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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04.26.22 HRRC Minutes_ApprovedDraft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 5/24/2022 Minutes City of Edina, Minnesota Human Rights & Relations Commission Edina Public Works Building, Multi-Purpose Room April 26, 2022, 7 p.m. I. Call To Order Chair Epstein called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. II. Roll Call Answering Roll Call: Chair Epstein, Commissioners Bennett, Felton, Missaghi, Pastrana, Segall and Stringer Moore; Student Commissioners Lichtenberger and Mirza Staff Present: Heidi Lee, Race & Equity Manager Absent: Commissioners Ismail and Guadarrama III. Approval of Meeting Agenda Motion by Chair Epstein to approve the April 26, 2022 meeting agenda, seconded by Commissioner Segall. Motion carried. IV. Approval of Meeting Minutes Commissioners indicated the following changes to the draft minutes: • Commissioner Stringer Moore suggested an edit to formatting on V1, line A. Motion by Commissioner Felton to approve the March 22, 2022 revised meeting minutes as corrected, seconded by Commissioner Bennett. Motion carried. V. Special Recognitions and Presentations A. Introduction of New HRRC Commissioner o New Commissioner Amir Missaghi was introduced to the Commission. B. Quarterly Update with Police Chief o Police Chief Todd Milburn shared Police Department updates with the Commission.  No bias-related events reported • Bias, bullying in the City is not a bias event  Community Service Officer program moving to Cadet program  Updating computer-aided dispatch and records management system • Data will be shared via dashboards on City’s website  Trends in violent crimes  Gun safety for residents  Legislature looking at changes in sentencing • Recidivism of offenders Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 5/24/2022 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  Topic selected: How to Stop the Hate, follow-up to Stop the Hate event last year. • Restorative justice, mediation, criminal and civil remedies o Initiative #2: Coordinate Days of Remembrance to be held in alignment with the United States 2022 commemoration date  Speaker has been selected: Eva Moreimi, parents are Holocaust survivors  Virtual event at 2 p.m. May 22 • Mayor will introduce event; Jewish Community Relations Council representative will introduce speaker 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 no bias offenses reported  Commissioner Missaghi would like to join this initiative o Initiative #4: Tom Oye Award  Will start working on this in early June  Commissioner Pastrana has joined the initiative  Commission had indicated they would like to refine the selection process, creating a matrix o Initiative #5: Study and report on City facility naming policy/criteria  Gathering information from sources, including other cities, to write a report and perhaps even propose policy  Student Commissioner Lichtenberger would like to be added to this initiative 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 has been meeting, will soon meet with the City Manager and Assistant City Manager  Commissioners Missaghi and Pastrana will both join this initiative VII. Chair and Member Comments • Received. VIII. Staff Comments • Received. IX. Adjournment Motion by Commissioner Stringer Moore to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Pastrana. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:09 p.m.