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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12.05.23 HRRC Minutes_ApprovedDraft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 1/23/2024 Minutes City of Edina, Minnesota Human Rights & Relations Commission Edina City Hall, Mayor’s Conference Room December 5, 2023, 5:30 p.m. I. Call to Order Chair Stringer Moore called the meeting to order at 5:34 p.m. II. Roll Call Answering Roll Call: Chair Stringer Moore, Vice Chair Bennett, Commissioners Khalifa, Ismail, Segall, Rogers. Staff Present: Gillian Straub, City Management Fellow. Absent: Commissioners Dawkins, Felton, and Nelson; Student Commissioners Borah and Mohamud-Karie. III. Approval of Meeting Agenda Chair Stringer Moore proposed amending the agenda to add discussion and selection of the HRRC liaison to the Edina Community Council to the end of the Reports and Recommendations section of the agenda. Commissioner Nelson arrived at 5:35 p.m. Motion by Commissioner Segall to approve the amended December 5, 2023, meeting agenda, seconded by Commissioner Ismail. Motion carried. IV. Approval of Meeting Minutes Motion by Commissioner Bennett to approve the minutes from the November 21, 2023, meeting. Seconded by Commissioner Segall. Motion carried. V. Reports/Recommendations A. 2023 Human Rights & Relations Commission Work Plan Update • Commissioners discussed the following updates: o Initiative 5: Climate Action Plan HS 4-3 • Commissioner Segall provided an update that the subcommittee has drafted the report and will provide it before the January meeting. Segall requested commissioners review the draft report and come to the January meeting with suggested changes. The subcommittee intends to seek approval of the report at the January meeting and present the Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 1/23/2024 approved report to the Energy and Environment Commission at their February meeting. B. 2024 Human Rights & Relations Commission Work Plan Introduction • Staff Liaison Straub reviewed each of the following initiatives from the draft 2024 work plan. The work plan is set to be approved by City Council on December 5, 2023. o Initiative 1: Sharing Values, Sharing Communities Event o Straub reviewed potential topics and noted changes to the policy regarding events. Beginning in 2024, events held by commissions will not require majority vote by the commission to approve any items. o Initiative 2: Review bias and discrimination event response. o Initiative 3: Build connections with community organizations and report on community awareness of bias and discrimination event reporting o Straub noted that the Commission will not be tasked with preparing a formal report on community awareness of bias and discrimination event reporting. o The Commission discussed sharing materials with other commissions and groups. o Initiative 4: Engage with EPD on bias-related and demographic data o The staff liaison will request discussion topics one month before meeting with EPD. o Initiative 5: Tom Oye Award o Straub noted that the November meeting is earlier in 2024 and the subcommittee should begin work earlier. o Initiative 6: Days of Remembrance Event o Commissioners Rogers and Nelson noted that they knew of 1-2 interested volunteers and would connect them with Straub. o Straub shared that the Commission would need to identify more interested commissioners to work on the event and settle on key details by February 1 for the event to move forward. o Chair Stringer Moore and Commissioner Rogers volunteered to serve on the subcommittee. o Straub shared potential ideas for the type of event the Commission could hold. o Commissioner Segall shared that having a knowledgeable scholar present or speak could be particularly valuable for the 2024 event. o Commissioner Nelson shared that Ellen Kennedy, from World Without Genocide, proposed a historical focus on the three genocides in Ukraine. o Initiative 7: Review and propose revision of days of remembrance resolution. o Commissioners discussed the possibility of expanding the resolution to include all genocides. C. Selection of liaison to the Edina Community Council Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 1/23/2024 • Commissioner Segall shared details of her work as liaison to the Edina Community Council, the likely work for the next year, and the importance of the new liaison attending the January 2024 meeting. • Commissioner Khalifa volunteered to serve as liaison. Motion by Commissioner Bennett to nominate Commissioner Khalifa to serve as liaison to Edina Community Council. Seconded by Commissioner Nelson. Motion carried. VI. Chair and Member Comments • Received. VII. Staff Comments • Received VIII. Adjournment Motion by Commissioner Nelson to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Commissioner Ismail. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:21 p.m.