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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12.03.19 HRRC_Minutes_Approved_Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 1/28/2020 Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Human Rights & Relations Commission Edina City Hall, Mayor’s Conference Room, Dec. 3, 2019, 5:30 p.m. I. Call To Order Chair Nelson called the meeting to order at 5:32 p.m. II. Roll Call Answering Roll Call: Chair Nelson, Commissioners Arseneault, Edwards, Epstein, Kennedy, Ross, Stringer Moore and Student Commissioners Iyer and Waldron. Staff Present: Heidi Lee, Race & Equity Coordinator, and Jennifer Garske, Executive Assistant. Late: Commissioners Beringer and Meek. Absent: None. III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion by Commissioner Arseneault to approve the Dec. 3, 2019 meeting agenda, seconded by Commissioner Ross. Motion carried. IV. Approval of Meeting Minutes Motion by Commissioner Kennedy to approve the Oct. 22, 2019 meeting minutes, seconded by Commissioner Arseneault. Motion carried. V. Special Recognitions and Presentations Presentation by Mary Manderfeld, Equity and Enrollment Director, Edina School District • IDI assessment in the School District. o Discussed how it is used in the School District and how it could be used at the City. o Code switching—definition  Acting one way in one culture and differently in another • Work vs. home • Move back and forth between worlds • Very common in schools • Programs at the school o College Possible program o Coach that meets with students and follows students through two years of high school and four years of college o Free and reduced lunch students  8 or 9 percent for the last nine or so years. Jumped from 2000 to 2010. o Students that become homeless during the school year, or are living with family in another city. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 1/28/2020  Make transportation plan for the remainder of the school year so their schooling is not interrupted • Potential for partnership with School District and HRRC? o IDI, previous programs Commissioner Meek arrived at 5:35 p.m. Commissioner Beringer arrived at 5:37 p.m. Commissioner Stringer Moore left at 6:08 p.m. Chair Nelson left at 6:15 p.m. VI. Community Comment—None VII. Reports/Recommendations • Human Rights & Relations Commission 2019 Work Plan o Initiative #2—Naming of a Public Facility in the Grandview Area after BC and Ellen Yancey  Commission needs to send their recommendation to rename either Garden Park or Wooddale Park after BC and Ellen Yancey to the Parks & Rec Commission. o Initiative #3—Ensure City Facility Artwork and Décor Reflects Diversity of Race and Culture  Staff Liaison Lee discussed how the Council approved a rubric for looking at artwork and décor in all City facilities.  Discussion around pace of movement on Race & Equity Initiatives. o Initiative #6—Bias Offense Response Plan  Group had a meeting Nov. 15 with committee and City Manager, Police Chief and Staff Liaison Lee. Will plan another meeting soon. • Human Rights & Relations Commission 2020 Work Plan o Fix numbering in work plan. o Tom Oye Award—only one recipient in 2020 and future. o Will pick lead commissioners at next meeting, don’t have approved work plan yet. o Discussed initiatives for 2020  Should there be members that are HRRC liaisons to the P&R Commission, since there is crossover? • Have tried that in the past, might make sense again. A. 2020 Days of Remembrance Working Group Commissioner Arseneault gave info on the four applicants interested in serving on the working group. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 1/28/2020 Motion by Commissioner Kennedy to approve applicants for Days of Remembrance working group, including Abdi Hussine, Jon Rogers, Jan Seidman and Bridget Stevens-Murphy; seconded by Commissioner Arseneault. Motion carried. VIII. Member Comments • Commissioner Arseneault asked for Days of Remembrance Working Group volunteers from Commission o Commissioner Arseneault was nominated for the Working Group. o Commissioners Epstein, Meek and Ross volunteered for the Working Group. • Commissioner Kennedy gave information on program on sex trafficking at Mitchell Hamline. IX. Staff Comments Human Rights & Relations Commission Meeting Dates—all meetings for 2020 will be fourth Tuesday of the month, except November and December. X. Adjournment Motion by Commissioner Ross to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Kennedy. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:51 p.m.