HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/06/1996Maplewood HIImsw Relations Commission
117inutes from Feb. 6,1996
�rCsen� Marie Koehler, Gordy Heininger, Iaada Waanio, Reg�na Laroche-Thecme, Lyaae Crces�
Abseni: Carol Cude, Maaa Can�-Cost�la, Ex-officio: M'ike McC',uire, Sheme Le.
The mee�mg was called to order at 7:05 pm by Chau� Gordy He�sa$er-
A mation to approve the agenda was �oa�ved, add,itions were reqnested, the mofion was seconded
and approveci.
A motion to approve the mi�te.s was move� moti:an was seconded and approve�
OId Business:
A 1�'ollow-up on postzbility of joint ve�ive with and/ar danaiion from the 1l�Caplewood
P�rrmership: Lyaae spoke again with Mayor Basfian." He requested th�t we �eate a proposal
and submit rt to the Partnership. There may be poss�b�iities wiih one of the bi� schools. Mike
McGaire said the the cxty coimc�-c�► manger workshop disd�s.sed requests for ftmds they
receive. They feel that fiindiag from the r.ily shouid onty go to commo.mity wide events.
B. Follo►v-up on .Ti� 23rd meetingwith area HRCs: Gordy met with M�e He,�es from
Rosev�le_ Mik,e was the oniy one who came. (Reg�tna had c�ntacted White Be�r Lake, North St
Paul and Woodbury_ WBL was irnerested, but not able to send a�ryone that eveain� thep wamt to
be induded N5P and Woodbury don't have HRCs at tius time.) Mr. He�mes said that Rosev�le
has discussed doing something sua�ar and was very egae#ed thai we had i�rted them. They d"id
not discu.ss aay particular topic for an eve�t. Ii was decided that we woul,d have a joiAt meeting
of our fiill coamaissions in Apai Gordy had sa�ested to do this on Apr. 23, but there was a
desite to not have aa additional mee�ng that mon�h from some of oia members.
W� a�reed to do this at our regularip scheduled me�tiag on Apr. 2. Sherrie wt�t check aa rvom
ava�ab�ity at the Comuuurity Ceuter. To acq�aint the Rosev�lle HRC, we w�l eacb offer some
information on aur comrnission and our activities: Marie- open house, Regina - theater
perfoimaace, Lyane - poster coat�est, Carol - diversity awareness vomest, Gordy - bias aad hate
crimes. This w�l be fi�med up at the March mee�. Marie added that F..GFE wonld l�ce to be
induded if the eveut topic we select 5ts their purpt>se_ We also need to get ihe �nu,al z-eports
from ttie pofice deparbme�t for 1993-95 to d�ter�ume �there are any trends that we a�a.y wa� to
addre.ss m ow program..
C. �i'eview of Arrnual Repart �aft: We w�l change the coatetrts of the appead'ices wiih
some new pieces of ia#'oru�Gion that Lyrme brought. �
New Busimess:
A. Yote on posters mrd diversity awm�e»ess awc�dr. There were aot as maup eatries iu the
poster contest t�is year as last. There were ao pos�ers fivm Sth and 6th graders. The results of
the poste.�- contest are:
Gtades R-2:
1st: Sathp Bratw, 2nd gcade, Pr�sernation
H,�norable me�ion:
1_ �%ctoria O'Crady, lst grad� pre.se�tion
2. Zacl�ry O'Grady, 2nd grade, Pr�.tion
3. Ch�die F�gleb�tsot� gati�ne �eough, John Rob Steamce, A.shley Oai -
lst grade, Mrnmds Pa�
4. Dylaa Heisick-Thole, Trevor Boel� Sarah Kohts, SeLsey Baran, Rachel Abbot�
Rachel Torgerson, Magg,ie Ba�ie, Sara Coome� 7eanaMe�er - lst g�ade� Mounds Park
Crrades 3-4: 1sC Bea O'Grady, 4th grade, Pres�tation
No honorable m,eations, only one submissio� �
Div�rsiiy awareness awards: none were sabmitted
QtLer bnsiness:
Those who attended theMcryor's for,mr reported oa how it weut. Marie, Lynn� Cazol,
Linda a#tended. lVlaue £e1t tbat it was vety hard to hear when sit�ting ia the audiec�ce. SugQested
that ti�is be broug�t forward to the counc� to considc� providing a sound syscem �they do this
again m the same roo.ui
FoIlowing our time at the Mayo�s fonur� a ci�tizen approached Carol to c�scass some
problems she was having with her neighbors. Wh�1e rt appears th�t the woman is eacoumtering
haras.� iL doesa't appear that iYs based on racdreligion/national origin/�c. It seems to be a
aeigUborhood feud A suggestion was made to refer this to the dispute resohrtion ceatec Gordy
�w�l tallc to Carol to get m.ore information. �
Letter from City of Oakdale: Mk:e rece�ived a letter from Rnn Rogstad reqaesting that
a repre.sentative from our HRC attend a mee�g to discuss Fortning a joiat HRC cor�ion with
Oakdale, No. SL Paul, I?istrict 622 aad Maplewood. Lyrme vohu�teered to at�nd the mcetiag.
New me»iber selection process w�l be tabled u� the March meeting
Reports .
City ofMaplewood: A group ofZm�7i Muslims has requested to purchase the Iibrary
bu�ldin,g oa Sk�lmau Av� The caty s�uveyed ths homeowners w�hia 350 feet of the biuiding and
found sevetal negative responses to this request. Mazry weae reiated to traffic, but some were
obviousiy anti Mnslim and. a�mi-Afiic�a The city has approved the request as the gmup met alI
the requiretnents. We discussed what we could or should do. We'd iike to get more infa�ation,
such as whea they plan to begim using the bu�diag_ We wt�l di.�coss our potettriai i�o�vement
u
oace we get more infora�tion.
Commrmfty Survey: Mke had the resuIis af a community s�vey done by a prof�onal
surv+ey graup tha�t was preseated to the couac�l on Feb. 12. Ihere were maay pos�ive resPonscs
to the questions. .
A►genda for neYt meeiin� March 5, 7 pm
F-mal a�proval of 1995 Au�at Pia�.
HRC coatact �vith %ii M�s1im gc'auP
Report on joi� meeting with Oa�odale - Lysme
Finalizc plans for joi� meeting (Apr. 2)
New bu.4i.ness: discuss diversitp awazd submi.ssion from stude� group
plaa award ceremoai�s .. -----
A motion to adjoum was made at 920, seconded aad approved
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