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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-09-18 HRRC Minutes MINUTES OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS & RELATIONS COMMISSION 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 Meeting location: Edina City Hall Community Room 4801 W. 50th St. Edina, MN 1. Call to Order 7:05pm and Chair calls the meeting to order. 2. Roll Call Present: New Student Commissioners Doscotch and Kumar, as well as Commissioners Stone, Rogers, Dawkins, Nelson, and Chair Khalifa. Absent: Commissioners Park, Ismail, and Stringer Moore. 3. Approval of Meeting Agenda Motion from Commissioner Rogers. Seconded by Commissioner Nelson. Motion carries. 4. Approval of Meeting Minutes 4.1. Minutes: HRRC August 27, 2024 Meeting Minutes Motion by Commissioner Nelson. Seconded by Commissioner Stone. Motion carries. 5. Community Comment Chair welcomed new student commissioners and asked for a brief introduction from them. 6. Reports/Recommendations 6.1. 2024 Work Plan Updates Initiative 1.5.1 Sharing Values, Sharing Communities event planning update (Nelson, Ismail, Park) • Changed committee member Khalifa to Ismail for accuracy. • Reiterated the speakers scheduled for this event. • Date pushed to October 22nd, 7-8:30pm and location will be at City Hall. • Event will focus on how the community can be more welcoming. • Discussion on the desired outcome for this event. Initiative 1.5.5 Tom Oye Award • Commission discussed assigning poster locations with commission members. o List of former poster locations will be disbursed. • Social media postings discussion. • Evaluation and selection discussion. 6.2. 2025 Work Plan Development Staff introduced shift in focus from historical task force work to the Equity Strategic Action Plan. • Discussion on putting a pause on acting as a commission and lean into more of a task force role to help with the Equity Strategic Action Plan as well as discover the role of the community in equity 7. Chair and Member Comments Commissioners welcomed new student commissioners and new staff liaison to HRRC. 8. Staff Comments Staff did not have any comment at this time. 9. Adjournment Motion to adjourn the meeting by Commissioner Nelson. Seconded by Commissioner Stone. Motion carries, and the meeting is adjourned at 8:36PM.