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01/25/2021 - Summary TIGARD Third Public Safety Advisory Board Meeting January 25, 20215:00 pm-7:00 pm Meeting Summary Welcome and Roll Call Kim Marshall began the Public Safety Advisory at 5:02pm. Kim introduced Eduardo Ramos, the new management analyst in the City Manager's Office. Eduardo introduced himself saying that he uses he/him pronouns and that he will be serving in the City Manager's Office working on the PSAB and has already begun by updating the PSAB website to allow for public comment. Kim then led roll call of the Board members. Name Role Present? James (Jamey) Police Chief/Designee X McDonald Nicolas (Nick) Nunn Tigard Police Officers' Association (TPOA) X Shelby Rihala City Attorney X Michael O'Brien Municipal Court Judge X Abdi Mohamoud President of Tigard High School Black Student Union X (BSU)/Designee Emilio Calderon Tigard Youth City Councilor X Liz Newton Tigard City Councilor X John Trinh Licensed Mental Health Professional X Jimmy Brown Business Community (replaced with additional community rep) X Thurman (Lee) Landers Community representative Patty Lofgren Community representative X Justin Low Community representative X Danny Rauda Community representative X Valerie Sasaki Community representative X Sheherazade Weyland Community representative X John Gerhard IV Alternate: Community representative Jeff Mott Alternate: Community representative X Police Chief Kathy McAlpine's Update Chief McAlpine gave an update to the Board about the officer-involved shooting on January 6t". She informed the Board that she had no additional update because the Washington County Major Crimes Team is still completing their investigation. She acknowledged the frustration of the community who are asking for more information. The Chief also gave an update on the riot response.This included an overview of groups that the Police Department had presented to regarding the riot. Finally, the Chief introduced the mission and core values of the department to the Board. Public Comment Public comment was opened for the first time. No community members presented live public comment. Three community members submitted written comment. Those comments were read aloud to the Board and are posted online.The Board briefly discussed the comments. Liz Newton asked that we note comments about scheduled topics so the Board can come back to them later. She also asked that the comments be posted online. Eduardo confirmed that the topics would be posted online. Topic Schedule Work Session The Topic Schedule was opened for discussion.The Board had a robust discussion around the topics and added several areas of interest to the schedule.The updated Topic Schedule is available online. Work Plan Work Session The Work Plan discussion began by reviewing the decisions from the first PSAB meeting.The Board discussed the nomination process for Chair and Vice Chair. Members will nominate themselves. If multiple candidates are nominated, a vote will be held. Liz Newton asked if the Chairs would have technical support.The answer was yes. It was agreed that Chairs for each topic area will be elected two weeks before their term is set to begin. Valerie Sasaki asked that the Board clarify how and when Board members will be authorized to represent the views of the Board. There was a discussion about the number of allowable absences for Board members.The Board agreed that there would be no hard rule on the number of allowable absences. Instead, a reasonableness standard would be used, and Board members would reach out to any members who missed meetings. The Board discussed the recommendation process. Sheherazade Weyland asked how the Board would choose to vote. Several members suggested using a straw poll to make the determination.Jeff Mott asked about who would speak to Council about recommendations. Liz Newton replied that the Council likes to hear from several members of citizen Boards, but not everyone would always have the chance to speak. Next Steps Kim Marshall concluded the meeting at 7pm,thanking everyone for their time and adding that next meeting would include the conclusion of the Work Plan discussion,Tigard Policing 101, and elections for the first Chair and Vice Chair of the Board.