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Home My WebLink About03/06/1996 AGENDA MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Wednesday, March 6, 1996 **NOTE DATE CHANGE** (Due to Precinct Caucuses held on March 5, 1996) Maplewood City Hall Conference Room A 7:00 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. AGENDA APPROVAL III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES IV. OLD BUSINESS VA. Final Approval of Annual Report - All VB. Muslim Church Update - Mike �," C. Update from Joint Commission Meeting (Oakdale, North St. Paul, etc.) - Lynne r__ D. Update on Joint HRC Meeting in April - Gordy & Regina V. NEW BUSINESS ,, A. Plan Award Ceremonies for Poster Contest - All - � B. Discuss Open House - All -- C. Prepare for April Joint HRC Meeting - All VI. OTHER BUSINESS VII. REPORTS A. City of Maplewood B. Agenda items for next time VIII. ADJOURNMENT C:\WPWIN60\HRC\AGENDA Maplewood Human Relations Commission Minutes from Feb. 6, 1996 Present:Marie Koehler, Gordy Heininger,Linda Wainio,Regina Laroche-Theune,Lynne Croes, Absent: Carol Cude,Maria Cantu-Costilla, Ex-officio:Mike McGuire, Sherrie Le. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm by Chair Gordy Heininger. A motion to approve the agenda was moved, additions were requested, the motion was seconded and approved. A motion to approve the minutes was moved, motion was seconded and approved. Old Business: A.Follow-tip ort possibility of joint venture with and/or donation from the Maplewood Partnership: Lynne spoke again with Mayor Bastian_ He requested that we create a proposal and submit it to the Partnership. There may be possibilities with one of the high schools.Mike McGuire said the the city council-city manger workshop discussed requests for funds they receive_ They feel that funding from the city should only go to community wide events. B.Follow-up on Jan. 23rd meeting with area HRCs: Gordy met with Mike Hermes from Roseville_Mike was the only one who came. (Regina had contacted White Bear Lake,North St Paul and Woodbury_ WBL was interested,but not able to send anyone That evening;they want to be included_ NSP and Woodbury don't have RRCs at this time.) Mr.Hermes said that Roseville has discussed doing something similar and was very excited that we had invited them. They did not discuss any particular topic for an event. It was decided that we would have a joint meeting of our commissions in April. Gordy had suggested to do this on Apr. 23,but there was a desire to not have an additional meeting that month from some of our members. We meed to do this at our regularly scheduled meeting on Apr. 2. Sherrie will check on room availability at the Community Center. To acquaint the Roseville BRC,we will each offer some information on our commission and our activities:Marie-open house,Regina-theater performance,Lynne-poster contest, Carol-diveisity awareness contest, Gordy-bias and hate crimes. This will be firmed up at the March meeting. Marie added that ECEE would like to be included if the event topic we select fits their purpose_ We also need to get the annual reports from the police department for 1993-95 to determine if there are any trends that we may want to address in our program C.Review ofAnnual Report draft:We will change the contents of the appendices with some new pieces of information that Lynne brought_ New Business: A. Vote on posters and diversity awareness awards There were not as many entries in the poster contest this year as last_ There were no posters from 5th and 6th graders. The results of the poster contest are: Grades K-2: 1st Kathy Braun, 2nd grade,Presentation Honorable mention: 1. Victoria O'Grady, 1st grade,Presentation 2.Zachary O'Grady, 2nd grade,Presentation 3. Charlie Fnglebretson,Katherine Keough, John Rob Stenmoe, Ashley Oni- 1st grade,Mounds Park 4.Dylan Heisick-Thole, Trevor Boehm, Sarah KohLs,Kelsey Baran,Rachel Abbott, Rachel Torgerson,Maggie Belie, Sara Coomes, Jenna Meier- 1st grade,Mounds Park Grades 3-4: 1st:Ben O'Grady, 4th grade,Presentation No honorable mentions, only one submission. Diversity awareness awards: none were submitted Other business: Those who attended the Mcryor's forrrm reported on how it went Marie,Lynne, Carol, Linda attended. Marie felt that it was very hard to hear when sitting in the audience. Suggested that this be brought forward to the council to consider providing a sound system if they do this again in the same room_ Following our time at the Mayor's forum, a citizen approached Carol to discuss some problems she was having with her neighbors. While it appears that the woman is encountering harassment, it doesn't appear that ifs based on race/religion/national origin/etc. It seems to be a neighborhood feud_ A suggestion was made to refer this to the dispute resolution center. Gordy will talk to Carol to get more information. Letterfrom City of Oakdale:Mike received a letter from Ron Rogstad requesting that a representative from our BRC attend a meeting to discuss forming a joint HRC commission with Oakdale,No. St.Paul,District 622 and Maplewood. Lynne vohinteered to attend the meeting. New member selection process will be tabled until the March meeting Reports City of Maplewood: A group of Ismaili Muslims has requested to purchase the library building on Skillman Ave The city surveyed the homeowners within 350 feet of the building and found several negative responses to this request. Many were related to traffic,but some were obviously ami-Muslim and atm-African_ The city has approved the request as the group met all the requirements. We discussed what we could or should do. We'd like to get more information, such as when they plan to begin using the building_ We will discuss our potential involvement once we get more information. Community Survey: Mike had the results of a community survey done by a professional survey group that was presented to the council on Feb. 12. There were many positive responses to the questions. Agenda for next meeting: March 5,7 pm Final approval of 1995 Annual Plan HRC contact with Tsmaiili Muslim group Report on joint meeting with Oakdale-Lynne Finalize plans for joint meeting (Apr. 2) New business: discuss diversity award submission from student group plan award ceremonies .. -- A motion to adjourn was made at 920, seconded and approved. R ectfully submitted, L Croes Recording Secretary , „ Summer Youth Theater i Join us for Summer Youth Theater. District 622 and the Heritage Theater Company present pr Anne of Greenir'',_.� Z�}} �24:��: k,„ i Tb �giii-.04 ►t ire i— X r Gables ,-.46. : �j i ta Fzi - _�;., ! , IIS �—-4 w� - ,'sFa by Joseph Robinette 'y • �� '� ''!z?�= � Qf `r from the novel byL.M. Montgomery ;,iyt•�,.�. . ,- t%' =,1i�e� . ��!��, 4�hMI Rehearsal in shorts. A chance to work with Twin Cities theater professionals. A chance to work REHEARSALS are 9:00-Noon,four or five days a together with students from a variety of public week,beginning June 17 at the Maplewood Com- and non-public schools in your neighborhood, make new friends, follow a dream. munity Center. Performances are July 25-27.Those eligible include 7th grade through 1996 high school This new dramatization captures the charm and graduates. excitement of L.M.Montgomery's enduring clas- AUDITIONS sic about an orphan girl, Anne Shirley, from her Current 7th-12th grade students from District 622 first encounter with her austere guardian to her public and non-public schools may attend any thrilling graduation from Queen's Academy. Join us as we share Anne's triumphs and tragedies one of four audition dates listed below. feuds and friends. Roles for 12 men and 19 Tuesday,May 14 2:35-4:40 pm women as well as positions on scenery,costume Maplewood Middle School -Choir Rm. -#223 and makeup,props, sound, and lighting crews. Wednesday,May 15 2:35-3:50 pm Help us tell the story of Anne of Green Gables-a John Glenn Middle School -Choir Rm. -#226 summer theater you'll remember. Monday,May 20 2:05-5:00 pm North High School-Location to be announced Tuesday,May 21 2:05-5:00 pm PERFORMANCES Tartan High School-Auditorium CALL BACKS Maplewood Community Center Theater Wednesday,May 22 7:00-9:00 pm Thursday,July 25 7:30 pm Maplewood Community Center -Theater Friday,July 26 7:30 pm Cast list will be posted at each school on Friday, May 24,by 8:30 a.m. Saturday,July 27 7:30 pm Please call 770-4642 for audition, performance and ticket information. District 622 Community Education , ; . : ;4 ar s- ., I CITY OF MAPLEWOOD 1830 E. COUNTY ROAD B MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA 55109 1 • MEMORANDUM TO: HRC Members FROM: Sherrie Le, Human Resource Director DATE: February 14, 1996 RE: 1996 DIVERSITY AWARENESS AWARD Attached is a copy of a Diversity Awareness Award application form that I received in the mail yesterday. Even though it's late, I think we should accept it. We can discuss it and vote at the next HRC meeting on March 5. 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