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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03.26.19 HRRC_Minutes_ApprovedDraft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 4/23/2019 Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Human Rights & Relations Commission Edina City Hall, Community Room, March 26, 2019, 7 p.m. I. Call To Order Chair Nelson called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. II. Roll Call Answering Roll Call: Chair Nelson, Commissioners Arseneault, Edwards, Jones, Meek, and Student Commissioner Waldron Staff Present: MJ Lamon, Community Engagement Coordinator; Heidi Lee, Race & Equity Coordinator; and Jennifer Garske, Executive Assistant Absent: Commissioners Beringer, Epstein, and Kennedy Arrived late: Commissioner Stringer Moore and Student Commissioner Moss-Keys III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion by Commissioner Arseneault to approve the March 26, 2019 meeting agenda, seconded by Commissioner Edwards. Motion carried. Moss-Keys arrived at 7:06 p.m. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion by Commissioner Arseneault to approve the Feb. 26, 2019 meeting minutes, seconded by Commissioner Edwards. Motion carried. Stringer Moore arrived at 7:08 p.m. V. Special Recognitions and Presentations A. Welcome to Race & Equity Coordinator Heidi Lee. a. Community Engagement Coordinator introduced Heidi Lee. b. Lee introduced herself and shared her past experience with St. Paul Public Schools. B. Welcome to new Commissioner Ron Jones. a. Commissioner Jones introduced himself and gave information about his background. b. All Commissioners present introduced themselves to Commissioner Jones and Race & Equity Coordinator Lee. VI. Community Comment—None Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 4/23/2019 VII. Reports/Recommendations A. 2019 Commission Work Plan • Commission reviewed their approved 2019 work plan. • Commission discussed the Bias Offense Initiative. Chair Nelson reviewed the recent bias offense incident (discussed at last month’s meeting) for the benefit of new Commissioner Jones. • Commissioner Arseneault gave an update on the Days of Remembrance event, set for 1 to 2:30 p.m. on April 28. Commission discussed advertising in the Edina Sun Current and Star Tribune, as well as advertising on social media. Commissioners Meek and Stringer Moore will approach newspapers to pitch a story on the event. Student Commissioners Moss-Keys and Waldron will promote the event at Edina High School. Motion by Commissioner Arseneault to authorize $100 in advertising for social media and to authorize the work group to decide if they need advertising in Star Tribune and Sun Current based on newspaper coverage of event. Commissioner Meek seconded. Motion carried. • Commissioner Meek gave update on Sharing Values, Sharing Community event, which is set for Oct. 6. The committee is still discussing topics. • Discussed Public Art initiative. There will be a Public Art meeting from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 25 and they would like HRRC Commissioners there. An invite was sent out via email. B. 2019 Chair and Vice Chair Motion by Commissioner Arseneault for Nelson as Chair and Beringer as Vice Chair for another year. Commissioner Stringer-Moore seconded. Motion carried. VIII. Chair and Member Comments • Commissioner Arseneault showed the posterboards for Days of Remembrance that date back to beginning of the DOR event, and asked the HRRC to consider commissioning new posterboards for next year. Commissioner Arseneault also shared that Hannah Klein, a member of the Arts & Culture Commission and part of the Days of Remembrance work group, is working with an art teacher at the Edina French Immersion School to have the students do an art project around this year’s Days of Remembrance theme. • Commissioner Waldron will work on getting the word out about Days of Remembrance to French students and teachers. • Commissioner Moss-Keyes will also help get word out about Days of Remembrance to French teachers, students. And will share information with U.S. History and World History classes at Edina High School. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 4/23/2019 IX. Staff Comments • Community Engagement Coordinator Lamon asked Commission members to RSVP to the Boards & Commission Recognition event April 30. X. Adjournment Motion by Commissioner Arseneault to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Meek. Motion carries. Meeting adjourned at 8:12 p.m.