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4. Continue Mayor One-on-Ones - Continue to locate the mayor's one-on-one meetings in various neighborhoods of the community and invite comments on issues of race relations. 5. Direction to Human Rights Commission - Direct the HRC to continue its efforts to respond to discrimination and harassment as well as educate the larger community. Utilize the annual work session with the commission to assess community needs and focus the commission's work. Mid to Long Term: (9-24 months and beyond) 1. Meet as a full council with community ally leaders on race issues. 2. Meet individually with communities of color members (other than leaders) to better understand their issues. 3. Add race relations as an ongoing topic of joint elected officials meetings. 4. Identify opportunities for joint public/private forums for working on race issues within area organizations. 5. Attend awareness and skill building trainings as they are offered locally and regionally. 6. Bring up the topic of race, and discuss the Council's Resolution on race, when meeting with individuals and groups of constituents such as neighborhood groups. The lead staff for all action steps will include Human Rights staff, Human Resource staff, and the Council Coordinator, in collaboration with the mayor and councilors. E. Resource Needs The mayor and councilors will need to devote some work session and individual time to meet the commitments of the action plan. Staff time will also be needed to coordinate some of the activities. The cost to hire a qualified facilitator, and expenses for attending awareness and skill building training, are estimated at $3,000 to $5,000. F. Monitoring and Evaluation It will be critical to revisit the workplan on a semi-annual basis. This could be accomplished through a work session discussion. Further evaluation of outcomes may be accomplished by engaging feedback from community stakeholders. 4