Districting Commission

City of Everett Districting Commission Meeting Date and Time: August 26, 2019 6:00 PM District Commission Roll Call In Attendance: Simone Tarver, Chris Geray, Ethel McNeal, Benjamin Young, James Langus, John Monroe, Mary Fosse, Kari Quaas, Staff Comments Not in Attendance: City Staff in Attendance: Nichole Webber, David Hall, Deb Williams, Administration Intern Jamie Smith Approve minutes: John Monroe made the motion and Ethel McNeal seconded– Motion passes Staff Comments: Process for interviewing the candidates Item 1: Dialogue - potential 9th member • Glen Kadish – 5min • Julius Wilison -5min Both Glen and Julius provided opening comments and answered the below questions with a one-minute time cap. • Please explain your involvement in Everett Districts Now o Glen: only financially supported o Julius: high involvement, volunteering and financially supporting • Have either of you felt you were not represented on City Council (area you live) o Glen: feels represents but doesn’t feel all areas are represented o Julius: does not feel his area is represented • What would representation feel like to you? o Glen: Diversity on all fronts and a representative from where one lives o Julius: it would feel/look like a place people would like to live • Have you ever seen the effects of Districting benefit a community? o Glen: Yes and No, but we can try it here – we have seen this in the Midwest and Yakima o Julius: Yes, giving people power to create change references Seattle/New York • How can you support the committee to achieve expected outcomes? o Glen: legal background, ability to be objective, helping to move things forward and high involvement o Julius: unique background and different perspective and service • Can you speak to the value on community engagement in this process and what it looks like to you? o Get people involved that are not currently involved and create access Nichole Webber | CITY OF EVERETT  o Looks like a place people are safe and want to help out – protecting your community • Can you speak to the value of having someone with your address/neighborhood on the commission? o Glen: unique experiences o Julius: unique experiences • Convince me that your joining this commission will prevent gerrymandering and you care about the little people o Glen: I am here because I care, Gerrymandering is so offensive o Julius: I have a string moral compass Item 2: Discussion on the Q&A with 9th member candidates Item 3: The Commission elects Julius Wilson with a 6:2 final vote Item 4: Chair Discussion and Appointment • This commission decided to elect both a chair and vice chair • Simone Tarver was elected chair with a majority 4:3 (Julius recuses himself due to lack of information) Chris Garay is elected vice chair with a 8:0 majority (Julius recuses himself) Item 5: Meeting times and schedules. There are some conflicts with the schedule but we are working to find a time/ day that will work for the group. Materials Provided: Robert Rules of order Mary’s Rules Next Meeting: 10/30/10 at 6:00 PM Adjourned: 7:25 PM Nichole Webber | CITY OF EVERETT