Recast Advisory Board

RECAST ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES Wednesday, March 30, 2022 3rd Floor GwMA Large Conference Room 6:00 PM 70 S. Clayton St, GA 30046 Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 6:20 pm following the official board swearing-in, conducted by Mayor David Still. Approval of Agenda Motion to approve the agenda was made by Washington, Seconded by Floyd-Bryant. Voting Yea: Jordan, Brown, Floyd-Bryant, Sanchez, Drane, Pino, Sledge, Martin, Warnsley, Washington Election of Board Officers Election of Board Officers Board Officers were unanimously elected. Chair: Chanda Floyd-Bryant; Vice-Chair: Hector Sanchez; Secretary: Marcus Thorne. Voting Yea: Jordan, Brown, Floyd-Bryant, Sanchez, Drane, Pino, Sledge, Martin, Warnsley, Washington Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes Approve Prior Meeting Minutes A correction to remove the "r" from Chanda Floyd-Bryant's name was requested for the prior meeting minutes. Motion to approve the amended prior meeting minutes was made by Martin, Seconded by Drane. Voting Yea: Jordan, Brown, Floyd-Bryant, Sanchez, Drane, Pino, Sledge, Martin, Warnsley, Washington General Discussion Adoption of Board Rules of Procedure Motion to adopt Robert's Rules of Order as the rules of procedure was made by Sledge, Seconded by Drane. Voting Yea: Jordan, Brown, Floyd-Bryant, Sanchez, Drane, Pino, Sledge, Martin, Warnsley, Washington Summer of Impact Update The Board heard a presentation made by Dr. Brittany McLemore and Jen Young regarding the progress of Impact46's summer internship program and wrap-around support services. Dr. McLemore shared her background and connection to the work of youth leadership development. Goals: Impact46 addressed several questions related to intern pay, the connection between Summer of Impact and ReCAST, ReCAST program boundaries, Dr. McLemore’s role, streamlining ReCAST information, materials in Spanish (and other languages), and who is doing trauma-informed work in Lawrenceville. C. Floyd-Bryant gave a positive testimony about the positive impact that the Summer of Impact has had on her son. Community Needs and Resources Assessment Community Needs and Resources Assessment Update was provided by Shery Trent of SBrand who reviewed the process of data collection and presented the final conclusions of the community needs and resources assessment. Ms. Trent emphasized that the final report is the conclusions of the SBrand team. Several questions were addressed, including the need to choose a coordinating organization and the timeline of choosing one, the plan to include additional high schools, the possibility of publishing our report on the ReCAST website, and the justification/analysis for the report conclusions. Other Business M. Thorne shared several additional items with the group:  Reminded that the meeting is being recorded; minutes are available via the City website (Municode) Shared that board member R. Roney has resigned due to a work schedule conflict and we are clarifying the process of adding a new member to that vacancy; T. Washington suggested we consider adding a member with a trauma-informed background; J. Baird shared the need to consider including those who might receive ReCAST services; J. Young shared that this youth voice will be included, largely, through the ReCAST Youth Advisory Council Clarified his prior assertion; Emphasized the need to represent our police department with fairness and honesty and to resist the temptation to see anyone (or any agency) as completely “hero” or “villain” Anticipates J. Baird to be assigned to the ReCAST Advisory Board by our City Manager; As an assigned board member, he would have voice but not vote. Addressed a question raised by R. Warnsely regarding the need for an Advisory Board due to significant ReCAST progress in developing grant objectives/outcomes. Response: the board is needed; it will be able to shape outcomes, even though the outcomes may not be able to change substantially; the board is also helpful to the ongoing mission and vision of the grant and what our City aspires to become Citizen Comments Citizen comments will be limited to two (2) minutes per person. ReCAST Advisory Board members will not respond to comments. There were no citizen comments. Final Adjournment Motion to adjourn was made by Sanchez, Seconded by Pino. Voting Yea: Jordan, Brown, Floyd-Bryant, Sanchez, Drane, Pino, Sledge, Martin, Warnsley, Washington The meeting adjourned at 7:38 PM. Minutes Signature ___________________ Chanda Floyd-Bryant ___________________ Marcus Thorne, Secretary