COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION

200 E. Wells Street City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Meeting Minutes COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION NATHANIEL HAMILTON - CHAIR Tim Baack, Stephen Jansen, Pamela Malone, Camille Mays, Shawn Muhammad, Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Amy Orta, Will Perry, Tammy Rivera, Jeff Roman, Fred Royal, Damien Smith, Jamaal Smith, Huezong Yang, and Gina Zarcone Staff Assistant: Linda Elmer, 414-286-2231, lelmer@milwaukee.gov Legislative Assistant: Dana Zelazny, 414-286-8679, Dana.Zelazny@milwaukee.gov Thursday, December 3, 2020 1:00 PM Virtual Please join this meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/585085261 or by phone: (571) 317-3112 Access Code: 585-085-261 1. Roll call. Meeting convened: 1:15 P.M. Members present: Camille Mays, Nate Hamilton, Gina Zarcone, Damien Smith, Amy Orta, Tim Baack, Jamaal Smith, Steven Jansen, Christine Neumann Ortiz and Pamela Malone Members excused: Fred Royal, Shawn Muhammad, Tammy Rivera, Will Perry, Jeff Roman and Heuzong Yang 2. Review and approval of the minutes of November 19th. The minutes were approved without objection. 3. Finalization of Committee membership. Mr. Damien Smith was out of town and he would also like to serve on the Policy Committee. He will get this Committee to meet. The committees will follow open meetings law and the posting of agendas. Mr. Jansen said a significant portion of the 2021 budget will go towards data research analysis and he is touching base with people who might want to work on this and they're trying to create 5 best questions to mail out to 30,000 residents. The questions will be as neutral as possible as well as connecting with people on Facebook. Chair Hamilton encouraged using as many cost-effective means as possible to reach people. Mr. Damien Smith asked if the questions will all be the same for everyone or will they be tailored to different audiences (such as young people) and ask whether the public interacts with the police on a more personal level, rather than just during a crisis situation. Any possible City of Milwaukee Page 1 COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE Meeting Minutes December 3, 2020 COMMISSION questions can be forwarded to Steve Jansen or Karen Rotker. Ms. Mays asked if MPD could require community training. Ms. Neumann-Ortiz asked if the survey questions would be in Spanish. Mr. Jansen would like to have the Committee get all the suggested questions and select the best 5 to present to the Commission. All the questions will be the same, rather than tailored to a specific audience. Mr. Baack noted that postcards don't permit a lot of public feedback, while other mediums would, so that needs to be kept in mind so responses can be generalized. Mr. Jamaal Smith said the importance of community engagement and transparency will be highlighted in the COP SOP. Ms. Mays would like scheduled community engagement for all police officers, not just the community liaison officers. Chair Hamilton encouraged Damien Smith to create a budget for outreach services, such as pamphlets and he would like people to get something tangible. By the next meeting, Chair Hamilton would like to have all the Committees to have met. Ms. Malone is trying to locate a possible fourth member of the Research Committee who had previously contacted her. Mr. Jansen will contact Ms. Malone about potential members. 4. Creation of other positions, including but not limited to treasurer or secretary and duties of these positions. The treasurer will handle funds between the Committees. The secretary will keep track of communications and documents with city departments. Anyone interested in these positions should either e-mail the chair or Ms. Elmer. Mr. Jansen moved, seconded by Ms. Orta, to move this to the next agenda. 5. Create a budget for the Commission based upon 2021 funding of $50,000. This will be tabled until all committees meet and can provide their budgets. Mr. Damien Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Baack, to move this item to the next agenda. 6. Possible virtual public meeting? This would give the public a chance to get to know CCC members. Mr. Jamaal Smith agreed with the Chair that it would be better to do this after the holidays and Ms. Orta suggested this be done after the Committees have a chance to meet. Ms. Mays agreed as well. This meeting might possibly be in mid-January. Mr. Jansen is concerned as the CCC doesn't feel like it's involved, that's it just reacting to what is happening. There are major decisions being made with no input from CCC and he doesn't really know the role of the CCC. Ms. Orta agreed that the CCC is not a part of the process to represent the community's interests. Chair Hamilton said he will have a conversation with the mayor's office about this and he will send the Zoom link for tomorrow's meeting with the mayor's appointee, Leon Todd, as the Executive Director of the FPC. Mr. Baack said there is also tension between the mayor's office and the Commission. Members of the CCC want to be on the front-end of things, rather than reacting to things once they have happened. Ms. Ortiz-Neumann is concerned that the CCC doesn't have power in the selection of candidates and the policies and seems more like it is busy work. Ms. Malone agrees with Ms. Neumann-Ortiz and thinks the CCC needs to connect with the Council and the Council and Mayor need to come to some kind-of agreement. Ms. Arlisia McHenry said the President does support this Commission and Mr. Jansen said the CCC needs to create a unified voice. Ms. Malone said that sometimes confrontation is needed. Ms. Neumann-Ortiz said it is City of Milwaukee Page 2 COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE Meeting Minutes December 3, 2020 COMMISSION clear that we need a seat at the table and our collective voice is key. Mr. Jansen asked if the Outreach Committee could talk at the next meeting about marketing the CCC and outreach to the community and how we can move forward on those plans. Ms. Neumann-Ortiz will reach out to the near South Side Council members. 7. Set agenda for December 17th meeting at 1 p.m. Items 4, 5 and 6 from today's agenda will be on the Dec. 17th agenda Updates on Council member contacts. Update on the COP SOP. Committee updates. 200315 Communication relating to the 2020 activities of the Community Collaborative Commission. Sponsors: THE CHAIR Meeting adjourned: 2:24 P.M. Linda M. Elmer Staff Assistant City of Milwaukee Page 3