Multicultural Committee Meeting

MULTICULTURAL COMMITTEE MEETING FRISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY – CONFERENCE ROOM 2 8000 NORTH DALLAS PARKWAY FRISCO, TEXAS 75034 5:00 PM THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Committee Chair KM Johnson Davis called the meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. with a quorum of committee members present. 1. ROLL CALL Committee Member Tonye Lofton Present Chair KM Johnson Davis Present Secretary Dylan Rafaty Present Committee Member Saba Ilyas Present Committee Member Amit Warkad Present (arrived at 5:13 p.m.) Vice-Chair Shane Gilmore Absent Committee Member Katrina Watland Absent Representing Staff: Paige Points, Assistant to the City Manager; Britney Webb, Assistant to the City Manager. CITIZEN INPUT No one wished to speak during Citizen Input. REGULAR AGENDA 2. Consider and Act upon the approval of the March 12, 2026, Multicultural Committee Meeting Minutes. Committee Member Saba Ilyas moved to approve the March 12, 2026, Multicultural Committee Meeting Minutes. Committee Member Tonye Lofton seconded the motion. Page 1 of 4  Passed Vote: 4 - 0 For: Committee Member Tonye Lofton, Chair KM Johnson Davis, Secretary Dylan Rafaty, Committee Member Saba Ilyas, Against: (None) Committee Member Amit Warkad not present for vote. 3. Consider and Act upon the approval of the April 9, 2026, Multicultural Committee Meeting Minutes. Committee Member Saba Ilyas moved to approve the April 9, 2026, Multicultural Committee Meeting Minutes. Committee Member Tonye Lofton seconded the motion. Passed Vote: 4 - 0 For: Committee Member Tonye Lofton, Chair KM Johnson Davis, Secretary Dylan Rafaty, Committee Member Saba Ilyas, Against: (None) Committee Member Amit Warkad not present for vote. 4. Discuss Topics for Partnership with Communications. Committee Chair KM Johnson Davis and Secretary Dylan Rafaty shared the three video clip ideas they had come up with to share with Communications: “Welcome to Frisco,” “Progress in Motion: Diverse Frisco Youth,” and “Quick Clips” which would feature Multicultural Committee board members at iconic Frisco locations. 5. Discussion regarding Code of Conduct. Multiculutral Committee Liason Paige Points shared Code of Conduct from City Ordinance used by Council; committee shared that a regular refresher on key points would be helpful. 6. Discuss working groups for Multicultural Committee. Committee discussed format and purpose of work groups. They assigned three committee members each for “Community Relationships,” “Marketing,” and “Strategic Advocacy” work groups. 7. Discuss Community Conversation. Page 2 of 4  Committee discussed the experience and feedback from the initial gathering and shared future ideas for doing something similar. 8. Discussion of Strategic Plan. Committee discussed work groups and how that would assist with achieving goals of strategic plan, along with the chair’s pursuit of a name-change for the committee to being “Multicultural Advisory Committee.” 9. Discussion of current and upcoming cultural events. Committee discussed the upcoming events which included Juneteenth and Make Music Day. Erika Shea, a Frisco resident, spoke in support of cultural events, mentioned that education about the events helps to build connections and celebrations help to support local business. 10. Discussion regarding future agenda items. Commiteee requested the following items to be on the next agenda: Community Conversation (continue discussion), reports from the work-groups, post-election unity, September social event for committee. ADJOURN Committee Member Tonye Lofton moved to adjourn at 6:36 p.m. Committee Member Saba Ilyas seconded the motion. Passed Vote: 5 - 0 For: Committee Member Tonye Lofton, Chair KM Johnson Davis, Secretary Dylan Rafaty, Committee Member Saba Ilyas, Committee Member Amit Warkad Against: (None) Approved this ____day of _________ 2026. ______________________________ KM Johnson Davis, Committee Chair ATTEST: Page 3 of 4 ____________________________ Dylan Rafaty, Committee Secretary Please note these are preliminary meeting minutes and are not official until approved by the Multicultural Committee at the next scheduled meeting.Approved minutes are available at https://agenda.friscotexas.gov/OnBaseAgendaOnline/. Page 4 of 4