VPCSC MINUTES 08-24-16 Violence Prevention Coalition Steering Committee
MEETING SUMMARY
August 24,2016 @ 3:00PM
Council Chambers
Committee Members Present: Chair Doug Baxter, Vice Chair Lawrence Garrett (2:31PM), Alonso Aguilar, Mark
Hendricks, Erin Herringshaw, Andy Hwang, Kira Kuetgens, Kelli Lauritzen, Dianne
Zoro,Zenaida Cruz
Absent: Dr.Andre'Sims, Dion Schell, Dr.Tammy Campbell
Staff Present: Kyle Sumpter, Deputy Chief,Jeri-Lynn Clark, Executive Assistant to Council
Citizens Present: None
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 3:09PM.
2. CITIZEN COMMENT
None
3. COMMITTEE COMMENT
Chair Baxter reviewed three handouts, the first handout covered the three prevention categories: Primary,
Secondary and Tertiary. Next handout covered The Social-Ecological Model: A Framework for Violence
Prevention, a four-level social-ecological model (SEM) to better understand and prevent violence. The last
handout covered Shared Risk and Protective Factors Across Multiple Forms of Violence, and covers different
kinds of violence, e.g., Youth Violence, Bullying, Suicide, etc. These are great tools to refer to when making
the recommendations to Council and the Mayor.
The Committee was provided a spreadsheet with all of the comments and recommendations that City has
received from the community regarding violence prevention in Federal Way. The spreadsheet is to be
reviewed by the Committee at home and discussed at future meetings.
Chief Hwang asked if the information from the spreadsheet could be categorized &summarized for the next
meeting. Kellie Lauritzen offered to compile the data.
Dianne Zoro commented on the Seattle Youth handout from the last meeting has some great information
that talks about what programs worked and what didn't work.
4. COMMITTEE BUSINESS
A. Approval of Minutes
Motion to approve August 16, 2016 meeting minutes by Mark Hendricks and seconded by Dianne Zoro.
Motion passed unanimously.
B. Discuss VPCSC Vision Statement
Ms. Zoro asked if we need a vision statement since we haven't discussed a scope yet and we are a steering
committee that ends November 1st. Discussion occurred and it was agreed that we should have a vision
statement to lead us in the direction we want to go and is a good starting point.
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The committee changed the wording of the proposed vision statement at the last meeting to:
The vision of the Federal Way VPCSC is to engage and empower Federal Way youth to become thriving
and successful citizens through the combined support of families and community members.
Motion to approve the VPCSC Vision statement by Erin Herringshaw and seconded by Kira Kuetgens.
Motion passed 9-1.
C. Survey Structure&Questions
Vice Chair Garrett lead the discussion on survey structures and it was agreed that the survey should take
around 5-10 minutes and make sure the questions are specific and to avoid bias questions. They should be
both qualitative and quantitative.Survey should be available to do in person and electronically.
Alonso Aguilar and Zenaida Cruz will reach out to the students at Federal Way High School and the other
high schools during lunch times and meet with the different clubs at the schools. They will also work to
create the survey questions to ask the students.
The committee agreed that we would have a total of 12 questions based on the following categories; each
category would have 4 questions.
The categories are:
Primary Prevention
Primary prevention involves actions, processes,and policies that prevent violence from happening in the
first place. They are wide ranging and are normally able to be seen or accessed by whole communities.
Examples of primary prevention strategies are quality after school programs, media campaigns to prevent
smoking,or anti-bullying assemblies.
Secondary Prevention
Secondary prevention involves identifying those most at risk of committing certain behaviors in the future
and providing early detection and prompt intervention before anything happens.
Examples of secondary prevention strategies are youth mentoring, counseling,and street outreach.
Tertiary Prevention
Tertiary prevention involves support,treatment and rehabilitation for those already doing certain behaviors
or after events happen.
Examples of tertiary prevention strategies include juvenile parole programs, restorative circles,and chemical
dependency counseling.
The committee formed the following subcommittees and each subcommittee will return with 4 questions
for their category:
Youth—Doug Baxter,Alonso Aguilar,and Zenaida Cruz
Primary—Kira Kuetgens, Mark Hendricks
Secondary—Erin Herringshaw, Dianne Zoro,and Lawrence Garrett
Tertiary—Kelli Lauritzen, Doug Baxter
The committee will create a one page summary of action plan items using a combination of the three
categories based on the responses received from the surveys to submit to the mayor and council.
D. Community Outreach
Committee members are encouraged to attend the different community meetings such as City Vision and
Federal Way Service Club monthly meetings. Advancing Leadership Youth can help with translation of the
survey questions. We also need to reach out using social media to access different groups in our
community.
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5. OTHER BUSINESS
None.
6. NEXT MEETING
Regular meeting on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 3PM, Federal Way City Hall, Hylebos Conference
Room.
7. ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 4:27 PM
Attest:
Jeri-Lynn lark
Exec.Assistant to Council
Approved by VPCSC Committee:
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