June Task Force Meeting Summary

Date: June 18, 2025

Time: 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Location: Virtual - Microsoft Teams

Task Force Member Attendance: Jim Nelson, Bianca Dawkins, Jan Stone, Jasmin Stringer-Moore (Remote)

Task Force Members Absent: Elly Doscotch, Jonathan Rogers, Pranika Kumar

Staff In Attendance: Thomas Brooks

Public Members in Attendance: Meriwether Felt, Lisa Tabor (CultureBrokers, LLC)

1. Welcome & Introductions – Co-Chair Dawkins & Nelson

2. Meeting Topic(s)

1. Staff Presentation - 15 minutes

Staff Liaison Thomas Brooks gave the final presentation on the Equity Strategic Action Plan for 2025-2027.

A final presentation was provided on the strategic priorities identified in the Equity Strategic Action Plan (ESAP). An overview was provided of the process to date, including developing the Equity Framework and the Diamond Inclusiveness Assessment Survey (DIA) completed staff, community, and city partners. The results of the DIA informed the strategic priorities for the ESAP.

The DIA showed Natural Environment as a strength, meaning a majority of respondents could see the investment and efforts toward sustainability throughout city spaces. The survey dimension with the lowest percentage of agreement was Built Environment, meaning most respondents were not able to see or feel their cultures, identities, needs, or disabilities included in city spaces and facilities. The biggest area for growth – opportunity to impact all DIA dimensions and future work – was Human Development (Capital). This dimension also had a low amount of agreement and a high percentage of ‘I don’t know’ responses indicating more work is needed in leveraging data in day-to-day decision making in the city AND communicating how decisions are made with data to staff and community.

Teams of city staff worked to develop project plans for the priorities related to improving our Built Environment and Human Development with goals and milestones identified through 2027. As goals are completed through 2027, the priorities will evolve and/or new priorities will be identified based on the DIA survey results and organizational needs. This plan was adopted by city leaders in June 2025. The two strategic priorities are listed below, and progress can be tracked by community through a public dashboard found on EdinaMN.gov/Diversity-Equity-Inclusion.

• Built Environment:

Strategic Improvement: This organization's spaces accommodate different cultural needs and includes easy-to-see and understand wayfinding signage throughout its spaces.

SMART Goal: By December 31, 2026, up to two public facing City of Edina buildings will reflect at least three of our city's cultures in its main entry/reception or public areas.

• Human Development:

Strategic Improvement: The city routinely collects and uses disaggregated demographic data and community input to better understand and serve all residents, visitors, employees, and program participants, ensuring that decisions and services reflect the needs of those most impacted.

SMART Goal: By December 2026, develop a consistent process for collecting and storing demographic data for city-wide roll out.

Task force and public members were able to ask questions and provide feedback throughout the presentation including providing recommendations on including community input throughout the Built Environment process and using a rubric previously created by the Human Rights and Relations Commission.

3. Adjournment