CITY-COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ON CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC EQUITY

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes CITY-COUNTY TASK FORCE ON CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC EQUITY Ald. Nik Kovac and Sup. Marcelia Nicholson, Co-Chairs Pam Fendt, Linda Frank, Julie Kerksick, Ted Kraig, Janet Meissner Pritchard, Supreme Moore Omokunde, Pamela Ritger, Erick Shambarger, Rafael Smith, and Freida Webb Staff Assistant: Linda Elmer, lelmer@milwaukee.gov, 414-286-2231 Legislative Liason: Luke Knapp, luke.knapp@milwaukee.gov, 414-286-8637 Google documents for this body can be found at : http://bit.ly/CCTFCEE Wednesday, March 24, 2021 3:00 PM Virtual Education and Outreach Work Group - This meeting was cancelled due to technology issues. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7807475204?pwd=bHo3d2ROdDJRT2VrRUNaS2xsdDhyUT09 Meeting ID: 780 747 5204 Passcode: 030609 One tap mobile +13126266799,,7807475204# US (Chicago) +13017158592,,7807475204# US (Washington DC) Dial by your location +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 780 747 5204 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdM9DIUtY2 Notetaker: Mandi McAllister Timekeeper: Bruce Wiggins City of Milwaukee Page 1 CITY-COUNTY TASK FORCE ON Meeting Minutes March 24, 2021 CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC EQUITY 1. Call to Order (5 minutes)  Roll Call: please enter your name in the chat box  Approval of Minutes from March 8, 2021 Meeting called to order at 3:07pm Notetaker: Mandi McAlister Timekeeper: Bruce Wiggins ▪ Roll Call: Members: Bruce Wiggins, Christopher Piszczek, Linda Frank, Maithilee Kanthi, Pamela Ritger, Supreme Moore Omokunde, Jennifer Evans, Erick Shambarger, Mandi McAlister, Akira Mabon (3:10pm) Absent: George Martin, Stephanie Mercado Guest: Ben Stillerman, Tank Brain (3:14pm) ▪ Approval of Minutes from March 8, 2021 Minutes approved as written 2. Meeting format, process, and purpose (10 minutes)  Raised hand and chat features / Check-in  Consensus process  Inform, coordinate, and advise role ▪ Raised hand and chat features / Check-in Evans reviewed the Zoom features and discussed how we could use them to make better use of our time and facilitate discussion. Use the “chat” feature for roll call and to ask questions. Use the “raise hand” feature to be added to the stack to speak to the group. ▪ Consensus process Evans presented a process for making decisions that enables all voices to be heard. Process identifies areas for agreement, but doesn’t require unanimity. Working group agreed to move forward with this process for committee level decision making, with the understanding that Shambarger may need to make executive decisions to keep the project moving. ▪ Inform, coordinate, and advise role 3. Updates (45 minutes)  Tank Brain status: Erick Shambarger (15 minutes)  Vulnerability Assessment: Pam Ritger (30 minutes) ▪ Tank Brain status: Erick Shambarger Shambarger and Stillerman asked the working group to review the video at milwaukee.gov/climate-talk. Stillerman explained that the platform is only as good as the outreach, and recommended that one person be tasked with connecting with the community and making sure people are submitting their responses. Stillerman will sort through video submissions to find compelling stories that represent a variety of people and their concerns. Footage will be edited and could be used to create a video to share with the public and/or a video for internal use to inform task force and working groups. City of Milwaukee Page 2 CITY-COUNTY TASK FORCE ON Meeting Minutes March 24, 2021 CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC EQUITY Chairs of working groups will be asked to share the platform with members of their working groups. ▪ Vulnerability Assessment: Pam Ritger Ritger presented the Milwaukee Climate Change Impacts Doc to update the group and get feedback on what kind of information should be included and the scope. She clarified that this document is not a comprehensive vulnerability assessment. Its goal is to get people’s attention around climate change in Milwaukee, and to present information in a digestible way. Ritger will send the document to Evans, so she can send it to the working group to review and provide feedback to Kanthi. 4. Discussion Items: (30 minutes)  Education and Outreach Workplan  Team meetings  Possible presenters and/or presentations  Visitor questions ▪ Education and Outreach Workplan Evans presented documents that will help organize the working group and team’s work and timeline. She will let members know who their team members are and will send the documents by the end of the week. ▪ Team meetings Working group will continue to meet every other week on Mondays. Meetings will alternate between a full working group meeting and team meetings. Team meetings will begin with a quick check in and presentation to the working group. Then teams will break off to work on their projects. The full working group will come back together to check in before the meeting is adjourned. ▪ Possible presenters and/or presentations Evans asked the working group to let her know of any presenters the group would like to hear from that would be beneficial to their work. Next meeting will include a presentation on sticky messages and data from a Yale study. ▪ Visitor questions Questions were asked to Stillerman during the Tank Brain status update. ▪ Hiring an Intern Group agreed it would be helpful to hire an intern to take on the outreach position that Stillerman suggested. Kanthi and Evans will draft a posting to send to Shambarger. 5. Action Items and Next Steps  Team members and meeting schedules  Next regular meeting 11:00AM April 5, 2021 ▪ Team members and meeting schedules ▪ Next regular meeting 11:00AM April 5, 2021 Meeting adjourned at 4:33pm. City of Milwaukee Page 3