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<br />7 <br /> <br />The Task Force was able to address the directives of the City Council through their work in 2018. Barriers <br />were identified through communicating with community sector leaders and hearing first hand from <br />members where and how barriers exist. Connections were made with other agencies as well as <br />community institutions. Related to these connections are partnerships. Though no formal partnerships <br />were created during the Task Force’s work, contact was made with other entities that were open to and <br />encouraged future partnerships. The Task Force has made tangible recommendations to City of New <br />Brighton staff on how our public spaces can be made more welcoming and those recommendations will <br />be pursued and made reality in the future. <br />Continued Work on Directives <br /> <br />Though the majority of the directives were explicitly addressed by the Task Force, there is still more that <br />needs to be explored in regards to the directives. Below are areas of inclusivity and the directives that <br />were not addressed: <br />Race Relations <br />Race relations is an expansive, sensitive and important topic. It is also a topic that needs to be addressed <br />in a comprehensive manner and the Task Force did not have the time in the end to grant the topic <br />adequate time. The Task Force did discuss how the topic could be addressed in the future, either by the <br />Task Force itself or a different body. A well supported idea was to first have a listening session with <br />people of color from the City of New Brighton facilitated by an outside resource like the YWCA. By doing <br />so, the members of the group could be made aware about what they do not know in regards to race in <br />New Brighton and work to address issues garnered from such discussion. <br /> <br />Ableism and Ageism <br />Another area of inclusivity that was discussed briefly through the Task Force’s meetings, but ultimately <br />not addressed comprehensively is in regards to the elderly population in New Brighton. <br /> <br />Workforce Training in Diversity <br />Workforce training and diversity was discussed in the hiring practices informational meeting, but more <br />can be done to address this topic in the future. Ideas included creating a diversity training plan for <br />specific groups of employees that interact more often with certain groups within the community. <br />Diversity in recruitment practices can also be looked at more in depth in the future. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />