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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07.26.22 HRRC Minutes_ApprovedDraft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 8/23/2022 Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Human Rights & Relations Commission Edina Public Works Building, Multi-Purpose Room July 26, 2022, 7 p.m. I. Call to Order Chair Epstein called the meeting to order at 7:09 p.m. II. Roll Call Answering Roll Call: Chair Epstein, Commissioners Bennett, Felton, Guadarrama, and Stringer Moore. Staff Present: Heidi Lee, Race & Equity Manager; Gillian Straub, City Management Fellow Absent: Commissioners Pastrana, Segall, Ismail and Missaghi; Student Commissioners Lichtenberger and Mirz. III. Approval of Meeting Agenda Motion by Commissioner Felton to approve the July 26, 2022, meeting agenda, seconded by Commissioner Stringer Moore. Motion carried. IV. Approval of Meeting Minutes Motion by Commissioner Bennett to approve the June 28, 2022, meeting minutes, seconded by Commissioner Felton. Motion carried. V. Special Recognitions and Presentations Commissioner Segall arrived at 7:17 p.m. A. Introduce City Management Fellow Gillian Straub o City Management Fellow Gillian Straub was introduced to the Commission. B. Quarterly Update with Police Chief Todd Milburn o Chief Milburn shared Police Department updates with the Commission. o Chief Milburn introduced Community Engagement Officer Emily Jepson. • The Community Engagement Officer position is designed to reach out to communities in Edina in creative, positive ways. o Updates • Community Service Officer Program is becoming the Cadet program. • Staffing and recruitment challenges in the police department. • Trends in violent crimes. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 8/23/2022 • Recent bias events in Edina and clarified the role of Police Department in preventing, deterring, and investigating such incidents. o Discussion of how the Commission can support the Police Department and be more involved. o Advice on the Commission’s 2023 work plan. • Initiative 8 • Provided update on systems for enhanced demographic tracking. Implementation planned for quarter one 2023. • Initiative 9 • Explained the state’s Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board review process for policy violations and crimes. • Gave an overview of the complaint process. Commissioner Ismail arrived at 7:54 p.m. VI. Reports/Recommendations A. 2022 Human Rights & Relations Commission Work Plan Update • The Commission discussed the Work Plan with the following updates: o Initiative #1: Coordinate Sharing Values, Sharing Communities Event • Facilitator Recommended: Donte Curtis, of Catch Your Dreams Consulting. Motion by Commissioner Segall to approve recommendation to the City of Edina to retain Donte Curtis to support the How to Stop the Hate event as outlined in the subcommittee recommendation, seconded by Commissioner Stringer Moore. Motion carried. • Discussed measuring success for the event. o Initiative #2: Coordinate Days of Remembrance to be held in alignment with the United States 2022 commemoration date • Event held on May 22, 2022. o Initiative #3: Respond to bias events as described by the Bias Event Plan and receive updates from the Police Department quarterly. • Police Chief reported bias offenses at July meeting. o Initiative #4: Tom Oye Award • Work to begin in August. o Initiative #5: Study and report on City facility naming policy/criteria • Subcommittee is beginning the writing phase. o Initiative #6: Following completion of the staff development of internal process, assist staff with the promotion of City’s Form to Report Bias or Discrimination. • Staff Liaison Lee will communicate directly with the committee about progress. B. 2023 HRRC Work Plan Development Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 8/23/2022 • The Commission reviewed the items suggested in the June 2022 meeting with the goal of reducing the list of initiatives to better meet the capacity and scope of work of the Commission and highlighted the need to integrate the Climate Action Plan (CAP). o Initiative 1 – Sharing Values, Sharing Communities Event • Commission supports this initiative to be on the 2023 work plan. • Consideration of affordable housing, environmental justice as topics. • Removed specification of potential event topics in the work plan to allow for greater flexibility in 2023. • Consideration of having two Sharing Values, Sharing Communities Events. o Initiative 2 – Coordinate Days of Remembrance to be held in alignment with the United States 2023 commemoration date. • Commission supports this initiative to be on the 2023 work plan. o Initiative 3 – Bias and discrimination event response. • Commission supports this initiative to be on the 2023 work plan. o Initiative 4 – Tom Oye Award • Commission supports this initiative to be on the 2023 work plan. o Initiative 5 – Climate Action Plan: LF-14: Support existing school & community gardens to expand growing spaces with a focus on locating gardens to serve youth, immigrants, lower incomes and/or food insecurity. • Commission supports this initiative to be on the 2023 work plan, as a study and report item. • Discussion of expanding scope to include equity in locations, features of and access to City facilities, including parks, recreation facilities, community gardens, meeting rooms, and transportation facilities including sidewalks and bikeways. • Potential to partner with the school district and the One Town, One Family events. o Initiative 6 – Climate Action Plan: TL-307: Allow & encourage construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to increase rental opportunities in both established neighborhoods and new development. • Commission removed this initiative from the 2023 work plan after discussing the scope of the Commission’s work. o Initiative 7 – Raising awareness of wage theft, tax fraud, OSHA violations and human trafficking. • Commission will continue to discuss this as a potential initiative for the 2023 work plan. • Discussed the possibility of enforcing employment and working standards for TIF developers and employers. o Initiative 8 – Developing metrics on policing data. • Commission agreed to table discussion on this initiative until the August 2022 meeting. o Initiative 9 – Study and report on police oversight committee: current state, recommendation to City Council. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 8/23/2022 • Commission agreed to table discussion on this initiative until the August 2022 meeting. o Initiative 10 – Ageism: helping the community understand, how to mitigate it, educate and assess • Staff Liaison Lee will follow up with the Community Health Commission to see if this is on their work plan, with the intention to remove this from the HRRC’s work plan if so. o Initiative 11 – Reparations, what other cities are doing • Commission determined that this would be a study and report item if added to the 2023 work plan. Chair Epstein noted that the meeting next month will be spent identifying leads for these initiatives and determining the which of the currently supported initiatives should be eliminated to include Initiative 10 or 11. VII. Chair and Member Comments • Received. VIII. Staff Comments • Received. IX. Adjournment Motion by Commissioner Segall to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Ismail. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:07 p.m.