HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/03/2000 Maplewood Human Relations Commission
October 3, 2000
Minutes
Present members: Elmo Mattax, Carol Cude, Gordie Heininger, and Rita Ander. Ex-Officio:
Colleen Dirkswager.
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m.
II. Approval of Minutes. A motion was made to approve minutes. It was seconded and it
was passed.
III. Approval of Agenda: Changes to agenda: time, add recruitment under reports. A motion
was made to approve minutes with changes. It was seconded and it was passed.
IV. ,' - ' •I - : - •- s _uest speaker-no speaker. Gordie is still pursuing this.
IV. Old Business
Extra: add peace to diversity subject for poster contest.
A. Accessibility Project - Joan will cover later- 6 kids, 3 adults, had fun. Were some
surprises, in some areas found what expected. Kids will write a report.
B. Calendar- approved
C. Peace Campaign- Rita spoke about a letter she drafted concerning having
Maplewood schools be peace sites. Elmo asked if we needed approval from our City
Council. The Council felt it was not needed since the City Hall has been designated a
peace site, but an informational packet would be helpful.
1. What is next step? Hold off for a while to see when we are ready for this.
2. Need to assign: What do we want this to look like?
3. Rita will contact Lynn Elling to see what resources he can offer us, to get ideas
an hr,w we should go forward. (Toward the presentation to the school board and
the City Council.)
D. Tabled until next time. (Mission Statement)
V. New Business
A. Inservice Research
- Marion Helland- Critical thinking on diversity. Disability awareness education.
She needs to fax a press release to Colleen for publication
B. Assign topics for Maplewood In Motion.
- January=Joan - follow up for disability awareness
- Rita- follow up on peace sites for schools.
- We will start in January.
- Carol=March(due February 1)
- April=Gordie
- February=Elmo
C. Carol Bannister, of State and Lake Elmo HRC. Read a letter honoring Bruce Vento,
a defender of human rights,that she also read at the annual meeting of HRC. Letters
were sent informing neighborhoods of proposed low income housing across from
main entrance to Maplewood City Hall.
Letters advocating the townhouses are more provalent than complaints. There would
be two townhouses plus a central community building with a playground, where
tutoring and other services could be offered.
These would be offered to people with four or more children. It will be managed by
Emma Norten as a non-profit area. It would have a person there 24 hours a day.
She would like to have a letter from us to the City Council in support of this, so it can
go on the packet going to the City Council. She would like it by the 19th of October.
Individual letters should come to her, ours would go directly to the Council. It goes
to the Council on October 23. The council decided to support this site.
D. Selection
Carol will continue as secretary. Gordie and Carol will cover any human rights
complaints.
VI. Reports
A. Carol was asked to be on a school district HRC commission.
B. Minnecanos - Excellent performance - about 25 people were there.
C. Discuss best recruitment location for ads. (Maplewood In Motion vs. Review.)
VII. Adjournment-Meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Next meeting will be November 14,
2000.
Assignments:
1). Rita will call L. Elling for more information on peace sites.
2). Colleen will let the City Council know what we are planning. We set calendar
planned inservices,proposed peace sites.
3). Move meeting to November 14 due to national elections.
4). Joan will bring a report to the commission in November on accessibility project.
5). Gordie will call Marion Helland about coming.
Respectfully submitted,
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Carol Cude
Secretary, HRC