Organizational Committee

City Hall and Court House City of Saint Paul 15 West Kellogg Boulevard Council Chambers - 3rd Floor Minutes - Final Trudy Moloney, Director City Council Operations (651) 266-8575 or Organizational Committee trudy.moloney@stpaul.gov Chair Russ Stark Councilmember Dan Bostrom Councilmember Amy Brendmoen Councilmember Rebecca Noecker Councilmember Jane Prince Councilmember Dai Thao Councilmember Chris Tolbert Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:00 AM County Commissioner's Room 220, City Hall Roll Call Present 6 - Councilmember Dan Bostrom, Councilmember Amy Brendmoen, Councilmember Dai Thao, Councilmember Russ Stark, Councilmember Rebecca Noecker, and Councilwoman Jane L. Prince Absent 1 - Councilmember Chris Tolbert Welcome, Introductions and Discussion 1 SR 16-53 Panel Discussion on Poverty What could the City be doing (or doing better) to fight poverty? Please answer the question from these core areas of housing, education, homelessness, programming or financially from your subject matter expert point of view. Melvin W. Carter III, Executive Director Minnesota Children's Cabinet, Office of Governor Mark Dayton & Lt. Governor Tina Smith Acooa Ellis, Director of Advocacy Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis Tracy Fischman, Executive Director Prepare + Prosper Dr. MayKao Hang, President and CEO Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Dr. Clarence Hightower, Executive Director Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington County sss City of Saint Paul Page 1 Organizational Committee Minutes - Final June 22, 2016 Attachments: Biographies of Panelist Presenters Poverty Policy Background Materials Prepare+Prosper Organization Overview Prepare+Prosper FAIR Overview Prepare+Prosper Ramsey-CityStPaul Data Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Research on Poverty in StPaul Wilder Research Presentation on Poverty in StPaul Catholic Charities Presentation on Poverty in St.Paul Received and Filed Identification, Discussion and Next Steps Adjournment City of Saint Paul Page 2