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Committee discusses activating land acknowledgment; member suggests exploring Shuumi land tax at future meeting
Summary
During public comment, a committee member proposed discussing a Shuumi land tax or similar payments to local indigenous groups as a follow-up to the meeting’s land acknowledgment. The committee agreed to add the topic to a future agenda for discussion rather than take immediate action.
After a group land acknowledgment at the start of the July 9 meeting, committee member Jim Becker asked whether the group would be open to a future conversation about “activating” that acknowledgment by paying a Shuumi land tax or directing funds to a local indigenous land trust.
Committee staff responded that the suggestion could be added to a future agenda and asked whether Jim would present the idea. The exchange concluded with the committee agreeing to place the topic on a future meeting agenda for fuller discussion; no motion or financial commitment was made.
Why it matters: A land-tax conversation would link the committee’s symbolic land acknowledgment to potential material support for local indigenous stewardship and can shape future agenda items and community engagement.
Details and next steps - Jim Becker asked the group to consider a conversation about paying a Shuumi land tax to a local Indigenous land trust. - City staff offered to add the request to a future agenda and invited Jim (or others) to bring a presentation or framing to that meeting. - No financial action or binding direction was taken; the discussion was limited to a request to add the item to a future agenda.
Ending The committee did not adopt any policy or make any financial commitment; staff will include the suggested item on a coming meeting agenda for fuller consideration.
