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MINUTES
MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
Tuesday, March 2, 1993
7:00 p.m.
Maplewood City Hall
Maplewood Room
PRESENT
Karla Sand
Michael LaClair
Patricia Williamson
Gordon Heininger
Gail Blackstone
Michael McGuire
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II.
III
IV
CALL TO ORDER
ABSEIVT
Jim Garrett
Sister Claire Lynch
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes of ineeting for January and February
approved as printed.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Motion made to accept slate of officers as follows:
Pat Williamson, Chair
Gordy Heininger, Vice Chair
Mike LaClair, Secretary
Seconded. Ayes all.
OLD BUSINESS
A. Diversitv Award - deadline for applications is end of January - those
members that want to follow up with their assigned contracts can do so.
B. Business Outreach Letter - We have three applications. Each member to
review said applications using MN Human Ftights Act guidelines. Be
prepared to make specific recommendations at the next meeting in April.
C. Hate Crime Response - see Gail's report to Commission. Memo drafted by
Gail to go to the Chief of Police of Maplewood - which is a guideline to
inform the commission re: the incident of hate crimes on a quarterly basis.
Motion: To implement an action plan in response to any act of bias and
prejudice that occur.
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V. NEW BUSINESS
A. League of M1V Human R,ights Campai�n - League of MN Human Rights
Commission - asking Maplewood to co-host a meeting with Roseville,
Falcon Heights, New Brighton to encourage them to help other suburban
areas to organize their own Human Relations Commissions. Letter to go
to each suburban area inviting a representative to attend the above
meeting.
B. No Fault Grievance Referral Procedure - Requests on No Fault Grievance
to come to City of Maplewood through Gail and then to the Commission
Chair.
C. Commissioner's Resignation - an ad will be placed in the Maplewood
Review and the St. Paul paper asking for a new member. Certificate of
Appreciation to go to Dawn Vassar in recognition of her service.
D. Maplewood Open Hours - to be set sometime in mid-May. Pat to draft a
request to go to City Council asking for money to finance the purchase of
400 key chairs to be given out at the Open House in May. Diversity
Award ta be given at this time also.
VI. REPORTS
A. Leag,�ue of MN Human Rights Commission - response to hockey game
incident will be pursued. No fault grievance - to develop training for
commissioners to be held on June 12 in Twin Cities. Two commissioners
who have not yet attended from each commission to attend. State Dept.
of Human Rights may have to charge for training in the future just to
cover costs. League talked about organizing Human Rights Committees in
the schools also.
B. City of Maplewood - Annual Reports passed out to each commissioner.
C. Grievances - Karla resolved a complaint from neighbor by just talking and
listening to her problem.
D. Internship Program - Karla discussed concern for minority police not being
recruited because they are not usually readily available for these jobs in
the areas where they are needed. We need more minority of�cers in
general, as well as in Maplewood. We need to continue to look for ways
to attract minority people into the ranks of our police department. We
will check with other suburban areas (Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center and
Maple Grove) to see how they handle the recruitment of minority police.
Respectfully Submitted,
Gordon Heininger