.
>>.
>> WE CAN BRING MORNING AND 
CAMILLA DEPOSITED KNOWING HE 
HAD TO FIGHT HARD.
IT WAS AGAINST THIS HORRIBLE 
DISEASE.
SO, FOR THAT, WE ALL LEARNED A 
LOT.
WE ARE ALL A BIT STRONGER JUST 
FOLLOWING AND REALLY TRULY 
BEING IN ALL OF HIS EXAMPLE.
SO, OUR STAFF HAS PREPARED A 
VIDEO TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF OUR 
GOOD FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, 
STEVE OLSON.
[MUSIC] 
TO SAY HE WAS A HUMBLE MAN 
WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
THIS TIRELESS PUBLIC SERVANT 
LOST HIS BATTLE WITH ALS ON MAY 
28 2019.
HIS DEDICATION AND KINDNESS 
WILL NOT SOON BE FORGOTTEN.
HE CAME TO WORK AS A COUNTY 
COUNCIL IN 2010 AS THE CHIEF OF 
STAFF FOR COUNCILMEMBER CRAIG 
RICE.
PRIOR TO THAT HE WORKED IN 
POLITICS WITH RICE AT THE STATE 
LEVEL.
HE WAS COMMITTED TO MAKING 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY A BETTER 
PLACE.
HE CARRIED OUT HIS DUTIES WITH 
THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM.
>> TO MY AMAZING TEAM HEADED UP 
BY MY CHIEF OF STAFF, STEVE 
GOLDSTEIN, STEVE, YOU'VE BEEN 
THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING.
>> HE WAS A GUIDING FORCE FOR 
ME.
GROWING UP AS A YOUNG MAN 
GETTING INVOLVED IN THE 4:00 
A.M. POLITICS AND HAVING HIM 
HELP SHAPE MY VISION.
IT HELPS SHAPE TO I AM IN THE 
ELECTED OFFICIAL AND WHAT IT 
MEANT TO BE ELECTED OFFICIAL.
THAT'S A TRIBUTE TO HIM.
>> THE PERSON WHO WORKS WITH 
YOU EVERY DAY.
HAND IN HAND TO ENSURE THAT YOU 
ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST 
DECISION TO MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY 
A BETTER PLACE.
IT'S WHAT STEVE STOOD FOR.
>> HE WAS QUIETLY AND 
DILIGENTLY AS DISEASE BEGAN TO 
TAKE A TOLL.
NEXT HE NEVER FOCUSED ON THE 
ILLNESS.
HE NEVER LET THAT LIMIT HIM.
I SAID WELL, IF YOU WANT TO 
STEP AWAY AND FOCUS ON YOUR 
HEALTH AND SPEND TIME WITH YOUR 
FAMILY AND STEVE LOOKED AT ME 
AND SAID, I HAVE A JOB TO DO.
>> HE HAD A KIND AND GIVING 
HEART.
HE WAS AN AMAZING LISTENER.
HE WOULD MAKE HIS ROUNDS AND 
STOP BY JUST TO SEE HOW YOU 
WERE DOING.HE INSPIRED SO 
MANY OF US AS HE FOUGHT THIS 
DEVASTATING DISEASE WHICH HE 
DID SO WITH DIGNITY AND GRACE.
THIS YEAR WHEN THE COUNCIL 
RECOGNIZE ALS AWARENESS MONTH, 
IT WAS EVIDENT HELP AROUND HIS 
BATTLE TOUCH THE COUNCIL 
FAMILY.
>> EVERY CHIEF OF STAFF WHO 
CONTINUES TO BATTLE THIS 
DISEASE.
EVERY BIT OF STRENGTH THAT HE 
HAS.
ALL OF US STANDING BESIDE HIM 
AND WE KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME 
WILL BE.
IT'S HARD BECAUSE IT'S ONE IN 
WHICH IT REMINDS US WHY WE DO 
WHAT WE DO.
WE TRY TO LIVE OUR LIVES AND DO 
THE BEST THAT WE CAN WHILE WE 
ARE HERE KNOWING TOMORROW IS 
NOT PROMISED TO ANYONE.
>> IT A WONDERFUL SMILE AND 
CALMING PRESENCE THAT IS DEEPLY 
MISSED.
HE WAS ALWAYS FOCUSED IN MAKING 
SURE THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE 
THE BEST DECISIONS POSSIBLE.
I COULD NEVER ASK FOR A BETTER 
CHIEF OF STAFF AND I'M SO 
BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO SAY I HAD 
SOMEONE WHO WAS BY MY SIDE AND 
ON MY SHOULDER AND IN MY 
CORNER.
HE WAS GIVING ME EVERYTHING I 
NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> WE ARE ALL BETTER PEOPLE FOR 
HAVING KNOWN HIM.
REST IN PEACE DEAR FRIEND.
[MUSIC] 
>> Nancy Navarro: COUNCILMEMBER 
RICE?>> Craig Rice: THANK YOU 
MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WILL TRY 
TO HOLD IT TOGETHER TODAY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
A PERSON'S LIFE IS OFTEN TIMES 
JUDGED AFTER THEY HAVE GONE AND 
PEOPLE LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE 
BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
THEY LOOK AT HOW THEY HAVE 
TOUCH PEOPLE'S LIVES AND WHAT 
THEY HAVE DONE IN THE 
COMMUNITY.
STEVE CHECKED ALL THOSE BOXES.
SO, I KNOW THAT IS SPIRIT REST 
VERY PROUD IN KNOWING HOW MUCH 
SHE WAS LOVED AND CARED FOR AND 
I REALLY WANT TO THANK EACH AND 
EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL THE 
FOLKS THAT MIGHT NOT BE HERE 
BUT ARE WATCHING AT HOME, FOR 
ALL MY COUNSEL COLLEAGUES AT 
ALL THE COUNCIL STAFF WHO 
PROVIDE AN OUTPOURING OF 
SUPPORT AND LOVE FOR MY OFFICE 
DURING THIS TOUGH AND DIFFICULT 
TIME HOWEVER SHOWN SUPPORT AND 
LOVE FOR STEVE'S FAMILY AND 
MAKING SURE THAT WE LIFT THEM 
UP DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME 
IT TRULY IS REPRESENTATIVE OF 
WHAT WE SAY ABOUT OURSELVES, 
THAT WE ARE A FAMILY.
JUST WANT TO THANK EACH AND 
EVERYONE OF YOU.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THESE GOOD 
DAYS AND CHALLENGING DAYS.
CERTAINLY, THE REMINDERS WILL 
OFTEN TIMES POP UP AND 
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM 
AS I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU 
TODAY IS A PERSON WHO IS SO 
MUCH MORE WELL-VERSED IN THE 
ENVIRONMENT AND CARE SO MUCH 
ABOUT WATER QUALITY AND ISSUES 
THAT ARE AFFECTING, NOT ONLY 
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BUT ALSO 
AFFECTING CLIMATE CHANGE ROW 
OUR WORLD.
IT MAY BE A MUCH BETTER ELECTED 
OFFICIAL.
A BETTER LEADER AND ADVOCATE 
FOR THE WORLD AS A WHOLE 
BECAUSE OF THEKNOWLEDGE THAT 
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE .
AND IT'S INTERESTING IN TERMS 
OF HOW THINGS WORK.
ON TODAY, WHEN WE ARE HONORING 
CHESAPEAKE BAY AWARENESS WEEK, 
WE ALSO HAVE TO HONOR THE 
PEOPLE WHO DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO 
THE WORK.
THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT 
WE ARE REACHING OUT TO FOLKS IN 
OUR COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT NOT BE 
ENVIRONMENTALIST.
WHO UNDERSTAND THAT THE HEART 
WHAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO 
US.
IT'S THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET.
THE FUTURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT 
AS A WHOLE AND HOW WE NEED TO 
TAKE CARE OF THIS FOR FUTURE 
GENERATIONS TO COME.
THAT IS AT THE CORE.
I THINK STEVE GOLDSTEIN FOR 
MAKING SURE THAT I REMEMBER 
THAT.
CHESAPEAKE BAY AWARENESS WEEK.
JUNE 1 THROUGH THE NIGHT.
IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR 
US TO TALK ABOUT THE CHESAPEAKE 
BAY AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO 
US.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THROUGH 
THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'VE SEEN 
AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL 
LEVELS, OUR CHESAPEAKE BAY HAS 
BECOME HEALTHIER.
WE'VE SEEN IT IN TERMS OF 
OYSTER POPULATION, CRAB 
POPULATION AND THINGS ARE 
WORKING.
DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE OUT 
OF THE TUNNEL AND THERE IS 
NOTHING BUT SUNSHINE AND 
RAINBOWS.
WE HAVEA LOT OF WORK TO DO .
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE WORK 
THAT WE ARE DOING IS MAKING A 
DIFFERENCE.
PARTNERING WITH FOLKS LIKE THE 
EPA.
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CHALLENGED 
WITH THE OTHER ADMINISTRATION 
AND NOT GIVING UP THE RESOURCES 
THEY ARE DOING TO MAKE MORE 
WORK THE REALITY IS THAT WE 
AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL 
CAN STILL DO MORE TO ENSURE 
THAT WE ARE MAKING THE BAY A 
BETTER PLACE FOR ITS 
INHABITANTS.
CLEAN-AIR, AGRICULTURAL AND 
PROPERTY VALUES.
THE GREAT PARK THERE.
LET ME TELL YOU.
OUR KIDS GET IT.
THEY UNDERSTAND IT.
THEY ARE READY TO WORK.
A YOUNG BOY I WON'T FORGET 
THIS.
HE SAID IT WAS HIS FIRST TIME 
EVER BEING THERE SAID IT'S THE 
KIND OF WORK THAT YOU WANT TO 
DO WHEN YOU GROW UP.
ONE DAY, OUT THERE, 
EXPERIENCING AND SEEING WHAT 
THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT HAS 
GIVEN HIM AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT HE 
MIGHT WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
WE NEED TO DO ALL OF THAT AND 
MORE TO ENSURE ALL THE KIDS GET 
THOSE KIND OF EXPERIENCES.
JUST HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK IS 
BEING DONE IS.
I WILL TURN TO MY COLLEAGUE.
COUNCILMEMBER HUCKER AND HE 
WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 
OUR GUEST DOOR BEHIND ME.
I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU HOW 
IMPORTANT THIS IS AND HOW 
IMPORTANT THE WORK THAT THEY DO 
IS.
THEY ARE THE CRUSADERS AND ON 
THE FRONT LINE.
THEY ARE MAKING IT HAPPENED 
EACH DAY WHEN IT COMES TO 
COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND PULLING 
UP THEIR SLEEVES.
THEIR PANT LEGS AND GETTING 
DOWN AND DIRTY AND MAKING SURE 
WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK 
AND DEDICATION THAT YOU DO 
EVERY DAY TO MAKE OUR WORLD A 
BETTER PLACE.
COUNCILMEMBER HUCKER.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 
RICE.I THINK YOU ARE A BIG 
ENVIRONMENTALIST FOR THE 
RECORD.
THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION 
AND REMEMBERING HOW IMPORTANT 
THECHESAPEAKE BAY IS .AS YOU 
HEARD FOR SO MANY YEARS ON THE 
COMMISSION YOU ALL KNOW 
ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS ARE MORE 
URGENT THAN EVER.
WE ARE GETTING, NOT ONLY NO 
HELP FROM THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT FOR SEEING THE WHITE 
HOUSE EXASPERATING A LOT OF 
THESE THREATS.
THE ASSAULT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER 
THAT MARILYN IS A LEADER IN 
ADDRESSING THE AND MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY BE THE LEADER WITHIN 
MARYLAND.
ADDRESSING THEM.
THE BAY IN PARTICULAR, 
COUNCILMEMBER RICE IS RIGHT.
BECAUSE OF GREAT LEGISLATION AT 
THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL 
MAKING PROGRESS.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN THE CRAB 
POP RELATION IN THE OYSTER 
POPULATION.
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT'S 
TAKING IT ON THE CHIN.
IN PARTICULAR THE CHESAPEAKE 
BAY DOWNLOADED THE GRADE THAT 
THEY GAVE TO A D PLUS.
THE CULPRIT WAS RECORD RAINFALL 
THE LAST FEW YEARS.TO BE 
CLEAR, IT'S NOT THE RAIN.
IT'S THE MORE FRESHWATER THAT 
WE HAVE COMING INTO THE BAY TO 
BALANCE OUT THE RISING SEA 
LEVELS IS BETTER FOR THE BAY.
IT'S A POLLUTION IN THE RAIN 
THAT'S THE BIG PROBLEM.
WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE STORM 
WATER RUNOFF.
IN MANY WAYS YOU SAT IN 
HEARINGS ON THE STORM WATER 
MANAGEMENT POLICY.
WHETHER IT'S MINIMIZING 
PESTICIDES OR USING LESS ICE 
MELTS OR PROPERLY RECYCLING AND 
MANAGING FOODWAYS.
ALTHOUGH STRATEGIES CONTRIBUTE 
TO LESS STORMWATER.
THERE IS COUNTY PROGRAMS LIKE 
RUNESCAPE THAT I WOULD 
ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE 
ADVANTAGE OF.
I LOVE MY NEW PERVIOUS DRIVEWAY 
THAT I'VE DONE WITH HELP YOU 
OUT EVERY WEB SHOULD LOOK AT 
THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE 
AVAILABLE.
THE BAY IS FACING A CREDIBLE 
THREAT AND THE NEW ONE WE ARE 
ALL FACING EXPANSION FOR 95 AND 
270.
THE HOUSE OF YOUR STORMWATER 
IMPLICATIONS AS WELL AS CLIMATE 
IMPLICATIONS.
WE NEED ALL THE ADVOCATES HERE 
THAT IS ENGAGED EVERY DAY AND 
GIVING US A CLEANER AND 
HEALTHIER BAY TO GET INVOLVED 
IN THAT CURRENT THREAT FACING 
OUR ENVIRONMENT.
SO, WITH THAT, LET ME CALL UP 
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR ORTIZ AND 
WE CAN HEAR FROM OUR GUESTS.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
COUNCILMEMBERS IT'S A PLEASURE 
TO JOIN YOU.
CELEBRATING THE MOST PRECIOUS 
RESOURCE CHESAPEAKE BAY.
ALTHOUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
ISN'T QUITE STEPPING UP THE WAY 
THAT WE WOULD HOPE, WE SHOULD 
FEEL GOOD THAT MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY IS AND HAS STEPPED UP 
INTO THE FOLD.
THERE'S A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.
RECENTLY, WE ARE CLOSING OUR 
PHASE 1 STORMWATER PERMIT THAT 
WE HAVE ACHIEVED MOREIMPERVIOUS 
RETROFITS THAN ANY OTHER COUNTY 
IN THE STATE AMERICAN .
MORE THAN 3000 ACRES.
PERHAPS THE MOST IN THE UNITED 
STATES.
I HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND ALTHOUGH 
ARE NOT GETTING QUITE WE NEED 
TO BE AS CHAIRMAN HOCKER SAID, 
WE ARE MAKING A TON OF 
PROGRESS.
THE REGION WAS COLONIZED IN THE 
1600S.
FOR 400 YEARS, THE AREA HAS 
BEEN USED AS AN ECONOMIC 
RESOURCE BUT NOT NECESSARILY AS 
AN ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE.
AT THAT TIME THE FOREST WAS 
CLEAR-CUT PERFORMING AND THERE 
IS THE INDUSTRIAL.
.
THE CURRENT PERIOD OF SUBURBAN 
SPRAWL.
ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE HAD 
TREMENDOUS IMPACTS ON THE WATER 
AND NOT FOR THE BETTER.
THE RIVER IN THE UPSTREAM FROM 
THE RIVER HERE AND MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY USED TO BE A MILE WIDE.
IF YOU COULD IMAGINE THAT.
40 FEET DEEP.
IT WAS THE SECOND MOST ACTIVE 
PORT IN THE UNITED STATES AND 
THE COLONIAL.
IT HAD SILTED AND BECAUSE OF 
FARMING.THE SEDIMENT.
SO, WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO.
IN THE LAST 15 YEARS AND IN THE 
PAST SEVEN 10 YEARS, WE HAD 
SEEN MORE PROGRESS THAN THE 
PREVIOUS 400 YEARS.
THERE'S SO MUCH INVESTMENT 
NOT JUST IN MONEY BUT ALSO 
PEOPLE'S TIME AND EFFORTS.
IT'S REFLECTED HERE IN THIS 
COUNSEL ROOM AND THE MEMBERS 
HERE.
THE PREDECESSORS.
ACTIVISTS IN THE ONES THAT ARE 
HERE.I AM HAPPY TO STAND HER 
WET I KEEP ON PUSHING.
OUR STAFF WHO IS COMPLETELY 
COMMITTED AND HAS A TREMENDOUS 
AMOUNT OF INSTITUTIONAL 
KNOWLEDGE AND PASSION.
SO, WE SHOULD FEEL GOOD THAT WE 
ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION.
EVEN THOUGH THERE'S MUCH MORE 
WORK TO DO.
THE LAST LOT I HAVE IS IF YOU 
THINK ABOUT IT, ALMOST EVERY 
STREAM IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IS 
NAMED AFTER A NATIVE AMERICAN 
TRIBE.
EVEN THE CHESAPEAKE COMES FROM 
THE VOCABULARY IN THE NAME OF 
THE TRIBE.
THEY COME TOGETHER TO FIND 
FOOD, TO LIVE, TO TRAVEL.
LIKEWISE, WE COME TOGETHER 
AGAIN AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE 
ROCK CREEK WAS NOT NAMED AFTER 
A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE.
THE OTHERS WERE.I'M GRATEFUL 
TO BE HERE AND FOR THE COUNCIL 
TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF OUR 
COMMUNITY AND MOVEMENT.
STARTING WITH PARKS DIRECT 
THEIR, MIKE RILEY.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE WITH 
ALLIES AND ADVOCATES FOR CLEAN 
WATER.
WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS BUT 
WE'VE A LONG WAY TO GO.
I WAS WITH ADAM THIS WEEKEND AT 
THE 65 ACRE WATERSHED WHERE WE 
PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY WITH 
PRIVATE SECTORS AND OTHER 
GOVERNMENT ALLIES TO IMPLY A 
LOT OF INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES 
AND THEY ARE WORKING.
IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE BUT WE 
HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
SLIGO CREEK DECADES AGO USED TO 
HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF 
FISH.
NOW WE ARE UP OVER 20.
IT'S OUR HOPE.
IT'S A LONG WAGED WAR I'M SO 
GLAD WITH LEADERS IN THE AREA.
WE ARE THRILLED TO BE HERE.
WE ARE PARTNERS OF MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY.
WE PASSED A LOT OF MONEY AWAY.
WERE YOU ABLE TO USE THE MONEY 
TO PARTNER WITH OTHER 
ORGANIZATIONS.
OTHER COUNTIES IN 
ORGANIZATIONS.
IT'S REALLY GREAT WE ARE LEFT 
TO GET OUT MORE MORE MONEY TO 
HELP THOSE PROGRAMS.
IT'S NAMED AS A DESCRIPTIVE IN 
THE NATIVE AMERICAN IN NATURE.
FALLING ON YOUR COMMENT ABOUT 
NEEDING A LITTLE BOY WHO HAD 
NEVER BEEN TO A STREAM BEFORE.
I MET A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS 
VISITING FROM CALIFORNIA AND HE 
RECENTLY RETIRED FROM 40 YEARS 
OF SERVICE AS A CIVIL ENGINEER.
DEVELOP A STORM WATER 
MANAGEMENT.
COMING COUNTY HAS BEEN SUCH A 
LEADER ON THAT.
WHEN HE WAS SIX HE WAS PLAYING 
IN ROCK CREEK AND HIS MOM TOLD 
HIM, GET OUT THERE.THERE'S 
WATERPOLLUTION HE SAID , WHAT 
IS WATER SOLUTION.
THUS BEGAN HIS CAREER LEADING 
US HERE.
WE ARE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO 
CONNECT PEOPLE IN THE ROCK 
CREEK WATERSHED.
IT IS HELPING THEM LEAD IN 
THEIR OWN WAY.
I AM THE COCHAIR OF THE WATER 
BOARD ADVISOR GROUP.
WE ARE 18 MEMBER GROUP WHICH IS 
SUPPORTED BY DEP AND THE 
COUNCIL EXECUTIVES.
WE LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
CONTINUED SUPPORT.
>> I HELLO, SARAH ROBINSON.
WE ARE A VERY SMALL WATERSHED 
SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
D.C. AND PLEASED TO PARTNER 
WITH LOTS OF OTHERS HERE 
WORKING FOR WATER QUALITY AND 
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT 
PARTICULARLY IN DEVELOPMENT IN 
THE AREA.
>> HELLO.
WE TRY TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY 
ON SUSTAINABLE LIVING 
PRACTICES.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID 
IS TALK ABOUT RAIN SCAPES AND 
INFORMATION THAT THE COUNTY HAS 
TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE 
VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT AND VERY 
PLEASED AND THRILLED THAT 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS A LEADER 
IN THE AREA AND HAS SO MUCH 
INFORMATION TO PROVIDE.
HELLO I AM ALLIES UP.
THE DIRECTOROF CONSERVATION 
WITH AUTOBAHN .
SERVING THE D.C. REGION 422 
YEARS WITH A FOCUS ON 
PROTECTING NATURAL SPACES AND 
WATER QUALITY FOR MOST THE 
ENTIRE TIME.
CHAIR OF THE STORMWATER 
PARTNERS NETWORK WHICH MANY OF 
THE ORGANIZATIONS HERE ARE KEY 
MEMBERS.
WE WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT AND 
ENCOURAGE AND OCCASIONALLY PUSH 
THE COUNTY TO SET ITS SIGHTS 
HIGH ON STORMWATER MANAGEMENT 
AND CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER IN 
THE STATE THAT IT'S BEEN IN FOR 
THE LONG TIME
I THINK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR 
EFFORTS .
>> HELLO.
BEN ALEXANDER.
WATER PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE 
MARYLAND LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION 
VOTERS.
THE POLITICAL VOICE FOR THE 
ENVIRONMENT WORKING ON THE 
STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL.
ALSO, ACTING AS THE STATE LEAD 
FOR THE WATER COALITION WHICH 
IS A COALITION OF OVER 230 
DIFFERENT NON-FOR PROFITS.
WE ARE WORKING ON WATER 
QUALITY.
THIS ISSUE OF THE URBAN SPRAWL 
AND COMMIT POLLUTION COMING 
FROM IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO JUST 
WORK WITH EVERYONE HERE IN THE 
ROOM TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET 
THAT DONE.
HELLO I AM DEBBIE.
WITH THE SENECA CREEK WATERSHED 
PARTNERS AND WE ARE A 
RELATIVELY NEW ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE LOCATED ON THE FAR WEST 
OF THE COUNTY.
GREAT SENECA LITTLE SENECA AND 
SENECA CREEK WATERSHED.
A VERY LARGE WATERSHED AND WE 
HAVE SOME OF THE MOST PRISTINE
WATERS AND DEGRADED WATERS .
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 
EVERYONE WHO CAN PARTNER WITH 
US AND HELP US KEEP THINGS 
GOING TOWARDS BETTER HEALTH.
>> I AM WITH THE LOSS BRANCH 
WATERSHED APPLIANCE.
THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
A GROUP OF US LED A TOUR OF THE 
WATERSHED IN THE WESTERN PART 
OF THE COUNTY.
IT FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO THE 
INTAKE TO THE RIVER ROAD WATER 
FILTRATION PLANT.
I THINK IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WITH THE EXTENT OF THE EFFORT 
THAT IT TAKES TO KEEP OUR 
DRINKING WATER UP.
IT WILL TAKE THE PRIVATE SECTOR 
AND HOMEOWNERS AND WORK ACROSS 
THE JURISDICTIONS WITH 
ROCKVILLE AND THE WASP BRANCH 
WATERSHED.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE 
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE COUNTY 
AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND 
PARKS WITH DOT AND DEPARTMENT 
OF PROTECTION WORKING TOGETHER 
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
I AM PAUL, FRIENDS OF SLIGO 
CREEK.
WE ARE NOT NAMED AFTER A NATIVE 
AMERICAN TRIBE BUT WE ARE NAMED 
BY IMMIGRANTS TO THIS COUNTRY.
ANY DAY YOU CAN WALK ALONG WITH 
CLIQUE TRAIL AND HEAR DOZENS OF 
NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE BEING 
SPOKEN WE SERVE THE IMMIGRANT 
COMMUNITY OF THIS COUNTY AND 
THE WASHINGTON D.C. AREA.
I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US.
ONE OF THE TWO ANNUAL SUITE THE 
CREEK EFFORTS.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO ROLL UP YOUR 
BOOTS AND REMOVE POLLUTION FROM 
THE CREEK PLEASE COME OUT AND 
JOIN US.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM ADAM ROBERTS.
WHEN I LISTEN TO THE COMMENTS 
THE ONE WHERE THAT JUMPS OUT IS 
PARTNERSHIP.
WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT 
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND 
IN THIS CASE WE HEAR ABOUT A 
PUBLIC PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP.THE 
COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE 
GOVERNMENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY 
IS DOING IMPORTANT THINGS TO 
PROTECT VITAL WATERSHEDS AND WE 
ALSO HAVE, AS MEMBERS OF THE 
PUBLIC, A PERSONAL 
RESPONSIBILITY TO DO WHAT WE 
CAN TO MAKE SIMILAR 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROTECT THE 
ENVIRONMENT AS ADAM POINTED OUT 
WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANGING LAND 
SHAPE.
BETHESDA IS FOCUSING ON WHAT WE 
CREATE AS A SUSTAINABLE URBAN 
ECOSYSTEM.
WE RECOGNIZE THE HUMAN 
POPULATION AND KNOW THAT WE CAN 
EACH TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO 
POSITIVELY RATHER THAN 
NEGATIVELY AFFECT WHERE WE 
LIVE.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE 
DO ALL WE CAN TO MAKE A 
POSITIVE DIFFERENCE AS THE 
COUNCIL IS DOING HERE TODAY.
I THINK THIS PROCLAMATION WILL 
SEND THE MESSAGE THAT THIS IS 
AN IMPORTANT THING FOR EVERYONE 
TO DO WETHINK THAT COUNSEL FOR 
TAKING THE STEP .
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS WITH SIERRA CLUB 
MARILYN TO REPRESENT SAFE GROW 
MONTGOMERY.
IT'S A COALITION OF OVER 50 
ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL 
BUSINESSES AND WE WORK ON THE 
PESTICIDE ISSUE.
JUST RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT 
THAT.
PUSHING THE COUNTY TO BE 
LEADERS IN THE PARKS TO BE 
LEADERS ON THE ISSUE.
WE REALIZE A LOT OF RESIDENTS 
ARE LOOKING FOR THE COUNTY TO 
LEAD THEM.
WE ARE HERE PUSHING THEM.
WE WANT TO POINT OUT THE RECENT 
MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS 
RULING THAT JUST RULED THAT 
UPHELD MONTGOMERY COUNTY 
PROTECT ITS RESIDENTS AND 
PROPERTY AND IN THE COUNTY, 
FROM THE PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AND 
ESPECIALLY DOING ITS WORK ON 
PESTICIDES TO PROTECT THE 
CHESAPEAKE BAY.IT WAS A HUGE 
WIN AND WE WILL BE FOLLOWING 
CLOSELY.
I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE 
PARKS AND COUNTY TO BE LEADERS 
ON THE ISSUE.
THERE IS A BILL BEFORE THE 
COMMITTEE.
IT'S A LITTLE CRAIG RICE BILL 
DEALING WITH CYCLIC AROMATIC 
AND HYDROCARBON.
IT'S REALLY ONE THAT WE CAN 
CONTINUE TO HAVE TO DO WORK ON.
WE CONTINUE TO SAVE YOU WANT TO 
MAKE PROGRESS AND TURN BACK THE 
TIDE AND THE DAMAGE THAT WE'VE 
SEEN IN THE 100S OF YEARS THAT 
WE HAVE NOT HAD SUSTAINABLE 
PRACTICES WE HAVE TO DO MORE.
TEAMWORK LET'S READ THE 
PROCLAMATION COUNCILMEMBER 
HUCKER.
WHEREAS THE CHESAPEAKE BAY 
ESTUARY, THE LARGEST IN NORTH 
AMERICA AND THIRD LARGEST IN 
THE WORLD.
IT SPANS ACROSS SIX STATES.
DELAWARE, MARYLAND THOSE WHO 
VISIT THE REGION AND IN THE 
MID-1970S BAY WAS TARGETED AS 
THE FIRST ESTUARY TO RECEIVE 
CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT 
RESTORATION AND PROTECTION AND 
SENSE REMAIN THE FEDERAL STATE 
AND LOCAL PRIORITY WANTING A 
REGIONWIDE APPROACH WITH THE 
INAUGURAL 1983 CHESAPEAKE GREAT 
AGREEMENT BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA 
AND ITS 850 WATERSHEDS AND 1500 
STREAMS.
THUS THE RESOURCES DEDICATED 
LOCALLY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT 
IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF THE BAY 
AND SUBSEQUENT ECONOMIC EFFECT 
AND WHEREAS DECEMBER 2018, 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY ACHIEVED ITS 
GOAL OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL 
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ON 
IMPERVIOUS ACRES EQUAL THE 20% 
OR 3778 ACRES OF THE COUNTY 
AREA NOT CURRENTLY MANAGED AND 
REMOVED A MAJOR SOURCE OF 
NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS 
POLLUTANTS TO THE BAY BY UP 
WAITING THE WASTEWATER 
TREATMENT PLANT AND WHEREAS 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALONG WITH 
OTHERS HAS COMMEMORATED THE 
FIRST WEEK OF JUNE AS 
CHESAPEAKE BAY AWARENESS WEEK 
WITH OUTREACH, EVENTS AND 
EDUCATION PROGRAMMING DESIGNED 
TO MARK THE PROGRESS AND FUTURE 
WORK NEEDED TO RESTORE OUR 
CHESAPEAKE BAY, NOW, THEREFORE 
DO WE, MARK ELDRIDGE AS THE 
COUNTY EXECUTIVE, NANCY NAVARRO 
AS PRESIDENT, CRAIG RICE AND 
TOM HUCKER AS COUNSEL MEMBERS 
HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 1 NINTH 
2019 AS CHESAPEAKE BAY 
AWARENESS WEEK ON MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL 
RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE 
IMPORTANCE OF THIS WEEK AND 
ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES 
THAT WILL HELP PRESERVE AND 
SUSTAIN OUR COUNTIES WATERSHED 
AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.SIGN 
THE 11TH DAY OF JUNE IN 2019.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THE COUNTY RECEIVED TWO 
PARTITIONS ON RECESS.
THE PETITION WAS RECEIVED FROM 
RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY 
SUPPORTING THE RESTORATION WITH 
COMMUNITY GREEN SPACE AT THE 
OLD KENSINGTON ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL.
THAT WAS SIGNED BY 215 PERSONS.
THERE IS NO OTHER CHANGES TO 
THE AGENDA TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
IN TERMS OF MINUTES, WE DON'T 
HAVE ANY FOR APPROVAL OF THIS 
WEEK.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG SCHOOL 
SAFETY.
AT THIS SOCIAL SITUATION WE 
NEED TO RAMP UP SECURITY AT OUR 
INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.
WANT TO THANK THE STATE A 
PARTNER PRIORITY IN THE STATE 
OF THE CHILDREN.
IT IS UNANIMOUS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EVERYONE HERE FOR THIS 
IMPORTANT UPDATE.
I GUESS WE HAVE SOME GOODIES 
THAT ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS LIKE A TEST RUN.
>> IT WILL BE A TEST 
AFTERWARDS.
>> KEEP IT FOLDED.
>> LET MEAPOLOGIZE.
I KNOW WE ARE RUNNING LATE THIS 
MORNING .
WE ALSO HAVE ENGAGED REALLY 
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
I DO WANT TO THANK DOCTOR 
ELAINE THOMPKINS.
STAFF EVERYONE INVOLVED.
THIS VERY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE 
HERE.
WE HAVE MS. WARD WHO HAS BEEN 
COORDINATING A LOT OF THIS WORK 
ON THE EXECUTIVE SIDE.
I THINK THIS PARTICULAR 
INITIATIVE IS REALLY A MODEL 
AND WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH 
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH BECAUSE 
IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF 
US.
LET ME ALSO REMIND MY 
COLLEAGUES THAT AS EVERYONE 
KNOWS, WE HAVE MADE THE 
DECISION TO ENGAGE THIS 
PARTICULAR YEAR IN A VERY 
DELIBERATIVE PROCESS THAT WILL 
AND IN THE ADOPTION OF 
LEGISLATION THAT WILL INSTITUTE 
A RACIAL EQUITY AND SOCIAL 
JUSTICE LAW AND MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
I KNOW WE ARE ALL TRACKING A 
LOT OF NEWS AND THEY ARE 
ENGAGING THE SAME PROCESS A 
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
IT'S INTRODUCTION OF 
LEGISLATION FIRST AND THE 
IMPORT YOUR TO FIRST ENGAGE A 
LOT OF CONVERSATION AND 
DISCUSSION OUT THERE IN THE 
COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TRYING TO 
GO THROUGH THESE KINDS OF 
REPORTS THAT WILL INFORM US AND 
SET US UP TO THE WORK LEADING 
UP TO THIS DRAFTING OF 
LEGISLATION.
ONCE WE FINISH THAT LEGISLATION 
IT GOES THROUGH THE USUAL 
PROCESS WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL 
INPUT THROUGH OUR PUBLIC 
HEARING PROCESS AND THEN WE 
WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ADOPT 
THIS LEGISLATION BY THE END OF 
THE YEAR TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE 
JANUARY 2020.
AT WHICH TIME THE EXECUTIVE 
WILL BEGIN THE IMPLEMENTATION.
THAT WILL MEAN THAT MOST LIKELY 
THE LEGISLATION MIGHT A 
STRUCTURE THAT SHOULD BE SET U
 
.
THE EXECUTIVE SIDE AS WELL AS 
WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE ON THE 
COUNTY COUNCIL TO DO THIS WORK.
TODAY WE WILL HEAR ABOUT TWO 
REPORTS BASICALLY.
PRETTY MUCH LOOKING AT OTHER 
JURISDICTIONS AND WHAT THEY 
HAVE DONE.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A 
PROFILE OR BASELINE SO THAT AS 
WE BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT THIS 
LEGISLATION AND ETC., THIS 
PATIENT WORK THAT WE WILL ALL 
ENGAGE IN, WE HAVE SOMETHING TO 
MEASURE OURSELVES AGAINST.
I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT AS I 
WAS READING THE REPORT, IT IS 
PRETTY OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THE 
STATE IS NOT NEW.
A LOT IS NOT SURPRISING ME AT 
ALL.
IT IS ALWAYS SO IMPORTANT TO 
HAVE THINGS WRITTEN AND 
DOCUMENTED IN DATA FOR US TO BE 
ABLE TO POINT TO IT AS WE GO 
THROUGH OUR WORK.
I WILL ALSO SAY THIS IS A VERY 
AUSPICIOUS TIME.
WE KNOW THERE HAS BEEN 
PERVASIVE AND PERSISTENT 
ISSUES.
IT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST 
RECENTLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT 
OF ENERGY AND CONVERSATION 
REGARDING THE SELECTION OF THE 
NEW POLICE CHIEF IN LIGHT OF 
ISSUESTHAT HAVE OCCURRED .
THE INSTANCES THAT HAVE 
OCCURRED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WILL ALSO SEE A RISE IN HATE 
SPEECH IN OUR SCHOOLS AND 
INSTANCES IN OUR SCHOOLS AS 
WELL.
EVEN THOUGH MONTGOMERY COUNTY 
HAS ENCOUNTERED THOSE KIND OF 
INSTANCES IN THE PAST, IT IS, 
IN MY OPINION, UNFORTUNATE THAT 
WE HAVE SEEN A REAL FREQUENCY 
OF THESE TYPES OF INSTANCES IN 
OUR COMMUNITY SO I BELIEVE IT'S 
A VERY AUSPICIOUS TIME TO BE 
HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS.
ENGAGING IN THESE KINDS OF 
CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE AT THE 
END OF THE DAY IT'S HOW WE 
UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES AS WE 
TALK ABOUT BUDGETS BEING A 
MORAL DOCUMENT.
IT'S HOW WE STRATEGICALLY USE 
OUR RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE 
EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO 
OPPORTUNITIES THAT EVERYONE IS 
TREATED WITH RESPECT AND 
EVERYONE IS INCLUDED.
SO, THAT IS THE FRAMEWORK OF 
WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
I WILL ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY 
BECAUSE I DO READ SOCIAL MEDIA 
HERE AND THERE.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SOME 
PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED AND THINK 
THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ADOPTED 
SOME KIND OF POLICY OR 
LEGISLATION.
CRITICAL OF WHAT WE ARE DOING 
AND HOW WOKE WE ARE.
WE HAVE NOT ADOPTED LEGISLATION 
GET.
IT'S NOT A COMPETITION ABOUT 
WHO'S WOKE AND WHO'S NOT.
IT'S THE HARD WORK.
IT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS.
IT AFFECTS A VAST MAJORITY OF 
RESIDENTS.
IT AFFECTS MANY OF US 
PERSONALLY.
SO, THAT IS WHY I'M SO HAPPY TO 
BE SERVING WITH A GROUP OF 
COUNCILMEMBERS AND WITH AN 
EXECUTIVE WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS 
IS NOT A JOKE.
IT'S ON AGAIN.
IT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS AND THIS 
IS GROUNDBREAKING WORK.
I APPRECIATE SO MUCH EVERYONE 
COMING TO THIS FROM THAT 
PERSPECTIVE.
WITH THAT, DOCTOR THOMPKINS.
I WILL TURN OVER TO YOU AND 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 
JUPITER EDUCATION GROUP FOR 
THIS IMPORTANT REPORT.
TURNING OVER AND YOU WILL WALK 
US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
MY NAME IS ELAINE THOMPKINS AND 
I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY 
TO BRIEF THE COUNCILON ALL THE 
REPORTS .
2018 EIGHT RACIAL EQUITY AND 
GOVERNMENTDECISION-MAKING.
LESSONS FROM THE FIELD .
THIS REPORT WAS RELEASED IN 
SEPTEMBER.
I AM GOING TO GO OVER THE 
REPORT AND ENSURE THE TIMELINE 
FOR THE RACIAL EQUITY AND 
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
IT'S BEEN LAUNCHED BY COUNCIL 
PRESIDENT NANCY NAVARRO IN 
JANUARY.FOLLOWING MY 
PRESENTATION, DOCTOR VINCENT, 
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR THE 
DEPENDENT GROUP WILL DESCRIBE 
THE RACIAL EQUITY BENCHMARKING 
REPORT THE COUNCIL JUST 
RELEASED ON THE CONSENT 
CALENDAR.
FOLLOWING HIS PRESENTATION I 
WILL SHARE A FEW SLIDES TO 
ANALYZE THE DATA PRESENTED IN 
THE REPORT.
FINALLY, TIFFANY WARD GARZA 
COUNTY COMMUNITY RACIAL EQUITY 
MANAGER WILL SHARE THE 
EXECUTIVE BRANCHES AND URGING 
WORK TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY 
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
SO, BEFORE DESCRIBING THE KEY 
FINDINGS FROM THE SEPTEMBER 
REPORT, I WANT TO DESCRIBE A 
FEW KEY TERMS AND THEIR 
DEFINITIONS SO WE CAN HAVE A 
COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS 
MEANT BY RACE, ETHNICITY AND 
EQUITY.
SO, WHAT IS RACE?
PEOPLE OFTEN IDENTIFY RACE BY 
ANCESTRY AND PHYSICAL FEATURES.
IT PRESUMES SHARED BIOLOGICAL 
TRAITS.
IN REALITY RACE IS A SOCIAL 
CONSTRUCT.
RATHER THAN ABOUT A LOGICAL
CONSTRUCT CREATED TO JUSTIFY 
SLAVERY , COLONIALISM AND WHITE 
SUPREMACY.ACE HAS 
BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART IN 
MANY PEOPLE'S IDENTITY IS 
CREATING SOLIDARITY AND 
COMMUNITY.
AN ETHNIC GROUP OR ETHNICITY IS 
A POPULATION GROUP FOR MEMBERS 
IDENTIFYING WITH EACH OTHER ON 
THE BASIS OF COMMON NATIONALITY 
OR SHARED CULTURAL TRADITIONS 
LIKE LANGUAGE AND HISTORY.
MEMBERS OF THE SAME ETHNIC 
GROUP CAN HAVE DIFFERENT 
BACKGROUNDS.
FINALLY, EQUITY REFERS TO THE 
FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES 
AND OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT 
EVERYONE CAN ACHIEVE SUCCESS.
EQUITY IS NOT THE SAME AS 
EQUALITY BECAUSE TREATING 
EVERYONE THE SAME TO PROMOTE 
FAIRNESS ONLY WORKS IF EVERYONE 
BEGINS AT THE SAME STARTING 
POINT.
IT'S CHARACTERIZING MOST 
MEASURES OF WELL-BEING AND RISK 
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
HE IS AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 
DATA POINTS COMPILED BY THE 
URBAN INSTITUTE SHOW THAT 
DESPITE RELATIVELY COMMON 
LEVELS OF HIGH SCHOOL 
COMPLETION AND EMPLOYMENT BY 
RACE AND ETHNICITY, THERE IS A 
WIDE DISPARITY IN UNEMPLOYMENT, 
INCOME HOMEOWNERSHIP AND 
POVERTY.
DOCTOR EGAN WILL FURTHER 
DESCRIBESOME OF THESE AND OTHER 
DISPARITIES IN HIS PRESENTATION 
OF THE BENCHMARKING REPORT .
THE GOVERNMENT ALIGNS FOR RACE 
AND EQUITY FIND THAT RACIAL 
DISPARITY EVIDENT ACROSS 
MEASURES ARE OFTEN EXPLAINED BY 
BLAMING INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE AND 
PROMOTING HARD WORK IS THE WAY 
TO GET AHEAD.
HE NOTES THE HARD WORK CAN HELP 
BUT UNDERLINES BECAUSE OF 
UNDERLYING SYSTEMS THAT ARE 
FORCED FOR RACIAL INEQUALITY 
THEY ENCOURAGE LOCALITIES TO 
FOCUS ON STRUCTURAL 
TRANSFORMATION TO REDUCE 
DISPARITIES.FOCUSING ON 
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION TO 
ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY REQUIRES 
AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOUR 
FACETS OF RACISM THAT 
CONTRIBUTES TO THESE 
DISPARITIES.
THE FIRST IS INTERNALIZED 
RACISM.
IT REFERS TO THE PRIVATE BELIEF 
ABOUT RACE AND RACISM.
THEY ARE INFLUENCED BY THE 
CULTURE AND INTERNALIZED RACISM 
CAN MANIFEST AS PREJUDICE 
TOWARDS OTHERS.
IT'S AN INTERNALIZED SENSE OF 
INFERIORITY AMONG PEOPLE OF 
COLOR OR BELIEF IN SUPERIORITY 
OR ENTITLEMENT AMONG WHITE 
PEOPLE.
THE SECOND FACET OF RACISM IS 
INTERPERSONAL RACISM THAT 
INCURS BETWEEN PRIVATE RACIAL 
BELIEFS WITH INTERACTIONS WITH 
OTHERS.
MOST PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THIS 
LEVEL OF RACISM WHEN THEY 
CONSIDER RACISM IN THE IMPACTS.
THE FIRST TWO FACETS OF RACISM, 
INTERNALIZED AND INTERPERSONAL 
TOGETHER REFLECTING INDIVIDUAL 
RACISM WHICH THE GOVERNMENT 
ALLIANCE FOR RACISM REFERS TO 
THE ROOM WE ARE ALL SITTING IN 
OR IMMEDIATE CONTEXT.
THE THIRD OF RACISM WITH 
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM THAT WE 
FIRST HAVE POLICIES AND 
PRACTICES AMONG INSTITUTIONS 
THAT ENABLE THESE TO WORK 
BETTER FOR WHITE PEOPLE AND 
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
DESCRIBING IT AS THE BUILDING 
THE ROOM IS IN, THE POLICIES 
AND PRACTICES THAT DICTATE HOW 
WE LIVE OUR LIVES.
THE FOURTH AND FINAL IS 
STRUCTURAL RACISM.
RACIAL BIASES AND ACROSS 
SOCIETY.THE SYSTEMATICALLY 
ADVANCEMENT OF WHITE PEOPLE AND 
DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE OF COLOR.
A STRUCTURAL RACISM ENCOMPASSES 
THE HISTORY AND REALITY OF 
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM CROSSED 
ALL INSTITUTIONS COMBINING TO 
CREATE A SYSTEM THAT NEGATIVELY 
IMPACTS COMMUNITY IS A COLOR.
HE DESCRIBED STRUCTURAL RACISM 
OF THE SKYLINE OF BUILDINGS 
AROUND US.
ALL OF WHICH INTERACT TO 
DICTATE OUR OUTCOMES.
FOCUSING ON STRUCTURAL 
TRANSFORMATION ALSO REQUIRES 
UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT 
BIAS AND HOW IMPLICIT BIASES 
ARE REPLICATED TO COLLECTIVE 
DECISIONS AND ACTIONS WITHIN 
INSTITUTIONS.
IT'S OUTSIDE YOUR CONSCIOUS 
AWARE OR CONTROL.
EXPLICIT BIAS IS EXPRESSIVELY 
JULY CONSCIOUSLY.
THERE IS PEOPLE UNAWARE FROM 
THE BIAS OR HOW THEY CAN USE 
THE BIAS TO PREDICT BEHAVIOR 
BEHAVIOR BY OTHERS.
THE EXAMPLE OF A IMPLICIT BIAS 
NOTED BY THE RESEARCHERS 
INCLUDE DOCTORS BEING 
PRESCRIBED LIFESAVING 
HEALTHCARE TO 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
MANAGERS BEING LESS LIKELY TO 
CALL BACK OR HIGHER MEMBERS OF 
A DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUP.
NBA REFEREES BEING MORE LIKELY 
TO FAVOR PLAYERS WITH WHOM THEY 
SHARE A RACIAL IDENTITY.
TEACHERS CALLING ON BOYS MORE 
OFTEN THAN GIRLS.
IMPLICIT BIAS HELPS TO EXPLAIN 
HOW RACIAL DISPARITIES WITHOUT 
INTENTIONAL MALICE.
IN INSTITUTIONS, THE BIAS OF 
INDIVIDUALS IS ROUTINELY 
REPLICATED TO COLLECTIVE 
DECISIONS AND ACTIONS.
IT'S OFTEN COMPOUNDED UNLESS 
IT'S COUNTERACTED.
JUST LIKE INDIVIDUALS CAN 
MANIFEST RACISM, INSTITUTIONS 
CAN ALSO MANAGE EXPLICIT BIAS.
THIS MATRIX OFFERS A VISUAL 
REFERENCE FOR THE DISTINCTION 
BETWEEN IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT 
BIAS AMONG INSTITUTIONS.
IT'S IMPLICIT BIAS WHAT THEY 
REFER TO BY THE HIDDEN FORCES 
AT WORK IN THE INSTITUTIONS 
WERE STRUCTURALTRANSFORMATION 
MUST HAPPEN .
TO ACTUALIZE THE BENEFITS OF 
EQUITY, LOTS OF JURISDICTIONS 
ARE GENERALLY ADVANCING SOCIAL 
JUSTICE IN THEIR DECISION AND 
POLICY MAKING.
BASED ON THEIR WORK WITH MORE 
THAN 100 JURISDICTIONS, THE 
GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE RACE AND 
EQUITY OFFERS THREE BEST 
PRACTICES FOR LOCALITY MAKING 
RACIAL EQUITY PRIORITY.
THE FIRST RECOMMENDED BEST 
PRACTICES TO NORMALIZE 
CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE AND 
EQUITY BY FIRST USING EQUITY 
FRAMEWORK USES CLEAR 
DEFINITIONS OF RACIAL EQUITY 
AND COMMUNICATING AND ACTING 
WITH URGENCY TO DEVELOP A 
VISION FOR EQUITY AND 
COMMUNICATE THE COMMITMENT TO 
THE COMMUNITY.
TO ORGANIZE FOR RACIAL EQUITY 
BY BUILDING ORGANIZE ADDITIONAL 
CAPACITY TO ADVANCE RACIAL 
EQUITY TRAININGS AND STAFF TO 
APPLY RACIAL EQUITY LENSES TO 
LOCAL DECISION-MAKING AND 
SECOND, ENGAGING COMMUNITIES, 
PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR.
THE FINAL PRACTICES TO USE 
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLS THAT ENABLE 
DECISION-MAKERS TO ENABLE 
PRACTICES USING A RACIAL EQUITY 
LENS AND USE DATA TO ESTABLISH 
BASELINES AND EVALUATE EFFORTS 
TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY.
IN OUR REPORT, WE REVIEWED THE 
EFFORTS FOR ADVANCING RACIAL 
EQUITY IN GOVERNMENT 
JURISDICTIONS IN SEATTLE AND 
KINGCOUNTY WASHINGTON, PORTLAND 
AND OREGON , MADISON WISCONSIN 
AND FAIRFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA.
WE FOUND THE COMBINED EFFORTS 
ALONG WITH THE BEST PRACTICES 
AND I JUST WANT TO OFFER SOME 
EXAMPLESOF THE THINGS THEY'VE 
DONE .
FOR JURISDICTIONS TAKING THE 
LEAD TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY 
THAT HAS NORMALIZE THE 
CONVERSATION OR ARE WORKING TO 
NORMALIZE THE CONVERSATIONS, 
THEY HAVE TRAINED BOYS TO HAVE 
A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF RACE 
AND RACISM.
DEVELOPING PUBLIC EDUCATION ON 
WEBSITES AND ISSUING ANNUAL 
REPORTS ON RACIAL EQUITY WORK 
AND COLLABORATING WITH REGIONAL 
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE.
THIS SLIDE DESCRIBES THE 
ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES TO 
ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY.
THEY INCLUDE HIRING 
REDESIGNATED A CHIEF EQUITY 
OFFICER, IN DEVELOPING 
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR RACIAL 
EQUITY, HOSTING TOWN HALLS WITH 
GRANTS TO COMMUNITY-BASED 
ORGANIZATIONS OR PROJECTS TO 
ADDRESS THE EQUITY FOR RACISM.
FINALLY, THE LONG JURISDICTIONS 
HAVE DEVELOPED TOOLS AND USE 
DATA TO APPLY TO THE 
DECISION-MAKING.
THE OPERATIONAL PRACTICES HAS 
DEVELOPED A RACIAL EQUITY 
TOOLKIT REQUIRING THE USE.
SOCIAL DISPARITIES AND 
PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR 
IMPROVING EQUITY.
SO, WE OFFER A LIST OF 
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNTY 
ACTION IN SEPTEMBER.
THE RECOMMENDATION REFLECTED A 
MENU VERSUS A PRESCRIPTION IS 
THERE IS NO ONE WAY TO ADVANCE 
THE EQUITY AMONG THE 
JURISDICTIONS.
ON THE SLIDE ABOVE I FLAGGED 
FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE THAT 
WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
TRAINING ON RACIAL EQUITY, 
COUNTY JOINING, PROMOTING 
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE 
LAUNCH OF THE COMMUNITY 
CONVERSATION RACIAL EQUITY AND 
SOCIAL JUSTICE LAUNCH BY THE 
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COMPILING 
DATA ON RACIAL DISPARITIES.
BENCHMARKING DATA WHICH DOCTOR 
IAN WILL DESCRIBE NEXT.
THESE ARE THE ADDITIONAL
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT 
OF THE REPORT .
I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THE RACIAL 
JUSTICE TIMELINE THE COUNTY 
TRAININGS AND DEBRIEFS AND THE 
LAUNCH OF THE COMMUNITY 
ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN IN THE TOWN 
HALL IN GERMANTOWN AT THE END 
OF THE MONTH.
IT'S HELPING TO INFORM THE 
COUNTY COUNSEL ABOUT THE POLICY 
WORK.
SO, I WILL PAUSE THERE AND LET 
DOCTOR EGAN SHARE HIS 
PRESENTATION WITH US.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
IS THIS HOME?
GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY 
TO GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE 
REPORT THAT JUPITER INDEPENDENT 
RESEARCH GROUP DID FOR 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
IT WAS ON THE RACIAL EQUITY 
STUDY.
JUPITER INDEPENDENT RESEARCH 
GROUP IS A MONTGOMERY COUNTY 
LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS PRIMARILY 
A SOFTWARE COMPANY.
AS ENGAGING IN SOME 
SOCIOECONOMIC RESEARCH.
WE REVIEWED THE DEMOGRAPHIC 
DATA ROUGHLY FROM THE PERIOD 
2007 2018.
DOCTOR LANE TALKED ABOUT THIS 
IS THE GROWING TREND OF THE 
STUDY AROUND THE COUNTRY IN THE 
D.C. AREA.
I WANT TO START WITH SEVERAL 
CAVEATS.
IT'S NOT ONE THAT THE DISPARITY 
STUDY.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TO MY 
UNDERSTANDING, HAS DONE A 
COUPLE OF DISPARITY STUDIES.
I'VE DONE BEEN INVOLVED IN 
ABOUT 100 OF THEM IN THE STATE 
OF TEXAS IN THE STATE OF NORTH 
CAROLINA.
THOSE HAVE A PARTICULAR 
OBJECTIVE FOR CREATING A 
PREDICATE FOR A MINORITY 
BUSINESS CENTER PROGRAM.
WE ARE NOT PROVIDING A FACTUAL 
PREDICATE FOR ANYPARTICULAR 
PROGRAM.IT'S 100 PAGE REPORT 
.
IT'S $38,000 STUDY.
IT'S A COLLECTION OF CABLES ON 
DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS FROM 
VARIOUS SOURCES BUT PRIMARILY, 
CENSUS DATA BY RACE AND 
ETHNICITY FOR MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY.
WE IDENTIFIED DISPARITIES.
WE DID NOT ANALYZE THE CAUSE OF 
THE DISPARITIES OR PROVIDE 
RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE ANY 
OF THESE DISPARITIES.
SOME OF THEM YOU COULD CALL 
DISPARITIES IN SOME 
DIFFERENCES.
SOME ARE POSITIVE AS YOU WILL 
SEE.
WITH THE BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT 
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE POVERTY 
HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION AND 
WHAT WE CALLED CONNECTEDNESS.
WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT 
SOCIAL CAPITAL MEASURES BY RACE 
AND ETHNICITY.
THERE IS NOT VERY MUCH DATA ON 
THAT.
DISPARITY WAS PRESENTED AS A 
MEASURE OF MINORITY GROUPS 
RELATIVE TO THE WHITE 
POPULATION GENERALLY.
SOME OF THOSE WERE BASED ON 
VARIATIONS ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC 
DEFINITIONS AND THIS IS 
RELEVANT.
I THINK SOMETHING WORTH 
EMPHASIZING THAT, AS YOU ARE 
AWARE YOU HAVE A VERY DIVERSE 
COUNTY.
I WAS TAKEN ABACK BY ONCE I 
GOT OUT OF CENSUS DATA WHAT THE 
MEASURES WERE IN JUST MEASURING 
DIFFERENT GROUPS.
SOME GROUPS TREATED LATINO IS A 
RACE.
SOME DIVIDED IT AMONG ALL RACES 
AND SO THE MEASURES WERE VERY 
DIFFERENT BETWEEN IT.
HE MADE SOME OF IT AND 
CONSISTENT.
WE ENDED UP DROPPING A LOT FROM 
THIS.
40 OR 50 TABLES.
IT JUST DID NOT SEEM TO FIT 
WITH THE REST OF THE STORY.
THE DATA SOURCES WERE SO 
DIFFERENT.
IT'S SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF 
GOING FORWARD.
FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND 
SURVEY WE LOOKED AT OUT THE 
MONTGOMERY AND MONTGOMERY 
DEPARTMENT OFJUVENILE SERVICES.
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT.
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
CENTER .
DEPARTMENT STATEOF EDUCATION .
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND 
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS.
OTHER CENSUS DATA AND THE US 
SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS IS 
THE MAIN DATA SOURCE.
THERE IS ONE 200 TABLES AND 
BAR CHARTS.
WE TRY TO COMPARE TO MARYLAND 
IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE 
COMPARABLE DATA WAS AVAILABLE 
AND DOCTOR LANE I'M FROM 
GEORGIA ANDTHAT'S HOW WE TALK .
IT PROVIDED CONSIDERABLE HELP 
IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION AND 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
THIS PRESENTATION FOCUSED ON 
THE SHERBET AREAS AND 
DISPARITIES.
IT'S WORTH NOTING IF YOU 
COMPARE THIS TO THE STUDIES 
THAT ARE DONE FOR THE CITY OF 
ST. LOUIS WITH AN INNER-CITY 
AREA YOU FIND MUCH SHARPER 
DISPARITIES THAN YOU DO IN THE 
STUDIES OF THE SUBURBAN AREAS.
PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA LIKE 
WASHINGTON D.C.. SOME OF THE 
LARGEST DISPARITIES HERE ARE 
LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER STUDIES 
INVOLVED WITH LATINOS.
IT'S ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AS YOU ARE QUITE AWARE IT'S A 
VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY WITH A 
LARGE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION.
PARTICULARLY AMONG ASIANS AND 
LATINOS.I WOULD ADD, THE 
OTHER THING IS THE DEFINITION 
OF OTHER REALLY DIFFERING 
ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES.
OTHERS YOU HAVE TO LEAVE TO THE 
SIDE.
IT'S AN ISSUE WITH THE ASIAN 
AND LATINO POPULATION.
WE PRESENTED DATA ON 
OCCUPATIONAL DISTRIBUTION 
ACROSS THE BOARD AND THE HIGHER 
OCCUPATION OF MANAGEMENT 
BUSINESS AND SCIENCE, THE 
LATINO POPULATION HAD THE 
LOWEST PERCENTAGE 
REPRESENTATION IN THAT 
CATEGORY.
MINORITY REVENUE WAS KIND OF 
SURPRISING.
AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE OF 
THE D.C. AREA HAS SOME OF THE 
STRONGEST MINORITY BUSINESS 
PROGRAMS AND STRONGEST 
BUSINESSES IN THE UNITED 
STATES.
I WOULD ADD, HOWEVER, THIS DATA 
INCLUDES CORPORATIONS PUBLICLY 
TRADED COMPANIES AS PART OF THE 
DENOMINATOR.
IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT 
MINORITY BUSINESS ARE NOT THAT 
BIG OF A SHARE OF ALL THE 
REVENUE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES ALL FIRMS 
WITHIN OR WITHOUT.
THE IMPORTANCE FROM THE SERVICE 
OF BUSINESS OWNERS WHICH IS 
DATED INFORMATION.
THE DISPARITY STUDY, WHICH YOU 
HAVE DONE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE 
LOOKS AT THE WHOLE MINORITY 
BUSINESS ISSUE IN MUCH MORE 
DETAIL THAN THIS.
I WOULD ADD THAT WE HAD DATA 
FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS 
DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND THAT ON 
THE FLIPSIDE THE CLIENT BASE 
WAS MUCH MORE ORIENTED TOWARDS 
MINORITIES.
THE OVERALL POPULATION.
THE POPULATION OF CHILDREN WITH 
BLACK AND LATINO POPULATIONS.
IT'S IN THE 80 CITY INNER-CITY 
STANDARDS.
ONE OF THE DRAMATIC STATISTICS 
IS CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.
BLACK CHILDREN BEING 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
DISPROPORTIONATELY IN FOSTER 
CARE HERE IN THE COUNTY.
IT'S ONE OF THE SHARPEST 
DISPARITIES.
HOMEOWNERSHIP.
BLACK AND HISPANIC RESIDENTS 
HAVING HOMEOWNERSHIP LOWER 
LEVELS THAN LATINOS DO.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT 
LOOK LIKE BEFORE THE 2008 
CRISIS WHICH IMPACTED SOME 
GROUPS DISPROPORTIONATELY SO 
THERE WAS SOME OF THE LINGERING 
ON FROM THAT.
NO HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE OR GED.
THE LATINO POPULATION THE 
STRONGEST, WEAKEST IN THE 
PARTICULAR AREA RELATIVE TO THE 
OTHER POPULATION.
THE INTERESTING NEXT SLIDE IS 
APPRENTICESHIPS.
SOME LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BECAUSE 
THEY PUT THE MINORITY 
DISSIPATION GOALS ON 
APPRENTICESHIP.
I'VE SEEN THAT A LOT ON THE 
WEST COAST.
HERE, EVEN THOUGH THE 
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND THE 
LATINO POPULATION HAD BIGGER 
GAPS OF FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL 
WELL REPRESENTED THE 
APPRENTICESHIP PIPELINE GOING 
INTO TRADE AND THE GENERAL 
APPRENTICESHIP ISSUE IS ONE 
THAT IS QUITE IMPORTANT IN THE 
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
THAT IS DATA THAT YOU DON'T 
FIND IN MANY OF THE STUDIES 
THE PARTNERSHIP ISSUE.
NO HEALTH INSURANCE.
AGAIN, YEARS AFTER OBAMACARE, 
THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH LATINO 
POPULATION IS NO HEALTH 
INSURANCE.
ARRESTS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES 
THAT I SHOULD ALSO ADD.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO LOOK 
AT IF THERE WAS RACE DATA ON 
IT.
AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE, A HOT 
TOPIC NOW IS CIVIL ASSET 
FORFEITURE WITH THE SUPREME 
COURT DECISION ON THAT IN 2019.
THAT IS VERY LITTLE ALMOST NO 
RAISE AND ETHNICITY DATA ON 
THAT.
REALLY I HAVE NO IDEA.
WE LIST ALL OF THE ARRESTS.
THERE IS VERY DETAILED ARREST 
DATA.
WE LIST ALL THE CATEGORIES IN 
HERE SO IT'S JUST VERY 
AGGREGATE AS A TABLE HERE.
IN JUVENILE INTAKE WHICH IS ANY 
JUVENILE COMPLAINT THAT WENT TO 
JUVENILE JUSTICE, BLACK YOUTH 
IS OVERREPRESENTED THERE.
ASIANS ARE NOT BROKEN OUT IN 
THE DATA FROM LATINOS.
FINALLY, NO VEHICLES.
>> HAD THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE.
THOSE ARE JUST A SAMPLE OF SOME 
OF THE TABLES THAT WE LOOKED 
AT.
AGAIN, A LOT MORE IN THERE.
WHAT POLICY IMPLICATIONS WE DID 
NOT LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY.
I WOULD JUST SAY FROM 
EXPERIENCE GOING AROUND THE 
COUNTRY ON THE DISPARITY STUDY 
CITED THAT ONE CONSTRAINT THAT 
YOU HAVE FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF 
THINGS IS THE DECISION IF YOU 
HAVE EXPRESSIVELY RACE-BASED 
POLICIES ON THE DECISION AND IN 
THE AREA.
MANY LOCALITIES ADDRESS THESE 
ISSUES.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY IS DONE THIS OR NOT BUT 
MANY DO IF THE COMMUNITY 
BENEFITS AGREEMENT SO THAT ANY 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
ARRANGEMENT BE IT TAX 
INCENTIVES OR INCREMENT 
FINANCING.
WHATEVER THERE IS A COMMUNITY 
BENEFIT PACKAGE TO THAT.
IT ADDRESSES THE BIGGEST AREAS 
OF NEED THAT HAVE BEEN 
IDENTIFIED.
BUT THE APPRENTICESHIP, DROP 
TRAINING ETC..
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO DRAW YOUR 
ATTENTION TO A FEW SLIDES TO 
PULL TOGETHER TO DO A LITTLE 
BIT ANALYSIS THAT YOU DID 
TOGETHER.
ONE QUESTION YOU ARE ASKED IS 
THE METRICS WHAT ARE THE 
METRICS FOR BLACK AND LATINO 
RESIDENTS OVERLAPPING AND 
HAVING LESSER OUTCOMES THAN 
WHITE RESIDENTS.
IT GIVES A SUMMARY ON THAT SO 
THE INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT 
MEASURE AND MEDIAN INCOME AND 
OUTCOME AND EMPLOYMENT RATE.
WHITE RESIDENTS ARE DOING THE 
BETTER THAN BLACK AND HISPANIC 
RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS.
MINORITY FORM BUSINESS ON 
ECONOMIC SECURITY MEASURES.
HIGHER POVERTY RATES.
HIGHER FOSTER CARE RATES AND 
HIGHER RATES OF NO INSURANCE 
AMONG BLACK AND LATINO 
RESIDENTS.
HOUSING, LOWER HOMEOWNERSHIP 
AND HIGHER RATES OF 
UNAFFORDABLE RENTS MEETING 
RENTS ARE IN EXCESS OF 30% OF 
GROSS INCOME.
FOR EDUCATION MEASURES, ONLY 
HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE SUSPENSION 
DROPOUTS AND HIGHER AMONG BLACK 
AND LATINO RESIDENTS AND 
GRADUATION RATES AND COLLEGE 
ATTAINMENT LOWER THAN THE BLACK 
AND LATINO RESIDENTS.
JUVENILE INTAKE'S INTEREST WITH 
BLACK LATINOS AND RESIDENTS ARE 
HIGHER SHARE OF THE POPULATION.
THAT IS COMPARED TO WHITE 
RESIDENTS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE METRICS 
FOR LACK RESIDENTS DOING WORSE 
THAN BLACK AND LATINO 
RESIDENTS.
AS DOCTOR IAN ALREADY SHARED, 
HAVING NO VEHICLE, BLACK 
RESIDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO 
HAVE MOVED LESS THAN ONE YEAR 
AGO AND TO ALSO HAVE POOR 
HEALTH OUTCOMES.
METRICS WERE WORSE.
NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, DROP 
OUT, NOT HAVING A COLLEGE 
DEGREE, NOT BEING IN A 
MANAGEMENT OCCUPATION AND NOT 
HAVING HEALTH INSURANCE.
METRICS WERE ASIAN RESIDENTS 
HAD WORSE OUTCOMES THAN WHITE 
RESIDENTS.
AGAIN, LIKE BLACK AND LATINO, 
LOW REVENUE COMPARED TO WHITE 
CONFIRMING NOT HAVING A HIGH 
SCHOOL DEGREE, NO HEALTH 
INSURANCE, WORSE CHILD POVERTY 
AND OVERALL POVERTY.
THESE ARE THE METRICS WERE 
ASIAN RESIDENTS WERE BETTER OR 
HAD BETTER OUTCOMES THAN WHITE 
RESIDENTS.
THEY ARE IN LOWER DROPOUT AND 
SUSPENSION RATES AND LOWER 
RATES OF ARREST IN FOSTER CARE 
AND BETTER RATES OF MORTALITY 
FOR BREAST CANCER AND HEART 
DISEASE.
LATINO RESIDENTS ALSO HAD 
BETTER OUTCOMES AMONG BREAST 
CANCER AND HEART DISEASE.
THE MORTALITY IS LOWER.
I WANT TO NOW GIVE THE MIC OVER 
TO MS. WARD SO SHE COULD 
PROVIDE HER UPDATE.>> GOOD 
MORNING.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS 
TIFFANY WARD, THE RACIAL EQUITY 
PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE COUNTY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING 
ME.
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION 
REGALED RACIAL EQUITY HERE.
APRIL 2000 18 WE KNOW THAT THE 
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NAVARRO AND 
THEN COUNSEL EXECUTIVE MARK 
ELDRIDGE INTRODUCED THE RACIAL 
EQUITY RESOLUTION THAT BELIEVED 
THE RACIAL EQUITY LEGISLATION.
WHEN THE COUNCIL IN LEGISLATION 
PERFORM THIS WORK AS NECESSARY 
WE KNOW THE COMMUNITY OF COLOR 
SUPPORT THE RACIAL EQUITY WORK.
AFTER STUDYING RACIAL EQUITY 
WORK LIKE PORTLAND OREGON AND 
AUSTIN TEXAS WE FOUND THE 
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS A 
CENTRAL FEATURE OF THE 
GOVERNMENT'S EFFORT TO ADVANCE 
RACIAL EQUITY.
FOR THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION 
AROUND THE COUNTIES RACIAL 
EQUITY WORK WAS PARAMOUNT.
RACIAL EQUITY ISN'T JUST THE 
OUTCOME.
IT'S ALSO THE PROCESS.
PROCESSES THAT ARE INCLUSIVE, 
ACCESSIBLE AND APPROACHABLE.
EMBARKING ON THE COMMUNITY 
CONVERSATION IT'S OUR HOPE THAT 
THE CONVERSATION WOULD 
NORMALIZE AROUND RACE LEADING 
TO INDIVIDUALS AND 
NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO 
SUPPORT THE WORK AND ONE 
ANOTHER IN THIS WORK.
FAITH-BASED GROUPS REACH OUT TO 
HOW TO FACILITATE THESE 
CONVERSATIONS.
AMONG THE GROUPS ARE MANIFOLD, 
GRACE, KINGDOM FELLOWSHIP, 
WOMEN'S DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF 
GOVERNMENT COUNTY.
NAACP, THE AFFILIATED 
ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERFAITH 
WORKS.
IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS, 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HEALTH 
PROGRAMS, EAST COUNTY FAITH 
GROUPS AND RACIAL JUSTICE NOW 
IS SET TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
WE ARE AWARE OF THIS ALSO 
SLATING TO HAVE ANOTHER 
CONVERSATION ON JUNE 26 AT THE 
BLACK BOX THEATER IN 
GERMANTOWN.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR 
NON-FOR PROFITS IN FOUNDATIONS 
FOR WORKING TO SUPPORT THIS 
EFFORT.
PARTICULARLY LEADERSHIP 
MONTGOMERY IN THE CRITICAL WOR
 
.
LEADERSHIP MONTGOMERY BY 
INTRODUCING THE LEGISLATIVE AND 
EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO THE RACIAL 
EQUITY INSTITUTE THAT PROVIDED 
TRAINING FOR THE COUNTY LEADERS 
AND THEIR STAFF.
DOING A DEBRIS FOR THE 
TRAININGS.
THEY ALSO ARE ASSISTING AND 
FACILITATING THE UP COMING 
CONVERSATION IN JUNE.
IMPACT SILVER SPRING HAS BEEN 
ESSENTIAL TO PULL TOGETHER 
COMMUNITY STATE STAKEHOLDERS 
AND GROUPS TO SUPPORT THE 
RACIAL EQUITY WORK HERE IN THE 
COUNTY.
AFTER ATTENDING THE D.C. 
RECENTLY INTRODUCED LEGISLATION 
I WAS ENCOURAGED BY WHAT AN 
ENGAGED AND INFORMED AND 
COORDINATED COMMUNITY EFFORT 
COULD PRODUCE BY WAY OF 
AMENDMENT AND LEGISLATION 
SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
I BELIEVE THE SUGGESTIONS AND 
AMENDMENTS ARE ON PAGE 5 AND 
SIX OF YOUR PACKET.
I WANT TO REITERATE HOW VITAL 
AND STRONG THE PARTNERSHIP WITH 
THE COMMUNITY IS NECESSARY FOR 
THE WORK TO TAKEROOT .
NOW, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE 
EXECUTIVE BRANCHES READY FOR 
IMPLEMENTATION.
AS A COUNSEL PREPARING TO 
INTRODUCE IT PAST THE 
LEGISLATION I WANT TO ASSURE 
YOU THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS 
PREPARING THE INFRASTRUCTURE 
NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT RACIAL 
EQUITY INTHE COUNTY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SEARCHING FOR 
A CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER , I 
BELIEVE YOU HAVE THAT 
DESCRIPTION IN YOUR PACKET.
ALONG WITH A MEMBER THEY ARE, 
THE COUNTY IS JOINED BY THE 
COHORT AND THE COHORT IS A 
LEARNING COHORT THAT INCLUDES 
MEMBERS FROM LOCAL 
JURISDICTIONS LIKE FAIRFAX 
COUNTY, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, 
ARLINGTON, ALEXANDRIA, TAKOMA 
PARK IN WASHINGTON D.C.. IT'S 
OTHER JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY DOING THE WORK.
THE JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING 
THIS WORK FOR A SUBSTANTIAL 
AMOUNT OF TIME.
CAPACITY AND SKILLS WHEN 
IMPLEMENTING THE RACIAL TOOL 
AND EXAMPLES OF POLICY AND 
PRACTICES.
PRACTICES THAT CAN HELP ADVANCE 
RACIAL EQUITY HERE IN THE 
COUNTY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR 
THE COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT AND 
WORKING HARD AND DILIGENTLY ON 
THE WORK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 
HAVING THIS RELATIONSHIP MOVING 
FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> Nancy Navarro: THANK YOU SO 
MUCH MS. WARD.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT 
JUST THINK MY STAFF SINCE THEY 
HAVE SUPPORTED THIS WORK IN A 
VERY DILIGENT WAY AND SO, KUDOS 
TO MY FOLKS WERE ALWAYS 
STEPPING UP.
WELL, THIS IS REALLY GREAT.
WE DO HAVE ONE LIGHT ON.
COUNCILMEMBER RICE?>> Craig 
Rice: THANK YOU MADAM 
PRESIDENT.
I DON'T WANT TO EXTEND BECAUSE 
I KNOW WE WILL STILL HAVE 
PLENTY OF WORK TO BE DONE.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT 
DOCTOR TOMPKINS, IF YOU GO TO 
THE FIRST LIBRARY YOU TALKED 
ABOUT THE TIES OF WHAT WE SAW 
AMONGST OUR ETHNIC GROUPS AND 
WHERE WE SEEM TO LACK AND WHERE 
YOU SAW SOME CONSISTENCY AMONG 
THE LATINO AND BLACK RESIDENTS.
IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
I'M A LITTLE BIT PARTIAL WHEN 
IT COMES TO THIS SORT OF THING.
ALL OF THOSE TIES TO EDUCATION.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT AND LOOK 
AT HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP 
AND AFFORDABLE RENTS AND ALL 
THAT IT IS JUST IF YOU DON'T 
HAVE QUALITY CAREER OR COLLEGE 
DEGREE TO GIVE YOU A PATHWAY TO 
SUCCESS ESPECIALLY IN 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, YOU WILL 
ALWAYS BE STRUGGLING TO RENT A 
PLACE A HOME OWNERSHIP IS AN 
INTERESTING DYNAMIC.
IT ALLOWS YOU TO BUILD WEALTH.
I'D BE CURIOUS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD ASK 
IS IF WE COULD TRY TO 
EXTRAPOLATE SOME DATA AROUND 
MINIMUM-WAGE JOBS.
WHO ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN 
THOSE MINIMUM-WAGE JOBS.
IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY 
IMPORTANT BECAUSE, FROM MY 
STANDPOINT, ALTHOUGH WE RAISED 
A MINIMUM WAGE, THE FACT OF THE 
MATTER REMAINS THAT THOSE FOLKS 
WHO ARE STILL IN MINIMUM-WAGE 
JOBS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IN 
TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THAT 
COHORT.
I THINK WE WILL SEE A CLEAR 
DELINEATION BETWEEN THE FOLKS 
ARE EMPLOYED AT THAT 
MINIMUM-WAGE LEVEL AND ALSO A 
LOT OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT 
WE SEE.
WE TALK ABOUT CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 
FOR A PERSON NOT TO BELIEVE 
THEY CAN MAKE IT WORK HERE AND 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY I WORKING 
THAT MINIMUM-WAGE JOB WE 
OFTEN TIMES, UNFORTUNATELY, SEE 
THEM RESORT TO OTHER MEANS TO 
MAKE ENDS MEET.
THOSE ARE THE STORIES ALL YOU 
HAVE TO DO IS TRAVEL TO MY 
DISTRICT AND TALK TO THE 
INMATES THAT ARE THERE AND YOU 
WILL HEAR THOSE THINGS.
SO, THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS 
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SEE 
AND SOMETHING THAT I REALLY 
WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY 
EXECUTIVE AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT 
FOR SPEARHEADING.
TALKING ABOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD 
EDUCATION AND THE ACCESS.
I WAS OUT AT A NATIONAL 
CONFERENCE LAST WEEK AND I TOLD 
THEM A STORY ABOUT A GENTLEMAN 
WHO CAME UP TO ME AT THE GYM 
AND SAID, YOU GUYS SHE'S 
ALWAYS CRITICIZING THE COUNCIL.
YOU GUYS GOT IT RIGHT.
I ALMOST FELL OFF THE BENCH.
HE SAID, YOU GUYS INVESTED IN 
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
THAT WAS A GREAT THING YOU GUYS 
DID.
I SAID WELL, TELL ME WHY.
HE SAID WELL, MY SON WHO WE 
SPENT SOME MONEY TO PUT IN 
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS 
DOING INCREDIBLY WELL WHEN I 
SAW HIM PLAYING WITH MY KNEES, 
IS IN TERMS OF THE GAPS THAT 
CONTINUE TO PERSIST.
THEY START THERE.
IT LEADS TO THE ECONOMIC 
SECURITY PROBLEMS.
HOUSING PROBLEMS AND INCOMING 
EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS.
THEY ALL ARE TIED TO THAT VARY 
BEGINNING POINT.
PLEASE PASS ALONG MY THANKS TO 
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
WE NEED TO DO MORE.OUR 
ATTENTION REALLY NEEDS TO BE IN 
FOCUSING ON ENSURING THAT THE 
INVESTMENTS ARE SMART YOU THE 
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE 
HAPPENING AND ARE VERY BOLD BY 
THAT SENSE.
WE ARE INVESTING IN THE RIGHT 
THINGS.
FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I REALLY 
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
GREAT WORK.
IT'S DARK IF I LEANED OVER TO 
MY COLLEAGUES.
IT'S AMONGST LATINO STUDENTS.
IT CERTAINLY THERE BETWEEN THE 
BLACK-AND-WHITE STUDENTS.
I SEE THAT AND SAY TO MYSELF 
I LOOK AT COLLEGE EDUCATION AND 
ABOUT ACCESS.
IT'S ABOUT AFFORDING ACCESS 
ALSO.
THESE ARE THINGS IF I CAN'T 
AFFORD, EVEN FOR MONTGOMERY 
COLLEGE.IT'S AFFORDABLE TO 
SOME, EVEN IF I CAN'T AFFORD TO 
SEND MY CHILD TO MONTGOMERY 
COLLEGE IT'S STILL MEANS I 
DON'T HAVE THAT SAME ACCESS 
WHICH MEANS I DON'T HAVE THAT 
SPENDING POWER.
CHOOSE THEIR ELECTED LEADERS.
IF THIS IS ON BLACK AND WHITE 
AND THE NUMBERS ARE WHAT THEY 
ARE.
IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO A 
PARTICULAR LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP 
YET TO ARTICULATE ARE YOU 
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES OF WHO 
RESIDENTS ACTUALLY ARE.
AND THAT ONE SLIDE I ASKED YOU 
TO PUT FORTH, DOCTOR LAURA TOM 
CAN.
LOOKING OUT OVER NOT ONLY THE 
OVERLAP AT THE COMMUNITIES.
AGAIN SOMETIMES PEOPLE WANT TO 
GENERALIZE.
THERE ARE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT 
TEND TO BE UNIQUE.
THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY 
IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE MAKE OUR 
DECISIONS.
ON THE SPOT ON PAGE 11 OF THE 
PACKET.
THE JUVENILE IMPACT BLEW ME 
AWAY WHEN I REPRESENTED IS 
COUNTY ONE FOR SELECTED FOR A 
YEAR -AND-A-HALF. THAT CAN BE 
UP AT NIGHT AND HAD EVERYTHING 
TO DO THE SAME PEOPLE BARELY 
HAD AMENITIES.
BARELY HAD ACTIVITIES.
BAILEY HAD ACTIVITIES BUT 
DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO JOBS.
THIS IS THE FAULT AND IT HASN'T 
NECESSARILY CHANGE.WE CAN'T 
CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THESE 
ISSUES BUT WITHOUT A STRUCTURAL 
AND COMPREHENSIVE WAY OF 
BEGINNING TO DECONSTRUCT ALL OF 
THIS.
YOU KNOW 30 YEARS WILL PASS.
AND THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO 
BE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE OF COLOR 
WITH THESE DISPARITIES 
CONTINUING TO EXACERBATE.
THIS IS EXCITING TO ME.
COUNCILMEMBER RIEMER?
>> Hans Riemer: THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS 
AT THE FED COMMITTEE IS AROUND 
70.
AND HOW ZONING PLAYS A ROLE IN 
PERPETUATING SHOW INEQUITIES.
THE HISTORY OF ZONING AS WE 
KNOW.
AND WE HAVE LEARNED.
IN MANY WAYS WAS PART OF THE 
GOVERNMENT DELIBERATE EFFORT TO 
SEGREGATE COMMUNITIES.
TO FOSTER SEGREGATION.
IT WAS PART OF THE SAME KIND OF 
FRAMEWORK THAT SAID 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS CAN'T HAVE 
THE SAME TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT 
THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LIVE IN 
CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, THEY DID NOT HAVE 
EQUAL ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
ZONING WAS A BIG PART OF THAT.
I WILL NEVER FORGET.
CHAIRMAN CASEY ANDERSON DUG UP 
AN OLD LETTER FROM THE CHAIR OF 
THE COMMISSION.
BACK IN THE 50s OR THE 40s 
SAYING THAT THE PLANNING 
COMMISSION REPRESENTS THE WHITE 
COMMUNITY'S DESIRES AND IT WAS 
IN THE LITTLETON AREA.
TO MAINTAIN A BUFFER TO THE 
COLORED COMMUNITY.
AND THEY WOULD ENSURE THE PLAN 
FOR THE AREA WAS SUCCESSFUL IN 
ACCOMPLISHING THAT.AND I 
THINK WHAT A LOT OF ZONING AND 
SINGLE-FAMILY HOME NEIGHBORS 
INTEGRATE THE MOST EXPENSIVE 
TYPE OF HOUSING.
AND TO MANDATE THE MOST 
EXPENSIVE TYPE OF HOUSING.
INEQUITY AND OWNERSHIP.
IT WOULD BE GREAT AT THE COUNTY 
EXECUTIVE WOULD GET ON BOARD 
WITH US IN SOME OF THE CHANGES 
IN HOUSING POLICIES.
THAT ARE INTENDED REALLY TO 
MITIGATE AGAINST THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
I THINK THE ACCESSORY DWELLING 
UNIT AS PART OF THAT PICTURE 
BUT IT GOES BEYOND THAT.
TO MIDDLE AND OTHER TYPES OF 
HOUSING.
BUT I WAS IMPRESSED BY AN 
INITIATIVE IN SEATTLE.
I DOUBT MANY OF US HAVE SEEN 
THIS.
THE SEATTLE COUNSEL CONDUCTED A 
RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS OF THE 
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT 
PROPOSAL.
AT THE PARTY I THOUGHT WAS 
INSTRUCTIVE.
I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL -- 
THERE IS THE CHAIRMAN.
MR. ANDERSON I SPOKE YOU IN 
FRONT OF US.I WOULD LIKE US 
TO CREATE A SIMILAR TYPE OF 
PLANS ON ZONING.
SO, WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND 
WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE OF 
OUR WORK.
THIS PROPOSAL SAID ACCESSORY 
DWELLING UNITS COULD BE PART OF 
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS TO 
HOMEOWNERSHIP.
A PROMOTE RACIAL EQUITY.
AND ANYTHING THAT ESSENTIALLY 
WORKS AGAINST THE INTENSITY OF 
ZONING RESTRICTION.
ANYTHING WORKS AGAINST THAT 
WILL HAVE A BENEFIT AS FAR AS 
RACIAL EQUITY IS CONCERNED.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE DISPARITY OF 
HOMEOWNERSHIP.
IF ALL YOU DO IS ALLOW 
HOMEOWNERS THE PROPERTY THAT 
COULD PRODUCE THE WRONG 
OUTCOME.
YOU HAVE TO ACCOMPANY THAT WITH 
INITIATIVES IN FINANCE AND 
EDUCATION.
SO, HOMEOWNERS UNDERSTAND HOW 
TO ADD AN ACCESSORY DWELLING 
UNIT SO PROBABLY COULD HAVE 
ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE CAPITAL TO 
GREAT AN ACCESSORY DWELLING 
UNIT.
I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT 
PART.
THE FED COMMITTEE IS TO FOLLOW 
UP ON THIS WORK THAT THE 
COUNCIL PRESIDENT INITIATIVE.
I THINK WE NEED TO TACKLE HEAD 
ON THIS HOUSING SITUATION.
AND I THINK ACCESSORY DWELLING 
UNITS, AND BY NO MEANS IT IS BY 
NO MEANS A SMALL PART OF THE 
ANSWER.
WE ARE WORKING AGAINST 
GENERATIONS OF HOUSING POLICY.
THAT HAS HELPED TO HOARD 
OPPORTUNITY AND WEALTH IN WHITE 
COMMUNITIES.
AS KEEP IT FROM OTHER 
COMMUNITIES.
BUT, I THINK, AT THE SAME TIME 
WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE 
CAN.
PLEASE TO SEE THE COUNTY 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF 
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HIS SUPPORT 
ON THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT 
LEGISLATION WE ARE CONSIDERING.
THANK YOU.
>> Nancy Navarro: MY EBERT LEE 
AS PER THE COMMUNITY WAS TO 
HIGHLIGHT THE HISTORY LOCALLY 
ON THIS ISSUE OF REDLINING AND 
HOUSING.
AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS 
EXCITING.
EVERYBODY IS IDENTIFYING 
IMPORTANT POINTS WE WILL HAVE 
TO EXPLORE.
I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST ESPECIALLY 
WITH HOUSING.
AND LAND-USE WE HAVE OUR HANDS 
FULL.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO SILVER 
BULLET.
AND WE HAVE TO WATCH EVERYTHING 
AT THE SAME TIME.
HOUSING COST AND GENTRIFICATION 
CHALLENGES AND ALL OF THAT.
IT IS DEFINITELY NOT AN EASY 
ONE.
BUT LAND-USE IS SO IMPORTANT, 
SO CRITICAL.
COUNCILMEMBER ALBORNOZ?
>> Gabe Albornoz: THANK YOU FOR 
THE WELL PUT TOGETHER 
PRESENTATION BUT AS COUNCIL 
PRESIDENT NAVARRO SAID THE 
NUMBERS ARE NOT ENTIRELY 
SURPRISING THAT THEY ARE 
IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE A 
BASELINE.AS WE CONTINUE THIS 
IMPORTANT WORK.
I KNOW ALL OF US ARE LOOKING TO 
THE TRANSITION TO THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I DO THINK THAT ONE OTHER 
BASELINE PIECE OF INFORMATION 
THAT MAY BE HELPFUL MOVING 
FORWARD IS TO QUANTIFY CIVIC 
ENGAGEMENT AND IN PARTICULAR 
VOTING.
WHICH I DO THINK IS A DIRECT 
CORRELATION TO SOME OF THE 
SYSTEM BUILDING WE NEED TO 
FOCUS ON MOVING FORWARD.
I OFTEN CITE COUNCIL PRESIDENT 
NAVARRO INCREDIBLE EFFORTS WITH 
HER TEAM AND MANY OTHERS.
ON THIS DAIS ON RAISING UP 
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
AT THE TESTIMONY AT OUR VIEWERS 
FILLED MASTER PLAN IS THE BEST 
EXAMPLE RECENTLY.
MORE THAN HALF OF THE 
PARTICIPANTS CAME TO TESTIFY 
THAT THEY DID IT IN SPANISH.
WHICH I THINK, MOVING FORWARD, 
WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR US AS 
PART OF THE SOLUTION BUILDING.
I ALSO COVERED JUST AS WE LOOK 
AT RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING 
FORWARD.
WHILE I DO CONCUR HAVING A 
POSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE 
BRANCH LEVEL THAT IS OVERSEEING 
THESE EFFORTS TO ENSURE WE ARE 
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I DO THINK IT WOULD BE MORE 
EFFECTIVE TO HAVE SOMEONE 
WITHIN EACH DEPARTMENT WHOSE 
RESPONSIBILITY IT IS AS PART OF 
THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION TO ENSURE 
THAT EACH AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT 
IS FOCUSING ON THIS.
BECAUSE WE ALL MOVE IN A 
MILLION DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AT 
100 MILES PER HOUR.
BUT HAVING IT AT THE DEPARTMENT 
LEVEL I THINK WILL BE IMPORTANT 
MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 
THIS CONTINUED WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER FRIEDSON?
>> TODAY IS ANOTHER 
CONVERSATION I AGREE WITH 
COUNCILMEMBER RICE AND 
EDUCATION.
THE MIDDLE AND THE END OF THE 
CONVERSATION.
AND MEETING THAT TO BE AN 
INCREDIBLE PART OF THAT IMPLIED 
THE EFFORT WE DID DURING THE 
BUDGET TO MAKE SURE WE WERE 
LIVING THAT.
AS WELL.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FED 
COMMITTEE WITH SHARE REAMER TO 
PICK UP THE HOUSING AND SUNNY 
ASPECT OF THIS.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL 
TOOLS WE HAVE PERHAPS THE MOST 
POWERFUL TOOLS WE HAVE AS A 
COUNTY COUNCIL AND IT 
ABSOLUTELY IS INTRINSICALLY 
LINKED TO ACCESS TO 
OPPORTUNITY.
WHERE YOU LIVE HOW CLOSE YOU 
LIVE TO WHERE YOU WORK IS 
CRUCIAL.
BUT THE ONE AREA I WANTED TO 
TALK ABOUT WAS TRANSIENT 
CHALLENGE WEEK.
MANY, IF NOT ALL OF US, ARE 
PARTAKING IN SOME FORM OF 
PASSION AND FOCUSING ON TAKING 
TRANSIT TO AND FROM WORK 
ABILITY EXPERIENCE TO A COUNCIL 
SESSION.
AT THE CAR OWNERSHIP I THINK 
TELLS THE STORY THAT PUBLIC 
TRANSPORTATION.
QUALITY TRANSIT SERVICES THAT 
IS A RACIAL EQUITY ISSUE.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST STARK 
RACIAL EQUITY ISSUES.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE BY RACE 
MORE THAN DOUBLE OUR BLACK 
FAMILIES BLACK VEHICLE ACCESS.
WHICH PC ACCESS TO QUALITY 
TRANSPORTATION IS THE 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GETTING TO 
WORK.
GETTING KIDS TO QUALITY CARE.
GETTING KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL 
AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS 
ACCESS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 
AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE REST 
OF OUR RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS 
HAVE BEEN COUNCILMEMBER CLASS 
MENTIONED THIS AND NOTED THIS 
AS PART OF HIS CORE REMARKS 
WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST PRESS 
CONFERENCE TO INTRODUCE THIS 
EFFORT.
AT THAT HAS CONTINUED.
I THINK IT IS A PROPOSAL OF 
THIS REPORT, DURING TRANSIT 
CHALLENGE WEEK.
AS ALL OF US TRY TO WALK IN THE 
SHOES OF THOSE WHO NOT ONLY CAN 
UTILIZE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, 
AS I DO.
AND I HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE IN AN 
AREA.
AND LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN AN AREA 
THAT IS NEAR MAJOR 
TRANSPORTATION.
BUT TO NOT HAVE THAT CHOICE FOR 
IT TO BE A NECESSITY AND NOT A 
LUXURY IS SIGNIFICANT SOMETHING 
I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF 
US TO FOCUS ON.
I AM GLAD THAT IS PART OF THE 
CONVERSATION THIS WEEK.
AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE 
TAKE IT TO HEART MOVING 
FORWARD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER CATS?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM 
PRESIDENT.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK 
AND YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS 
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
IT HAS BEEN EYE-OPENING TO ME.
THANK YOU TO EACH ONE OF YOU 
FOR BENCHMARKING.
THAT IS WHAT WE NEEDED.
AND I DID FIND SOME OF THE DATA 
TO BE INTERESTING.
OBVIOUSLY ALL OF IT IS 
INTERESTING.
AS AN EXAMPLE.
ON THE MINORITY OWNED SLIDE 13.
FROM JUPITER.
THE MINORITY FORM REVENUES IS 
FROM 2012.
MOST OF YOUR INFORMATION IS 
FROM 2017.
WE CAN COME UP WITH ANYTHING 
BEYOND 2012 FOR THAT SITE?
I FIND THAT INTERESTING.
>> I AM SORRY.
THE SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNER 
COMES OUT ONLY FIVE YEARS.
>> REALLY?
>> AND THEN IT TAKES A WHILE 
FOR IT TO COME OUT.
IT WILL PROBABLY COME OUT QUITE 
SOON.
THE UPDATED ONE.
PERIODICALLY THE SENSES THREAT 
IS TO STOP DOING IT.
THE ONE BY RACE.
>> WERE THEY TELLING YOU WE 
WERE JUST KIDDING?
>> I WILL FIRE SIRI AND HIGHER 
ALEXIS.
>> BE CAREFUL SHE IS LOOSENING 
QUICK THAT IS THE SECOND TIME 
SHE IS BROKEN UP A MEETING OF 
MINE.
THAT IS THE MOST OUTDATED DATA.
WE DID HAVE WHOEVER'S DATA IN 
THERE ORIGINALLY.
WHICH IS CURRENT THE WOOD DOES 
NOT BREAK IT UP BY ETHNICITY.
IT IS HAS MINORITY AND IT.
AND WE ELECTED NOT TO INCLUDE 
THAT.
BECAUSE THAT IS CURRENT DATA 
BUT IT JUST HAS MINORITY AND 
ALL THE DIFFERENT ETHNIC 
CATEGORIES.
>> I APPRECIATE.
I JUST INTERESTED.
WE TALKED YESTERDAY.
WAS IN THEIR OFFICE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS 
HOPING WE COULD DO WAS WHILE WE 
ARE DOING THIS BENCHMARKING IS 
TO SEE HOW CLOSE WE COULD GET 
IT TO EACH YEAR.
ARE WE TRENDING THE BEST WAY 
POSSIBLE MOST OF THESE ARE 
2017.
FROM 2016 TO 2017.
IT DOESN'T SAY HOW FAR BACK YOU 
WENT ON THE DATA.
WHETHER OR NOT FROM 2012 TO 
2017.
YOU KNOW MY POINT.
>> GENERALLY WE HAD APPENDICES.
THE WHOLE REPORT WHICH GIVE 
MORE DETAILED DATA THAT WENT 
BACK TO SOME CASES 2012.
SOME CASES FIVE OR 12 YEARS.
YOU CAN GET SOME SENSE OF THE 
TREND.
IT DID NOT DO ANNUAL BUT IT DID 
TO FURTHER BACK IN THE 
APPENDICES TO THE REPORT.
>> AS I SAY WE WILL NOT GO 
THROUGH EVERY SITE THE 
CANDIDLY, WE COULD GET INTO THE 
WEEDS OF EVERY ONE OF THEM.
IT CERTAINLY COULD GET US TO 
THAT BETTER PLACE WANT TO BE.
SLIDE 16 INTERESTED ME CHILDREN 
IN FOSTER CARE.
AND I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THIS.
HOW MANY OF THE CHILDREN.
I HEARD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS.
HOW MANY OF THE CHILDREN IN 
FOSTER CARE IT UP IN THE 
JUSTICE SYSTEM?
AND HOW WE CAN TURN THAT AROUND 
AND FIGURE OUT THE BETTER WAY 
FOR THEM.
LAST WEEK COUNCILMEMBER ALBERT 
NELSON AND I WERE AT THE JAIL.
AS THE CORRECTION FACILITY IN 
CLARKSBURG FOR THEIR GED 
GRADUATION.
AND I THINK WE HAD 11 YOUNG 
MEN.
GOT THEIR GED AND THEIR 
FAMILIES WERE THERE AND HAD A 
DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE IN SOME 
CASES.
THE INTERESTED ME.
BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING AT THAT 
POINT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE 
THERE AND IN FOSTER CARE AT 
SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES.
WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS ONE OF 
THE REASONS THEY WERE INVOLVED 
IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM?I HAVE 
HEARD SOME STATISTICS ON THAT 
BUT WONDERING ABOUT MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY AS WELL.
AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN THEIR 
GED.
AND THESE PEOPLE WERE 
INCARCERATED.
ABOUT AS I GUESS THE WORD 
ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO IT.
BUT I WONDER WHY WE ARE NOT 
GETTING MORE PEOPLE.
AND SLIDE 18 I GUESS.
TO THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE 
OR GED.
IS THAT THE ENTIRE POPULATION 
OF EVERY AGE?
>> I THINK THAT IS 25 AND 
ABOVE.
>> 25 AND ABOVE?
>> THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR 
NOT HOW WE WILL DO IT IS NOT IF 
WE WILL DO.
HOW WE WILL DO A BETTER JOB TO 
ENCOURAGE THAT YOUNG PERSON TO 
GET THEIR GED.
TO COUNCILMEMBER CRISIS POINT.
THE WAY FOR US TO GET A BETTER 
LIFE ALL OF US TO GET A BETTER 
LIFE IS EDUCATION.
IF WE ARE TURNING OUR BACK ON 
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF 
GETTING A BETTER LIFE WE ARE 
NOT HELPING OURSELVES.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE 
CAN DO THIS TO A GREATER 
DEGREE.
I APPLAUD THIS.
THIS HAS BEEN MOST 
THOUGHT-PROVOKING.
AND THE MORE I SAW YOU 
YESTERDAY AND THE MORE I GET 
INFORMATION TODAY IT IS THAT 
MUCH MORE THOUGHT-PROVOKING.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE 
DOING.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO JUST RESPOND 
TO THAT.
IT IS KIND OF PERSONAL TO ME.
I HAVE BETTER FOSTER.
AN ADOPTIVE.
AND MY FOSTER PARENTS.
MY FOSTER KIDS DID NOT TURN OUT 
WELL DID NOT GET THEIR GED'S.
AND I DON'T ONE OF THE ISSUES 
WAS TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THEY 
DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO TAKE 
THEM MYSELF TO GED CLASSES ALL 
THE TIME.
IT WAS A TRANSPORTATION ISSUE.
AND ALSO THEY DID GET INVOLVED 
IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
EVEN THOUGH I ATTEMPTED TO STAY 
CONNECTED TO THEM.
NOT TO THE SAME EXTENT AS MY 
ADOPTED KIDS.
AND IT IS TO QUITE PERSONAL TO 
ME.
WHAT'S THAT I HAVE KNOWN 
FAMILIES WITH THAT IS THAT THE 
SAME SITUATION.
THIS HAD A FOSTER PARENT.
A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE.
AND THEY HAD BIOLOGICAL 
CHILDREN AND EVERYBODY GOT 
SHE'S ONLY GOT SHOES.
AS THE ONE PERSON, THE ONE IN 
FOSTER CARE GIVEN UP IN THE 
FOSTER SYSTEM.
IT HAS ALWAYS INTRIGUED ME.
IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK 
ON.
>> Nancy Navarro: COUNCILMEMBER 
JAWANDO?
>> Will Jawando: THANK YOU FOR 
ALL YOUR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY 
AND YOUR PRESENTATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS.
AND I GOT INTO PUBLIC SERVICE.
I CONTINUED MY JOURNEY WITH 
LAWYER AND NOW AS AN ELECTED 
OFFICIAL.
I REALLY TRIED TO ALL BACK TO 
20+ YEARS AGO WHEN I LOST A 
FRIEND TO GUN VIOLENCE.
AND WHEN I REMEMBER THAT 
FUNERAL IT WAS THE FIRST 
THOUGHT I HAD.
WHY IS HE THERE AND WHY AM I 
HERE?
IT I HAVE BEEN ON A 20+ YEAR TO 
TRY TO GET THOSE OUTCOMES AND 
MANY ARE IN THIS CHART.
HIS MOM WORKED 2-3 JOBS.
EDIT TOOK HER AN HOUR 
-AND-A-HALF TO TWO HOURS AFTER 
THE TRANSIT CHALLENGE 11 THESE 
COMMUNITIES A COMING HOUR AND 
TO GET HERE USING SEVERAL BUSES 
AND WALKING.
AND I REALIZE THAT LACK OF 
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
THE FACT YOU HAD TO WORK 
MULTIPLE JOBS, IT TOOK HER 2-3 
HOURS TO GET THERE AND BACK 
CONTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT 
SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE AROUND.
AND WHEN MY FRIEND GOT OUT OF 
SCHOOL AND GOT OUT AT TWO, 40 
LOWER LEVEL REPORT TALKING 
ABOUT THE UNAVAILABILITY OF 
AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS.
HERE WE ARE 30 YEARS, 25 YEARS 
LATER.
IN THE SCHOOL HE WENT TO HIS ON 
THAT LIST STILL.
AND THE FACT WHEN HE GOT OUT 
HIS MOM WASN'T THERE BECAUSE 
SHE WAS WORKING.
THAT WAS INCARCERATED.
AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A PROGRAM.
HE GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
HE GOT CAUGHT UP WITH PEOPLE IN 
THE COMMUNITY DOING THIS TO 
SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME.
DID DRUGS AND GOT CAUGHT UP 
WITH THAT AND LOST HIS LIFE.
EVERYTHING WE ARE LOOKING AT 
HERE WHETHER ACCESS AND 
OPPORTUNITIES.
ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY TRANSIT.
INTERACTIONS WITH CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THERE ARE REASONS HE IS NO 
LONGER HERE.
SO, WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS THIS I 
JUST WANTED TO GIVE REAL LIFE 
CONSEQUENCES FOR MANY PEOPLE.
AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME  TO 
HONOR HIS MEMORY.
AND THIS WORK.
SO I APPRECIATE IT.
BUT I ALSO FEEL A SIGNIFICANT 
SENSE OF URGENCY.
THE WINDOW JUST LOOK AT THE 
DATA.
BUT THAT WE COMMIT TO ACT ON 
THESE OUTCOMES.
BECAUSE IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT 
THE SAME THING HAPPENS 20, 30 
YEARS LATER IN THE SAME 
COMMUNITIES OF THE SAME SCHOOLS 
WITH THE SAME OUTCOMES.
I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES SHARE MY 
PASSION FOR THIS.
SO I APPRECIATE IT.
>> Nancy Navarro: THANK YOU 
COUNCILMEMBER JAWANDO.
THEY SAY SOME PEOPLE RUN FOR 
PUBLIC OFFICE BECAUSE THEIR 
EGOS ARE SO EXTRAORDINARY.
AND THEY SAY SOME PEOPLE RUN 
FOR PUBLIC OFFICE BECAUSE THERE 
IS A VERY STRONG SPIRITUAL 
COMPONENT.
IN LOT OF, AT THE END OF THE 
DAY A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WE SEEK 
TO HELP ARE NOT THOSE WHO ARE 
SO CONNECTED TO THE POLITICAL 
PROCESS.
THE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT 
ARE INVISIBLE.
AND I TRULY BELIEVE, AT LEAST 
FOR ME.
THAT IS WHAT SHOULD GUIDE OUR 
WORK.
THAT IS WHAT SHOULD BE OUR 
LEGACY.
AND WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED IT 
IS SO REAL.
FOR ME THE PIECE THAT BROKE MY 
HEART MOSTLY IS TO THINK OUR 
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK OUT 
OF THEIR HOMES ON A DAILY 
BASIS.
HAVING TO CONFRONT THIS.
AND THE TRAUMA THAT CONVEYS.
THE PRESSURES THAT CONVEYS TO 
YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR IS VERY 
REAL.
AND IT IS EVIDENT IN HOW MUCH 
WE ARE.
CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO NAVIGATE.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
IT SPEAKS TO WHO WE ARE.
AS A COUNTY.
WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO COUNT 
OURSELVES AS BEING SO ADVANCED 
AND SO CUTTING EDGE.
IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THESE 
ISSUES.
I CAN CONFESS THAT IS WHAT 
MOTIVE NEED TO RUN IN 2004 TO 
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
AND I HAVE TRIED MY HARDEST TO 
CHIP AWAY AT THIS.
AT THE SAME TIME WOULD BE 
CRITICIZED THAT I WAS ONLY HERE 
TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF KIDS, 
KIDS OF COLOR BUT ONLY FOR 
LATINOS, ONLY FOUR BLOCKS WHICH 
I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY HERE 
WE ARE, AND YOU ARE RIGHT.
FEELING AND LOOKING AT THE SAME 
DATA POINTS.
I AM JUST THRILLED WE ARE HERE 
AND HERE FOR A REASON.
I DO BELIEVE THAT.
HE WERE HERE FOR A REASON, WE 
ARE ALL HERE FOR A REASON.
I AM SO EXCITED SO MANY 
JURISDICTIONS ARE FEELING THE 
SAME WAY THANK YOU FOR SHARING 
THAT.
I KNOW IT IS STUFF.
COUNCILMEMBER GLASS?
>> Evan Glass: THANK YOU FOR 
SPEAKING YOUR TRUTH AND YOUR 
PASSIONS.
WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS 
CONVERSATION THIS MORNING IS 
THERE IS SO MUCH DATA IN HERE 
THAT WE ALL SEE.
WE ALL BRING OUR TROOPS.
WE ALL BRING OUR MOTIVATIONS 
FOR HAVING RUN FOR THIS OFFICE.
OR HAVING GOTTEN INVOLVED IN 
PUBLIC LIFE.
ON THE FLIPSIDE OF THAT IS THAT 
IS A PROBLEM.
THERE IS A LOT HERE TO TACKLE.
THE DIVERSITY AND EXPERIENCES 
AND PASSIONS THAT WE ALBRING.
I THINK ARE WHAT ARE NEEDED 
RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT WE CAN HELP DIVE INTO 
THIS.
THE MARCHING ORDERS HAVE BEEN 
GIVEN.
THEY CAN BE NEATLY GIVEN TO 
VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND VARIOUS 
DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I READ THE REPORT LAST NIGHT 
WHILE ON MY 80 MINUTE COMMUTE 
HOME DURING TRANSIT CHALLENGE.
SO, I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT 
THIS FOR A WHILE.
AS MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER 
FRIEDSON NOTED.
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT 
TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS TO 
TRANSPORTATION BEING A MATTER 
OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
SITTING IN FRONT OF ME IS THE 
SLIDE 23.
A VEHICLE THAT WILL CONTINUE 
EXPANDING ACCESS TO PUBLIC 
TRANSPORTATION.
TO OTHER FORMS OF 
TRANSPORTATION.
IN MANY OF THE OTHER THOUGHTS I 
HAVE HAD HAVE BEEN SHARED.
I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE 
POINT.
BUT THE THOUGHTFULNESS TO HELP 
US DO THE WORK THAT IS 
NECESSARY.
ON A PLATTER I CONTINUE THIS 
CONVERSATION.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT IF THERE IS A 
WAY TO STAY ON FOR MORE TIME.
TO CONTINUE DOING THIS 
IMPORTANT WORK.
THANK YOU.
>> Nancy Navarro: I DON'T SEE 
ANY OTHERS LIKE BUT I DO WANT 
TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT ON 
JUNE 26 WE HAVE ANOTHER 
COMMUNITY WIDE.
THIS WILL BE AT GERMANTOWN SO 
PLEASE, COUNCILMEMBER GLASS 
WILL BE HONORED BY LEADERSHIP 
MONTGOMERY THAT ALWAYS IS AN 
EXTRAORDINARY JOB.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HAVE 
CONVERSATIONS.FROM CORNELL 
UNIVERSITY.FROM GEORGETOWN 
UNIVERSITY WE WILL BE HELPING 
US AND GATHERING ALL THIS 
FEEDBACK.
AND GIVING US THAT WHICH WILL 
GIVE THE DRAFT OF THIS.
I WANT TO SAY LINDA RICE WHO 
HAS BEEN FACILITATING HERE 
WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF.
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF 
CONVERSATIONS.
LUNCH AND LEARN.
AND BEGINNING TO ESTABLISH THE 
SPACES WHERE WE CAN HAVE THESE 
CONVERSATIONS.
AND CONTINUE, I THINK, TO LEARN 
FROM EACH OTHER.
HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS 
IMPORTANT IN OUR WORK.
LASTLY, I WILL SAY AS MUCH AS I 
WOULD LOVE RIGHT NOW TO DRAFT 
LEGISLATION AND BE TOTALLY 
PRESCRIPTIVE.
I AM HOLDING BACK BECAUSE I 
WANT US TO DEDICATE OURSELVES 
TO LISTENING AND TO BEING A 
DELIBERATIVE AS POSSIBLE.
ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT WE 
WILL BE ABLE TO ASSESS WHETHER 
WE WANT TO CHIME IN ON HOW THE 
STRUCTURE SHOULD BE.
SHOULD BE A UNIT?
A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT?
HOW IS THE COUNTY COUNSEL GOING 
TO STRUCTURE OUR OWN OVERSIGHT 
CAPACITY.THAT IS TO COME.
WHICH HOPEFULLY, EVERYONE HERE 
WHO IS HAD EXPERIENCE AND 
STRENGTH TO THE FLOOR.
SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD 
AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE US TO.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE PATIENT AND 
GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND DO 
IT RIGHT.
WITH THAT I BELIEVE WE DON'T 
HAVE ANY OTHER SITES.
AND I TRULY APPRECIATE THIS 
WORK AS EVIDENT BY SOME OF THE 
COMMENTS HERE.
AND THE EMOTION.
THIS IS NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY 
AND IT SHOULD NOT BE 
COMFORTABLE.
BUT IT IS NECESSARY.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR 
ENGAGING.
AND WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL 1:34 
PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THANK YO
