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Youth Commission Meeting Minutes 5/26/2021
Commission Members Present:
Chair Owen Lee
Co -Chair Jacob Sawyer
Treasurer Sydney Pearson
Finn Paynich
Brooke Rinehimer
Audrey Lim
Aaron Nateephaisan
Grace Kamila
Commission Members Absent:
Secretary Brook Roberts
Hunter DeLeon
Staff Present:
Casey Colley
Councilmembers Present:
Laura Johnson
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Owen Lee moved to call the meeting to order at 6:03 pm over Zoom
Owen Lee read the land acknowledgement statement
Co -Chair Jacob Sawyer appointed interim secretary
➢ Chair Owen Lee made a motion to amend the agenda to take 10 minutes from
Committee Meeting time to discuss the AAPI resolution
II. CONSENT AGENDA
➢ May 12 consent agenda approved with no revisions
III. CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WITH KERNEN LIEN
➢ The Climate Action plan has been covered through multiple workshops and committee
meeting
➢ Plans to increase electric vehicle infrastructure in the action plan
o More available chargers
➢ What is our 2050 vision for the climate?
➢ The 2010 mission statement intended to put forward a positive vision for the community
➢ How do we react to the 2010 mission statement?
o Owen: Looking at equity is important
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o We need to avoid imposing things on people that would burden them further,
especially marginalized communities
o It is hard to force people to change certain things with their lifestyle so changes
also have be systemic rather than individual
o Casey: There should be goals set for before 2050
o There are many measures that can be tracked along the way
■ Adoption of electric vehicles by 2035
o State legislature has been pushing for only electric vehicle sales by 2030
o The website for climate action plans: www.edmondsclimate.com
o Finn: Social equity needs to be specifically addressed in the vision
o Owen: More focus on public transportation and accessibility
o Jobs need to be reachable/more working from home
o Infrastructure needs to change to make cycling and walking better options for
commuting
o Brooke: The action plan is not clearly listed on the website
o Brooke: Covid has changed how people view public transportation and we need
to make it appealing again
o Finn: Public transportation also needs to be expanded
➢ What do we want for outcomes that people can agree with?
➢ Submit ideas as statement sentences
➢ Focusing more on the vision rather than the justification
IV. PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL UPDATE
➢ Some minor edits based on feedback from our last meeting
➢ The instagram follower count will be up to date when we make the presentation
➢ Casey: Add climate action plan to "Networking"
➢ Councilmember Johnson: Elaborating on summer meetings
➢ Brooke: Slide could show the diversity in our commission like different schools
➢ We need to show that we are representative of the population
➢ People who will present: Audrey, Brooke, and Owen
➢ Mock presentation next meeting
V. ADDRESSING AAPI RESOLUTION
➢ Commission takes a couple minutes first to read over the council resolution
➢ Jacob: Good that the Washington State Human Rights Commission is mentioned
➢ Finn: Always room for improvement
➢ Brooke: Pinning Covid-19 as the cause for these hate crimes doesn't accurately
represent the racism that results in these crimes
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➢ Councilmember Johnson: There is no clear action in this resolution
o Representatives have the obligation to speak out against hate in the community
o There is even borderline discrimination in City Council
➢ Owen: Council should reach out to people who are organizing in the community to
actually follow through with action
➢ Casey: Good to acknowledge what is happening but why is the statement rushed?
➢ Sydney: There has to be real action required by a resolution
➢ Brooke: Are we allowed to clarify if we don't support the statement?
➢ Casey: We are allowed to give feedback on the resolution
➢ Owen: What actions can council actually take in regards to preventing hate crimes?
➢ Councilmember Johnson: We need to focus on what an equitable community would look
like
➢ Councilmember Johnson: Council needs a better understanding regarding racial issues
o Council should not be bringing forward resolutions like this on their own
➢ Casey: There is a large bystander effect in crimes and hate crimes
➢ Casey: We should draft feedback by Friday that can eventually make its way to Council
➢ Brooke will draft a response and send it Owen
VI. COMMITTEE MEETING TIME
➢ Environmental Committee will work on drafting climate action sentences
VII. FINAL COMMENTS
➢ There are some tech issues with the commission intro videos
➢ Diversity Commission would like and EYC member to attend one of their meetings on
June 2nd
➢ Talk about recruitment next meeting
➢ More senior responses
➢ Respond to emails and GroupMe messages from Casey
➢ Casey will be out on extended leave next October
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Owen Lee motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:30 pm
Brooke Rinehimer seconded that motion
Meeting adjourned