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Youth Commission Meeting Minutes 2/19/2020
Commission members present:
Treasurer Caitlin Chung
Caroline Wills
Cole Albaugh
Jacob Sawyer
Co -Chairman Kaleb Nichols
Secretary Owen Lee
Sydney Pearson
Commission members absent:
Alissa Berman
Brook Roberts
Emily Sanger
Chairman Stephany Janssen
Staff Present:
Casey Colley
Shannon Burley
Council/Community Members Present:
Councilwoman Laura Johnson
Police Chief Jim Lawless
I. CALL TO ORDER
Co -Chairman Kaleb Nichols motioned to call the meeting to order at 6:00 pm in Room
123 in the Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds
Secretary Owen Lee seconded that motion
Motion passed unanimously
Co -Chairman read the Native American Land Statement
II. MINUTES - Approval of 2/5/20
Co -Chairman Kaleb Nichols moved to approve 2/5/20 meeting's minutes with no
revisions
Secretary Owen Lee seconded that motion
Motion passed unanimously
III. SECURITY ACCESS AGREEMENT CONTRACT
- Shannon introduced Police Chief Lawless, here to talk about Security Access Agreement
between school district and police department
- Drafted by school district, so altering language will delay measures
- Movement to allow police department to log into live school security footage to
have a better sense of the situation started after Parkland
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Question and answer about Security Access Agreement
- Edmonds Police Department Representatives w/ access to footage are all officers
who would be able to log into account for quick response, but this viewing would
be tracked
- Tactical situation is where police are immediately responding to a
life -threatening situation; can be more easily identified by extensive equipment
to deal with life -threatening situation
- No screenshots or recordings can be taken
- Has been reviewed by lawyers to make sure privacy is secured
- Responding to situations, not individuals, so it shouldn't be biased by any means
- Tactical situations can be defined as such by any officer
- Tactical situations are identified from threats through careful investigation (for
instance, differentiating social media threats from active shooter situations)
- Verbal recollection of live video can be given in police report
- Indemnification Clause is there to prevent litigation
- Without this policy, EPD relies in witness accounts, social media, etc. and stories
are always different
- Theoretically decreases response times once at location of issue
- It would have the most benefit for all patrol officers to have access for
immediate reactions
- District system, so privacy concerns would have to be addressed with district
- Our school needs to address concerns about active shooter drills
- Cameras are all in open areas, not classrooms or bathrooms
- Footage is taped over after 14 days
- Police do not have live access to any cameras in Edmonds
We want to make a Public Comment at the meeting (with statement prepared by
Saturday)
We're also very excited to help in the selection of the future police chief!
Co -Chairman Kaleb Nichols moved to endorse the Security Access Agreement Contract
Secretary Owen Lee seconded that motion
Motion passed unanimously
IV. WHAT IS CITY COUNCIL DOING?
- Search for new police chief
- Specific focus groups included for search for new police chief
- US INCLUDED!!!
- We want to meet with the Mayors Climate Protection Committee
- Also an event being put on by Interfaith Climate Action in April
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V. ADVERTISING PLAN ASSIGNMENTS
- No assignments made last meeting
- Will work on advertising
Kaleb has list of contacts
Co -Chairman Kaleb Nichols moved to extend our meeting until 8:00 pm
Secretary Owen Lee seconded that motion
Motion passed unanimously
VI. CLIMATE FORUM
- Our topics:
- Local Industry
- Education in School
- Individual Action
- What Can City Co it Do?
- Could also include Parks Department, Urban Planning, etc. at another
time
Co -Chairman Kaleb Nichols moved to approve these four topics
Secretary Owen Lee seconded that motion
Motion passed unanimously
Co -Chairman Kaleb Nichols moved to revise our fourth topic "What Can City Council
Do?" to "What Can City Do?"
Jacob Sawyer seconded that motion
Motion passed unanimously
- Everyone goes to every table
- Will create a more detailed plan for timing later
- Assign topics over email
VII. MENTAL HEALTH: TASK FORCE UPDATE
- Youth advisory board in Everett wants to meet
- We want to meet with them, hopefully at a midpoint because it's far away
- Mill Creek also has a Youth Commission
- Our goal is to create goals for a mental health taskforce between youth commissions
- We are bringing a plan to add funding/change funding for mental health
- We need to figure out what those changes are
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We want to show that we care and did our research
- Perhaps start with local governments (City Councils of each youth commission)
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Co -Chairman Kaleb Nichols motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 pm
Sydney Pearson seconded that motion
Meeting adjourned