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Human Rights and Relations Commission
City Of Edina, Minnesota
City Hall, Mayors Conference Room
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
5:00 PM
I.Call To Order
II.Roll Call
III.Approval Of Meeting Agenda
IV.Approval Of Meeting Minutes
A.Minutes: November 14, 2017
V.Community Comment
During "Community Comment," the Board/Commission will invite residents to share relevant
issues or concerns. Individuals must limit their comments to three minutes. The Chair may limit
the number of speakers on the same issue in the interest of time and topic. Generally speaking,
items that are elsewhere on tonight's agenda may not be addressed during Community Comment.
Individuals should not expect the Chair or Board/Commission Members to respond to their
comments tonight. Instead, the Board/Commission might refer the matter to sta% for
consideration at a future meeting.
VI.Reports/Recommendations
A.2017 Work Plan Updates
B.2018 Days of Remembrance Working Group
C.2018 Work Plan
VII.Correspondence And Petitions
VIII.Chair And Member Comments
IX.Sta2 Comments
X.Adjournment
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Date: December 5, 2017 Agenda Item #: IV.A.
To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type:
Minutes
From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator
Item Activity:
Subject:Minutes: November 14, 2017 Action
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
Approve the November 14, 2017 Human Rights and Relations Commission meeting minutes.
INTRODUCTION:
None.
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
November 14 Minutes
Draft Minutes☒
Approved Minutes☐
Approved Date:
Minutes
City Of Edina, Minnesota
Human Rights and Relations Commission
Edina City Hall, Community Room
November 14, 2017 7:00pm
I. Call To Order
Chair Nelson called the November 14, 2017, meeting of the Human Rights and Relations
Commission to order at 7:10 pm.
II. Roll Call
Answering Roll Call: Chair Nelson and Commissioners Arseneault, Edwards, Kennedy, Meek,
and Rivera. Student Commissioner Sinha.
Absent Members: Commissioner Martin, Beringer, and Edelson. Student Commissioner
Mangalick.
Staff Present: Staff Liaison, MJ Lamon and City Management Fellow, Chante Mitchell
III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda
Motion by Commissioner Kennedy to approve the meeting agenda for
November 14, 2017. Seconded by Commissioner Arseneault. Motion carried.
IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes
Motion by Commissioner Arseneault to approve the October 24, 2017 Human
Rights and Relations Commission meeting minutes. Seconded by Commissioner
Kennedy. Motion carried.
V. Community Comment
Hope Melton advised the Commission that she is part of a newly formed citizens’ group that
will be advocating for affordable housing and monitoring the city’s progress.
The Edina Community Housing Team has about 16 members and is working in partnership
with other community and county-wide groups on affordable housing issues.
Zoey Chong, Edina High School student, was present on behalf of the school newspaper,
Zephyrus, to take photos.
VI. Reports and Recommendations
A. 2017 Work Plan Updates
Race and Equity Update:
The Race and Equity Initiative is still in the phase of gathering input from the community on
people’s experiences in Edina. Following the October 23 open meeting, several smaller,
more intimate community conversations have taken place in homes and apartment buildings.
Draft Minutes☒
Approved Minutes☐
Approved Date:
The second large community meeting is on December 4. There have been a number of
meetings of the Taskforce, including a recent meeting with the internal GARE (Government
Alliance on Race and Equity) team. We are working on a clear articulation of the mission,
vision, and goals of the Taskforce.
Comprehensive Plan:
Commissioners Edelson and Nelson have been reviewing goals and policies in Chapter 5 of
the Comprehensive Plan on Housing, and prepared a memo regarding issues and questions.
Commissioner Kennedy reported on her review of the goals and policies in Chapter 11 on
Community Services & Facilities, and presented a document with proposed new goals. Kennedy
is waiting for more information related to her review of Chapter 6 on Heritage Preservation.
Kennedy will begin to develop a comprehensive checklist template related to Human Right
issues to use in reviewing all Comprehensive Plan chapters.
Commissioners Arseneault and Edwards reported on their review of Chapter 9 on Parks,
Open Space, and Natural Resources. Proposals for revised and new goals focus primarily on
seniors and people with disabilities. One difficulty noted is that information about who uses
the parks is missing. Commissioner Edwards plans to attend a Parks & Recreation
Commission meeting related to the Comprehensive Plan.
2018 Days of Remembrance (DOR):
Commission determined to create a working group to plan the 2018 DOR event; Arseneault
presented a draft Working Group Greenprint for the commission’s review.
Motion by Commissioner Kennedy to approve the 2018 Days of Remembrance
working group Greenprint. Seconded by Commissioner Edwards. Motion
carried.
B. Human Rights Essay Contest:
Commission received essays from junior level respondents. Mythili Iyer and Eva Hadjiyanis were
selected as the essay winners.
Motion by Commissioner Kennedy to select two winners from the junior level
for the Human Rights Essay Contest and present each with an award of a $100
gift card. Seconded by Commissioner Meek. Motion carried.
Commissioner Kennedy will present the awards to recipients at the December 5th council
meeting. Chair Nelson to notify contest winners and thank all participants.
Draft Minutes☒
Approved Minutes☐
Approved Date:
VII. Correspondence
Received, no discussion.
VIII. Chair and Member Comments
None.
IX. Staff Comments
Reminder that the next HRRC meeting is December 5, 2017, from 5:00pm – 6:30pm.
X. Adjournment
Motion by Commissioner Kennedy to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by
Arseneault. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 8:16 pm.
Date: December 5, 2017 Agenda Item #: VI.A.
To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type:
Report and Recommendation
From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator
Item Activity:
Subject:2017 Work Plan Updates Information
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
None.
INTRODUCTION:
Race and Equity Update (Meek/Arseneault)
Comprehensive Plan (All): Comprehensive Plan HR Chapter Draft, Social Capital Indicators (Kennedy)
Link to 2008 Comprehensive Plan:
2008 Comprehensive Plan
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
2017 Approved Work Plan
Comp Plan Chapter Responsibilities
Comprehensive Plan HR Chapter Draft
Social Capital Indicators
Approved by Council 12/6/16
Board/Commission: Human Rights and Relations Commission
2017 Annual Work Plan
Initiative
1
Council Charge
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☒ 4
Target Completion
Date
Budget Required
(Staff Liaison)
Staff Support Required
(Staff Liaison)
☐ New Initiative ☐ Continued Initiative ☒ Ongoing Responsibility April 2017 $75 for plaque +
possible cost for new
printed materials
• Register attendance at
event
• Track nominations
• Update website
Tom Oye Award
• In 2017 the committee will develop an annual theme.
Progress Report:
Initiative
2
Council Charge
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☒ 3 ☐ 4
Target Completion
Date
Budget Required
(Staff Liaison)
Staff Support Required
(Staff Liaison)
☐ New Initiative ☐ Continued Initiative ☒ Ongoing Responsibility August 2017 None. • Coordinate Meetings
• Maintain record of meetings
about incidents Bias Offense Response Plan – review and update, if needed, annually
Progress Report:
Initiative
3
Council Charge
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☒ 4
Target Completion
Date
Budget Required
(Staff Liaison)
Staff Support Required
(Staff Liaison)
☐ New Initiative ☐ Continued Initiative ☒ Ongoing Responsibility April 2017 $300 for marketing
materials and
refreshments
Day of Remembrance Event
Progress Report:
Initiative
4
Council Charge
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☒ 3 ☐ 4
Target Completion
Date
Budget Required
(Staff Liaison)
Staff Support Required
(Staff Liaison)
☒ New Initiative ☐ Continued Initiative ☐ Ongoing Responsibility December 2017 $1000 fee for
workshop facilitators
• Event coordination
• Communications
• Marketing Serve as lead Commission for City’s new racial equity initiative as
assigned by City Council and the task force. [Initiative attributes to
Human Rights City Designation]
Progress Report:
Approved by Council 12/6/16
Initiative
5
Council Charge
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☒ 4
Target Completion
Date
Budget Required
(Staff Liaison)
Staff Support Required
(Staff Liaison)
☐ New Initiative ☒ Continued Initiative ☐ Ongoing Responsibility October 2017 $300 for marketing
materials and
refreshments,
depending on event)
• Event coordination
• Communications
• Marketing Sharing Values, Sharing Communities
Progress Report:
Initiative
6
Council Charge
☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☒ 4
Target Completion
Date
Budget Required
(Staff Liaison)
Staff Support Required
(Staff Liaison)
☒ New Initiative ☐ Continued Initiative ☐ Ongoing Responsibility May 2017 $200 for marketing
$100 for award
Communications
Marketing
Manage essays Human Rights Essay Contest
• Develop an annual theme
• Develop age categories
Progress Report:
Initiative
7
Council Charge
☐ 1 ☒ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4
Target Completion
Date
Budget Required
(Staff Liaison)
Staff Support Required
(Staff Liaison)
☒ New Initiative ☐ Continued Initiative ☐ Ongoing Responsibility December 2017
Assist as requested with development of the City’s new
Comprehensive Guide Plan. [Initiative attributes to Human Rights
City Designation]
Progress Report:
Parking Lot: (These items have been considered by the BC, but not proposed as part of this year’s work plan. If the BC decides they would like
to work on them in the current year, it would need to be approved by Council.)
Transgender Rights – Educational presentation or other efforts to ensure welcome and safe environment for all within the city
Recognition for Community Members whose work addresses issues of racism (e.g., an MLK Award)
Proposed Month for Joint Work Session (one time per year, up to 60 minutes): June
2008 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHAPTERS
A Commission will be provided a chapter(s) as the lead reviewer. This does not mean
Commission’s cannot provide input on other chapters AND there may be cases when a
Commission creates content that might be better served by its own chapter. The 2008
chapters includes:
Land use
Transportation
Housing
Water Resources
Parks
Health
Heritage Preservation
Sustainability
Community Facilities and Services
Chapter Responsibility Chart:
We will look to Commissions for input on chapters most closely related to the goals and
missions of the Commission. The chart designates the chapter or chapters your
commission will be asked to focus on.
Chapter Title Commission Member(s)
Community Profile Michelle
Landuse & Community Design Jim/Heather/Robert
Housing Jim/Heather/Robert
Heritage Preservation Ellen
Transportation Catherine
Water Resources Management Catherine
Parks, Open Space and Natural Resources Pat/ Cindy
Energy, Environment, and Resilience* Michelle/ Prasoon/ Saumya
Community Services and Facilities Ellen/ Kristina
1
Comprehensive Plan: Human Rights Chapter
1 Introduction
2 Current Conditions
3 Trends and Challenges
4 Goals and Policies
5 Implementation
1 INTRODUCTION
In 1970 the City of Edina established the Human Rights and Relations Commission. Its mission is “to
advocate for basic human rights and needs in our community and to promote responsibility and
integrity in our human relationships by providing service, information and recommendation,
cooperating with other communities and governmental organizations, and sponsoring forums and
community events.”
In 2016 the City of Edina became a Human Rights City. This is a commitment to “provide leadership and
advocacy to secure, protect, and promote human rights for all people” and to be “a model for
communities in the United States and around the world.”
Edina has made it an objective to pay attention to the needs of historically oppressed and marginalized
groups. This includes people of color, Indigenous peoples, women, LGBTQ people, immigrants, people
with disabilities, youth, older adults, and future generations.
The policies that Edina supports and enacts must help to reduce inequalities in our community and
should not impose new harms on vulnerable groups. This chapter will outline goals, policies, and
practices that will foster a city where there truly is dignity and justice for all of us.
2 CURRENT CONDITIONS
The City of Edina’s foreign-born population has increased 50% in the past decade, reaching about 10%
of the City population, with Edina ranking 66th among the 613 Minnesota cities in the percentage of the
population that is foreign-born. The U.S. Census estimates 14% of Edina residents are nonwhite. Fully
26% of all Edina public school district students are nonwhite.
Affordable housing continues to be a concern for the City of Edina. The lack of affordable housing
means that young families, service workers, and seniors are often priced out of the housing market, and
people who work in the City cannot afford to live here.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 4.6% of Edina residents are living in poverty (2015). While this is
below the 9% average in Hennepin County, residents living in poverty in Edina face even greater
challenges in finding affordable housing. In the last ten years, Edina, St. Louis Park, and Golden Valley
combined have built fewer than 500 affordable housing units.
As the City of Edina becomes increasingly diverse, the City will have to prioritize the human rights of all
citizens when creating policies in all sectors of government.
2
3 TRENDS AND CHALLENGES
The Minnesota Demographic Center estimates that almost 39% of Hennepin County residents will be
Nonwhite or Latino by 2025. Minority populations in Hennepin County are less likely to have stable
health insurance coverage and twice as likely to have difficulty paying health insurance premiums and
copays as white residents.
42% of black Hennepin County residents face food insecurity sometimes or often. Black residents are
twice as likely to skip breakfast and get no servings of fruits and vegetables as white residents. Fully 72%
of black residents reported experiencing discrimination within the past year.
Nearly 7% of Hennepin County residents identify as LGBTQ, 3.6% of whom live in suburban areas.
Hennepin County LGBTQ residents are diagnosed with depression and anxiety/panic disorders and
experience frequent mental distress and serious psychological distress (SPD) at double the rate of non-
LGBTQ individuals. Hennepin County LGBTQ residents are also twice as likely to have unmet mental
health care needs. At least 55% of LGBTQ individuals reported experiencing discrimination within the
past year.
4 GOALS AND POLICIES
Consider 10 social capital/social well-being indicators of Edina residents when making policy decisions.
1. Age
2. Race
3. Ability
4. Sexual Orientation
5. Gender identity
6. Ethnicity
7. Religion
8. Health
9. Poverty/socioeconomic status
10. Education
Economic Justice
• Support social and economic policies that make human rights a primary objective.
• Make it a policy priority to ensure adequate affordable housing for all residents.
• Ensure access to affordable and nutritional food for all residents.
• Implement policies that nurture and support locally-owned and minority-run and owned
businesses.
Education
• Ensure public school funding enhances fairness and equitable opportunities and serves the
nutritional and recreational needs as well as educational needs of all students.
• Mandate that curricula provide a complete and accurate account of European settlement and
slavery in North America and its impacts on Indigenous populations and other people of color.
• Address the “opportunity gap” between students of different class and racial/ethnic
backgrounds.
• Develop policies to preserve transgender and disability rights.
• Provide access to affordable early childhood development programs.
3
Environment
• Adhere to the goals set out in the Paris Climate Agreement that the City of Edina has adopted.
• Encourage and reward organizations and institutions that shift to alternative energy sources.
• Promote educational programs to inform schools, businesses, and the public about recycling,
energy efficient appliances, renewable energy options, and other environmentally responsible
practices.
Gender Justice
• Use the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), passed in
Edina in 2016, as a framework for improving the conditions of women and girls in Edina.
• Support efforts to ensure equal pay and fair employment practices for all people regardless of
sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
• Promote preventative education about gender-based violence, sexual assault, and sexual
harassment in schools.
• Train law enforcement to conduct trauma-informed interviews with sexual assault survivors.
• Involve women and LGBTQ individuals in policy decisions.
• Ensure that all public policy decisions account for the differential impacts on women and LGBTQ
individuals.
Police and Justice System Reforms
• Work with community leaders to identify priorities and strategies to foster trust between law
enforcement and the public, to cultivate respectful police-community relations, and to allow
effective policing in our neighborhoods.
• Provide police training on: diversity, color-blind policing, and on handling encounters with
individuals with mental health issues.
• Provide officers with body cameras to prevent racial profiling, discrimination, and excessive use
of force, and to protect officers and foster trust between law enforcement and the community.
• Develop and expand community-based alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenses.
• Develop and expand community-based alternatives to juveniles entering the juvenile justice
system.
Racial Justice
• Implement equitable, democratic, and just housing and development policies. Include residents
in decisions about economic development in our neighborhoods.
• Ensure all development decisions advance the goal of improving the lives of existing residents,
regardless of their income levels.
• Implement policies that eliminate discrimination in hiring, promotion, and housing.
• Implement the Racial Equity Toolkit in local government.
• Designate the second Monday of October of each year Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Social Inclusion
• Designate the City of Edina as a “Welcoming City” to immigrants and refugees.
4
• Improve the accessibility of community organizations, facilities, and services for residents with
physical and other disabilities.
• Improve transparency and access to local government.
5 IMPLEMENTATION
1. Work with relevant departments, agencies, and organizations on the implementation of policies
related to economic, age, gender, and racial justice, education, environment, police and the
justice system, and social inclusion.
2. Include questions regarding the human rights concerns of residents regarding: economic, age,
gender, and racial justice, education, environment, police and the justice system, and social
inclusion on comprehensive City-wide surveys.
3. Increase partnerships with other agencies and organizations to create community or
neighborhood events that foster inclusion, equality, and a sense of community between
residents.
4. Host town hall discussions about human rights concerns in the community that encourage
public engagement.
5. Involve women, children (middle or high school students), minorities, elderly, and LGBTQ
individuals in important policy discussions at all levels.
6. Provide information on the City of Edina website on discrimination and hate crimes and how to
report such incidents.
5
Social Capital/Social Well-Being Indicators
• Age
• Race
• Ability
• Sexual orientation
• Gender identity
• Ethnicity
• Religion
• Health
• Poverty/socioeconomic status
• Education
Date: December 5, 2017 Agenda Item #: VI.B.
To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type:
Report and Recommendation
From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator
Item Activity:
Subject:2018 Days of Remembrance Working Group Action
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
Discuss recommended working group members to assist with the coordination of the 2018 Days of
Remembrance event.
INTRODUCTION:
At the HRRC's November meeting, the commission approved the establishment of a working group for the 2018
Days of Remembrance event.
Date: December 5, 2017 Agenda Item #: VI.C.
To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type:
Report and Recommendation
From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator
Item Activity:
Subject:2018 Work Plan Information
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
None.
INTRODUCTION:
The City Council will approve 2018 Commission work plans at the City Council meeting on December 5, 2017.
The Council's agenda item can be found here: 2018 Commission Work Plans