commission intends to offer the opportunity to participate in the meeting remotely. However, this meeting is in-person, and those wishing to ensure their ability to participate should attend the meeting in-person. If you instead wish to participate remotely, you may attempt to do so by joining the below link. First Thursday Meetings ID: 867 2424 8095 Third Thursday Meetings ID: 895 3695 0485 If you have no computer or smartphone, or a computer without a microphone, you can call in by phone by dialing (312) 626-6799 and entering the meeting ID when prompted. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all City of Iowa City-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in these events, please contact the Office of Equity and Human Rights at 319-356-5022 or humanrights@iowa-city.org. 1 March 18, 2024 Draft Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Minutes Wright House of Fashion Commissioners present: Louis Tassinary, Chad Simmons, Amos Kiche, Cliff Johnson, Chastity Dillard, Lauren Merritt, Wangui Gathua. Commissioners not present: Sikowis Nobiss. Staff present: Redmond Jones, Stefanie Bowers. Recommendation to City Council: No. Meeting called to order: 5:57 PM. Reading of Land Acknowledgement: Merritt read the Land Acknowledgement. Data Collected on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and What it May Reveal about Racial Injustice in Iowa City: Larry Schooler started with a review of the commission’s agreements and considerations. The presentation referenced other TRCs and their work including Greensboro’s TRC and their research strategies, Canada’s TRC work related to indigenous people. Schooler then passed writing pads out for individuals to write down their thoughts on what a fact-finding standard may be. The responses were read out loud and discussed amongst the commission. Slides from the previous meeting were reviewed to give context for the information presented in this meeting. New information presented included, ICPD traffic stops by race in the year of 2022 and 2023, a breakdown of the type of call for police service, and an additional potentially relevant case regarding racial profiling by police in Iowa City. Commissioners were given time to ask questions and have an open discussion concerning the data in the presentation and request additional information. Some of which included, additional information on disproportionate stops, individualized data on traffic stops, additional organizations doing similar work, fact-finding survey sources, case investigations (unsolved suspicious deaths by race), police budgeting and public safety funding. The discussion was followed by an additional writing activity that invited commissioners to write down their conclusions based on the data they have received from the presentations. Preliminary Consensus on What to Include in a Future Final Report: Main conclusions shared included there is missing data that would help to better understand the ways in which the police protect the community, the ICPD is making an effort to improve their policing of all communities and reduce bias, a desire to see more detailed information on missing data, disproportionality in stops, locations, arrests and equity, and inadequacy in diversity on the police force and within diversity training. Additional conclusions found were a need for greater funding of health/ health impacts and more data on discretionary and non-discretionary stops. Community data was also mentioned as a direction to move in. The meeting adjourned at 8:55 PM. To view the recording or listen to the audio of this meeting, visit this link. AD HOC TRUTH & RECONCILIATION COMMISSION ATTENDANCE RECORD YEAR 2024 (Meeting Date) NAME TERM EXP. 1/4 1/25 2/1 2/15 3/7 3/14 3/18 3/20 3/21 4/4 4/18 5/2 5/16 6/6 6/20 Dillard 12/31/24 Z P P P P P P Gathua 12/31/24 P P P P A P P Kiche 12/31/24 - - - P P P P Johnson 12/31/24 A P P P P P P Vacant 12/31/24 - - - - - - - Merritt 12/31/24 P Z P P Z P P Nobiss 12/31/24 Z Z Z A A A A Simmons 12/31/24 P P P P P P P Tassinary 12/31/24 P A P P P P P P = Present in person A = Absent Z = Zoom Draft minutes from March 20, 2024 and 21, 2024 will be distributed as a late handout at the meeting.