REPORT TO TASK FORCE ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
SUBJECT
Title
Review Community Listening Session Survey Responses
Report
BACKGROUND
Charged with identifying key issues facing the City of Santa Clara (City) involving historically disenfranchised communities and making recommendations to policies that help the City achieve racial equity, the Task Force on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (Task Force) is holding a series of community listening sessions. Through the community listening sessions, the Task Force will seek the community's input on what the City can do to build a more inclusive community and invite members of the public to share their experiences and ideas. In an effort to engage the community in multiple ways, the public can attend the community listening sessions virtually on Zoom, send an email to the Task Force, or take the Task Force's brief Community Listening Session survey at SantaClaraCA.gov/EquityTaskForce.
DISCUSSION
The Task Force will review the Community Listening Session survey responses received. The survey responses received through July 9, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. are included with this report as Attachment 1.
Any additional Community Listening Session Survey responses received from July 9, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. through July 12, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. will be provided as post-meeting material.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This is an information report only and no action is being taken by the City Council and no environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") is required.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the City other than administrative staff time.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Task Force on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion meeting agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall Council Chambers. A complete agenda packet is available on the City's website and in the City Clerk's Office at least 72 hours prior to a Regular Meeting and 24 hours prior to a...
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