And that's the bandwidth.

Okay, I just need to complete the people.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, let's go to the case.

And Mayor Pro Tem will be here shortly.

But I uh welcome everybody.

This is a special committee on advisory boards and commissions.

And this is the chance for everyone to uh weigh in.

I'm gonna hand it over to Assistant City Manager Evan Raleigh to just give a little background and then we'll literally just open this up for y'all.

Certainly.

Good evening, Mayor and members of the committee.

Um, to get our conversation started uh tonight, we will hear a presentation from Miss Taisha Mosley with uh the Department of Community Engagement uh to recap uh some of the actions that council has already enacted related to changes to the structure and function of boards and commissions, and she'll also um kind of remind us some of the unresolved points of uh discussion that are still um being considered at this point, but have not yet been adopted.

So with without further ado, I will uh turn things over to uh Miss Mosley to take us through the presentation.

Thank you, Mr.

Raleigh.

Good evening, Mayor and Council Tayha Mosley with the community engagement department.

And I won't be before you long.

Just wanted to show you what we're gonna talk about in our few moments together before you open it up to public comment.

So briefly, I'll review the committee's charge, talk a little bit about the actions that you all have already adopted since you've begin meeting as a special committee.

Talk briefly about the status of vacancies on the community engagement board, and then to Mr.

Raleigh's point, we'll revisit some of those outstanding items for your for you all.

And so for the public's awareness, the special committee was established in March at the March eighteenth City Council meeting and was charged with reviewing the structure bylaws and composition of other matters related to advisory boards and commissions.

And here are those previously authorized actions.

So you've adopted a standardized bylaws template to be used by all advisory boards and commissions.

You've adopted guidance for those on city council who support boards and commissions as a council liaison.

You made the decision to merge the historic cemeteries advisory board, and so therefore there was a resolution that authorized the dissolution of that group so that they can be consolidated with the historical resources and museums board.

You've also adopted an ordinance to change the name of the Fair Housing previously the Fair Housing Hearing Board to now the Fair Housing Advisory Board, and then you've also adopted an ordinance to change the name of the mayor's committee for persons with disabilities to the Raleigh Commission for Persons with Disabilities in that and included aligning the board's appointment terms and removal process with your other advisory boards and commissions.

Administratively, we've clarified orientation and onboarding expectations with staff liaisons.

We're in the process of enhancing board applications to include the estimated hours per month so that when someone's applying to a board, they have an idea of the time commitment.

We've updated the work plan templates to align with the current FY2629 strategic plan.

And then we've developed a meeting structure that encourages the collaboration of board leadership across multiple boards and commissions.

Our part of the conversation since March has been looking at alignment and the strategic plan alignment and goals and missions of different boards and commissions.

And so you've had a lot of conversation around that.

And so this slide just shows you the boards who are similar in some ways, mission, vision, strategic plan alignment.

And these are the six that are remaining for discussion with a parent board and then a reorganized composition.

So in this example here, you've considered combining the Human Relations Commission as the parent board, and then some standing committees under that, including Hispanic and Immigrant Affairs, the Substance Use Advisory Board, and the unseated African American Affairs Board, as well as the Raleigh Transit Authority and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission.

There was in two meetings ago conversation about adding the mayor's committee for persons with disabilities there, but you all made a decision to remove them and allow them to be standalone.

So that's why that second line looks a little different.

This is how it would look in theory.

So multiple boards of commissions could merge to become one.

That total number of overall seats could be determined at a future date, and through expiration of terms or vacancies, your specified board size would be achieved through natural attrition.

Those former standalone boards would become standing committees, and then you would allow the committees to establish membership through self-selection.

There was also conversations or questions around the vacancies and resignations of the community engagement board.

So we just have a couple of slides to shed light on the status there.

So the community engagement board was created in 2022 to help develop, evaluate, and implement the city's community engagement efforts.

There are 16 seats on that board.

There are specific seats, like there's a seat specifically for someone who's never served on a board of commission or someone who's a renter.

To date, that board has created or reviewed surveys related to the city's public comment policy.

They've partnered with Raleigh Television Network to produce a video that educates residents on how to prepare for public comment, and they've explored the use of digital engagement platforms to enhance resident voices in our processes.

Currently, there are two inaugural board members, so two people that were appointed in 2022 who are seeking reappointment, another individual that was been on the board for a while who's seeking reappointment.

Four members of the board are not seeking reappointment to focus on other priorities.

They were also appointed in 2022.

And then four of the resignations that you have before you are due to life transitions like the youth seat, the individual that was there graduated from college and relocated.

So different life transitions have contributed to the vacancies.

So your outstanding items for consideration include next steps for the community engagement board.

There's also an ask to consider changing the name of the Raleigh Transit Authority.

Um scope.

And so they're asking you similar to the Fair Housing Hearing Board who does not take hearings to consider a name change there.

And then the reorganization of these six boards that we talked about earlier.

So any questions for me before you open up your public comment.