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CITY OF RENTON
AGENDA Committee of the Whole Meeting
5:45 PM - Monday, June 15, 2020
Videoconference,
1. Census 2020 Update
a) Presentation
2. Community Services Department Community Engagement Update
a) Presentation
Currently, due to the spread of COVID-19, all regularly-scheduled council and committee meetings will be held as
necessary via videoconference. City hall is closed to the public and therefore no in-person comments will be
accepted. Residents are encouraged to participate in a variety of ways. 1) Residents may submit comments in
advance to cityclerk@rentonwa.gov. 2) Residents may listen to the proceedings by calling 425.430.7171 and entering
code 0033665#. 3) Residents may view the meeting live on Renton Channel 21. 4) Residents may view the
proceedings streaming live at http://rentonwa.gov/streaming. If you would like to attend this week's meeting
remotely, you can do so by going to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83507470638. Zoom meeting ID 835 0747 0638.
COWJune 15, 2020
Ginna Hernández
Census Program Manager
City of Renton AGENDA ITEM #1. a)
68.6% of Renton have responded
•Surpassed 2010 self-response
rate of 67.2%
•4th place among cities with
populations 100,00+
•56th place nationwide AGENDA ITEM #1. a)
Strategies to Achieve this:
•Renton Complete Count
Committee
•Census Ambassadors
•Mayors Inclusion Task Force
•City’s Communications Team
Support
•Social Media Campaign
•Ethnic Media Campaign
•Get Counted Activities AGENDA ITEM #1. a)
Still have a long way to go…
•30% of households haven’t yet
responded to the census
•Bottom 20% of census tracts
tend to have higher proportions
of populations in poverty,
language challenges, Hispanic,
African-American & households
with no internet
•Highest responding tracts are in
Kennydale, East Plateau, Cedar
River, Fairwood
•Lowest responding census tracts
are in City Center, Valley, West
Hill, Highlands and Cascade areaAGENDA ITEM #1. a)
BUT We Still Have Time!
•Extended deadline October 31st
•Census Takers August 11th –October 31st
•Request to Congress to deliver results to the President by
April 30th 2021, & to the States by July 31, 2021 AGENDA ITEM #1. a)
Take Your Census Now!
•Send proof of census completion to
info@ravishingwomen.org and get a $10 gift card
•Ask your friends to join the #CensusChallenge –
challenge 7 people to fill out their census
•For Renton’s future, fill out your census!AGENDA ITEM #1. a)
Contact:
Benita Horn
City of Renton
Bhorn@rentonwa.gov AGENDA ITEM #1. a)
Community Services Dept.
Recreation & Neighborhoods
Virtual Community Experiences
Maryjane Van Cleave
Recreation & Neighborhoods Director
June 15, 2020 AGENDA ITEM #2. a)
Response to WA Phased Approach AGENDA ITEM #2. a)
Priorities in Response to COVID-19
3 AGENDA ITEM #2. a)
Return to Play Survey
4 AGENDA ITEM #2. a)
Completed/Current Virtual Experiences AGENDA ITEM #2. a)
Campin’Out –Virtual Campaign
**New dates
to be provided AGENDA ITEM #2. a)
Trivia Hub –Live Virtual Trivia
In-person hosted experience
Video conferencing using Zoom
Friendly competition
Teams will compete for prizes AGENDA ITEM #2. a)
Virtual Trivia –Week 2 “World of Disney”
**New dates
to be provided AGENDA ITEM #2. a)
Community Connection Opportunities
Campin’Out
Participation and promotion of at home activities through social media
Trivia
Welcome participants and kick off that week’s live experience
Benson Mural
Several virtual conversation with Benson/Cascade residents will be
scheduled to introduce artist, Mari Shibuya to the community and
discuss how to portray the communities vision for the Benson Mural
Project and ways to ensure their thoughts and feelings are reflected in
the project AGENDA ITEM #2. a)
AGENDA ITEM #2. a)