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TITLE
Annual Report- Diversity Workshop
SUMMARY
The City Commission adopted Resolution 2020-19 at the July 13, 2020 City
Commission Regular Meeting. Per this Resolution, the City is committed to
holding an annual workshop meeting, open to the public, for the purpose of
assessing relevant City policies and practices. This workshop is in the format
of a round table discussion and includes the Mayor and City Commission, the
City Manager, the Police Chief, other relevant staff, and a select number of
citizens and businesses of Winter Springs. From this workshop, the City
Manager, or their designee, shall prepare and deliver a written report to the
Mayor and Commission identifying successful implementation of plans and
practices and also identifying areas in which the City can improve.
On June 9th the Mayor, City Commission, City Manager, and City Staff held
our annual Diversity Workshop. In this public workshop your City and
Community Members discussed multiple topics such as: policies and
procedures, compliance programs, social workers for police calls, body
cameras, process for encounters with mental disabilities, citizens advisory
committees, homelessness, men-working construction signs, handicap and
mobility challenged, and hate crimes.
Attached is the annual report required by Resolution 2020-19.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff is submitting the Annual Report to the Commission
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Shawn Boyle, City Manager
DATE: 08/09/2021
SUBJECT: Annual Report- Resolution 2020-19
Historical Background
The City Commission adopted Resolution 2020-19 at the July 13, 2020 City
Commission Regular Meeting. Per this resolution, the City is committed to holding
an annual workshop meeting open to the public for the purposes of assessing
relevant City policies and practices. This workshop will be in the format of a round
table discussion and is to include the Mayor and City Commission, the City Manager,
the Police Chief, other relevant staff, and a select number of citizens and businesses
of Winter Springs. From this workshop, the City Manager, or their designee, shall
prepare and deliver a written report to the Mayor and Commission identifying
successful implementation of plans and practices and also identifying areas in which
the City can improve.
June 9, 2021 Annual Diversity Workshop
On June 9th the Mayor, City Commission, City Manager, and City Staff held our
annual Diversity Workshop. In this public workshop your City and Community
Members discussed multiple topics such as: policies and procedures, compliance
programs, social workers for police calls, body cameras, process for encounters with
mental disabilities, citizens advisory committees, homelessness, men-working
construction signs, handicap and mobility challenged, and hate crimes.
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There were no substantiated complaints accusing City officers or employees of racial
discrimination, and City staffing exceeds local labor and industry market
demographic benchmarks.
City and Community Leaders launched the Winter Springs United Initiative
(#winterspringsunited) which reinforces the directives of Resolution 2020-19 and
focuses on improving and implementing policies and practices to continuously
afford all persons due process and equal protection under the law, free of racism and
unjust and arbitrary discrimination, and to foster human dignity, equality, diversity,
inclusivity and equal justice within the organization. Winter Springs United further
demonstrates that as a community we stand together against bullying and
discrimination.
Current Status and Future Action Plan
Since the June 9 meeting, the City has formally launched the Winter Springs United
(#winterspringsunited) campaign. This campaign has brought the Community
together in an unprecedented way. The City advertised a new Winter Springs United
logo, hosted a Winter Springs United tent at our annual Celebration of Freedom
event (with giveaways), and added a new section to the monthly newsletter focusing
on Diversity and Inclusion topics.
We plan to continue having the Winter Springs United tent and giveaway at future
City events such as Hometown Harvest and Winter Wonderland. We have
earmarked an additional $2,000 for promotional and marketing materials related to
Winter Springs United.
During the next year, the police department will work on an educational campaign
focusing on citizen/police interaction. This campaign will be pushed out through
social media outlets, the City Newsletter, and the Winter Springs Citizens Police
Academy.
All of our Perk Up Parks projects have been ADA compliant. Throughout this year, we
will be reviewing ways to go beyond basic compliance and add equipment and
activities at our parks that further include those with mobility constraints. The costs
associated with some of these additions may be between $5,000 and $10,000.
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The City is very encouraged by the participation we had from our community at, and
following, the diversity workshop. Staff is excited and ready to take on some of the
opportunities that were discussed.
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