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Bend commissioners agree to pilot AIM equity tool and 'HREC lens' to track feedback
Summary
City staff and consultants previewed the AIM equity tool and a proposed HREC lens to capture commissioner feedback. Commissioners discussed two documentation options, asked for a pilot, and agreed to provide feedback by email for compilation next week.
City staff and consultants on May 12 asked the Human Rights and Equity Commission to pilot a new process to document and track commissioner feedback using the city's AIM equity tool.
"AIM stands for... ask, identify, measure," consultant Lindsay said, summarizing the tool that staff want to use to surface equity-related considerations during project reviews. The tool is designed to help staff "pause, reflect, and really look more closely at a given program or initiative," she added.
Water services staff presented a pilot use case applying AIM to a low-income assistance program and asked the commission to consider whether the HREC lens should be a special-purpose lens for certain topics or a committee-wide lens available to multiple commissions. Commissioners debated operational questions — how often departments would present, who would document feedback, and whether the feedback should be captured live in meetings or submitted afterward.
Commissioner Jackie volunteered to trial documenting feedback in the meeting. Melissa Kamagna, interim staff liaison, asked commissioners to send any additional thoughts by email within a week; "I will compile it," she said, and the group will revisit the tool next month to practice documenting feedback and refine the approach.
Next steps: staff will pilot the AIM tool with water services, collect commissioner feedback by the agreed deadline, and return to HREC next month with a compiled report and a practice run of the HREC lens.
