BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL MAYOR TOM BARRETT, CO-CHAIR and ALD. ASHANTI HAMILTON, CO-CHAIR Bevan Baker, Raymond Banks, Robert Cherry, Spencer Coggs, Clifton Crump, Ellen Gilligan, Sen. Nikiya Harris-Dodd, Leigh Kunde, Ald. Khalif Rainey, Robert Randolph, Shannon Reed, Mark Sain, and Ald. Russell Stamper, II Joanna Polanco, staff assistant, 286-2366; email: jpolan@milwaukee.gov Monday, October 3, 2016 10:00 AM Northcott Neighborhood House 2460 N. 6th Street Milwaukee WI 53212 1. Meeting called to order at 10:17 AM 2. Roll Call Present 8 - Sain, Coggs, Crump, Davidson, Kunde, Reed, Gilligan and Banks Absent 5 - Moore, Cherry, Harris-Dodd, Stamper II and Rainey Also present: Department of Administration Staff Steven Mahan Mike Williams 3. Approval of Minutes from the previous meeting Captain Banks moved approval of prior minutes. There were no objections. 4. Presentation of MPS Mentoring Plan. Appearing: Joe Mar Hooper - MPS director of Business Community and Family Partnership Kelly Klus - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee Mr. Steven Mahan - CIty of Miwaukee Mr. Hooper gave an update on the develoment of family partnerships; this is a very collaborative effort between Milwaukee Public Schools, The City, the Bucks, Big Brothers, Big Sister and the Milwaukee County. Ms. Klus said that big Brothers, Big Sisters has been one of the initial agencies to collaborate with this plan and will continue to offer its support to the mentoring City of Milwaukee Page 1 BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT Meeting Minutes October 3, 2016 ADVISORY COUNCIL agencies across the communities. Mr. Mahan thanked the attendees and encourage the audience to seek mentoring or to be a mentor to the uprising youth and young men. 5. Presentation of the MBK Action Plan. Appearing: Darryl Davidson - Milwaukee Health Department Mike Williams - Director of Community Engagement and Achievement Collaborative for BMAAC Annie Kubis - MPS Universal Driver Education Program Mr. Davidson presented the Milwaukee Health Department resently released a Community Health Assessment located on the city website(, although this is a large and complex document, it has helped health department attained some findings such as that health disparities in Milwaukee go with socio-economic status. Mr. Williams talked about My Brother's Keeper initiative that president Obama started in 2014. Mayor Barrett sign in to participate in the initiative as a City in 2015. City has created a living document called the Action Plan, located in city website (http://city.milwaukee.gov/mbk#). The Action Plan has the following ten priorities and seven or eight lead agencies that will work collaborative with the implementation of the plan. Ms. Kubis talked about the MPS Drive program. Restorative Track for Universal Driver Education (for students with suspended or revoked licenses) MPS we will work to assist you in restoring the ability to obtain a license and once you are able to obtain your license we will enroll you in the Traditional Track. Meeting adjourned at 11:44 AM Members of the Common Council and its standing committees who are not members of this committee may attend this meeting to participate or to gather information. Notice is given that this meeting may constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any of its standing committees, although they will not take any formal action at this meeting. Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities through sign language interpreters or auxiliary aids. For additional information or to request this service, contact the City Clerk's Office ADA Coordinator at 286-2998, (FAX)286-3456, (TDD)286-2025 or by writing to the Coordinator at Room 205, City Hall, 200 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Limited parking for persons attending meetings in City Hall is available at reduced rates (5 hour limit) at the Milwaukee Center on the southwest corner of East Kilbourn and North Water Street. Parking tickets must be validated in the first floor Information Booth in City Hall. City of Milwaukee Page 2 BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT Meeting Minutes October 3, 2016 ADVISORY COUNCIL Persons engaged in lobbying as defined in s. 305-43-4 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances are required to register with the City Clerk's Office License Division. Registered lobbyists appearing before a Common Council committee are required to identify themselves as such. More information is available at http://city.milwaukee.gov/Lobbying. City of Milwaukee Page 3