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MINUTES
MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
Tuesday, October 5, 1993
7:00 PM
Maplewood City Hall
Maplewood Room
PRESENT
Karla Sand
Pat Williamson
Mike McGuire
Jim Garrett
Gordon Heininger
Shelly Strauss
Gail Blackstone
I. CALL TO ORDER
ABSENT
The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Chairperson Pat Williamson.
A. Agenda Approval
The October 5 agenda was approved as read.
II. REVIEW OF MINUTES
There were no September meeting minutes available. Pat suggested that those
present meet after the meeting to put together a brief summary of the September
meeting. Karla volunteered to put together a meeting summary. Shelly
volunteered to take the October minutes.
III. OLD BUSINESS
A. Ci Response to Acts of Bias/Prejudice -- List Ste�s
Jim contacted the East Community Family Services, whomever he spoke to
expressed interest in participating and sharing resources. Karla contact "The
Partnership" which is a conglomerate of individual agencies addressing
community issues. Gail also sent a letter on behalf of the Commission to the
Police Chief formalizing the agreement to notify the Commission of Acts of
Prejudice & Bias.
The Commission's goal is to prep�re a brochure describing our response and
listing resources.
B. Commission Vacancv
Sister Claire officially resigned. Pat spoke with her superiors. Officially we
have another vacancy. Gail indicated we may have on additional applicant.
She will check.
The Committee began brainstorming on the type of background they feel is
underpresented on the Commission. The Chair urged all members to
contact anyone they may feel would be interested.
A motion was made and seconded to add Marie Koehler to the Human
Relations Commission. Motion carried.
C. Human Rights Award
October 15 is the official deadline. The Commission by consensus agreed to
extend the deadline to Friday, October 29. A list of schools were divided
and an additional mailing will be sent. Shelly is working on a mailing list for
future marketing.
D. Internshi�/Minoritv Program
Shelly met with the Assoc. Planner for the City of Maplewood and with Gail
to obtain further information about Maplewood's population and income to
determine if seeking Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds
would be feasible. It does not appear that the above mentioned funding
source is appropriate for an internship/minority program purposed by the
Commission. Mike McGuire proposed that the Consortium for Cooperative
Ventures (North St. Paul/Oakdale/Maplewood) is another possible angle to
obtain funding utilizing the Twin Cities as a basis in which to direct some
state funding.
The internship/minority program would be modeled after the Northeast
Hennepin Human Service Council's program.
IV. NEW BUSINESS
A. Date for November Meeting.
The consensus of the Commission is to move the November meeting to
November 9(2nd Tuesday) due to Elections.
V. REPORTS
A. Lea�ue of MN Human Rights Commission
A handout was provided to Commission members. Pat reported on the MN
Commissions "Human Relations for the 90's" event.
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B. City of Maplewood
Gail has resigned as the City of Maplewood Human Resource Director.
She has taken a position with the City of Maple Grove. Gail's last day will
be October 29. Carolyn will be back to "bridge the transition" once more.
C. Grievances
Pat has basically settled the last grievance. No other referrals were
reported.
D. Other - Hate Crimes Workshon
Pat will have a handout/graphs on bias crimes. Provided at the hate crimes
presentation which was held in conjunction with the Anne Frank Exhibit.
The purpose of the lecture was information sharing.
In addition to reviewing Human Rights Award submissions at the November
meeting, discussion of the appointment of HRC secretary will be brought forward.
IV. ADORNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Shelly Strauss