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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/09/1992MINUTES MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Thursday, April 9, 1992 7:00 PM Maplewood City Hall Maplewood Room PRESENT Karla Sand Gordon Heininger Dawn Vassar Sister Claire Lynch Jim Ganett Mike LaClair - applicant Gail Blackstone Mike McGuire I. Call to Order ABSENT Pat Williamson The meeting of the Maplewood Human Relations Commission was called to order at 7:05 p.m., on April 9, 1992, by Karla Sand, Chair. II. Minutes Minutes of the March 10, 1992 meeting were approved as written. III. Old Business A. Human Rights Award Nominations Discussion about applications was pursued. Three candidates applications were discussed whether they were really qualified as truly representative or involved in human rights efforts. It was decided that Jim Garrett will call all three sponsors of the three candidates and interview them further about their qualifications for the Human Rights Award. Jim will then call Commission members to give them information on what he has learned so that one of the three candidates can be chosen for the award. B. 1991 Annual Report A draft of the report was reviewed. Gordon Heininger moved that the 1991 Annual Report for the Human Relations Commission be accepted as printed for approval at the City Council meeting on April 27, 1992. C. Cultural Diversity Award Changes were suggested such as enhancing our present award ceremony by trying to get more interest and attendance. It was decided that we will pretty much stick to a two-hour ceremony with a better known speaker and try to increase attendance. Karla's meeting with Eden Prairie Human Relations Commission will hopefully give us some further ideas. The matter was tabled until the next meeting. D. Letter from Winona HRC Maplewood Police Department keeps track of gay bias cases and we have no incidents on record. Sent letter to Winona HRC regarding same and no further action being taken at this time. Suggest that they contact League of Minnesota HR Commission. E. Joint Efforts Commissions doing joint activities together might be helpful for better relations between them. Gordy suggested that we ask a member of another commission to attend our meeting and talk about their activities to establish some beginning relationships. Karla will invite someone for the ne�ct meeting. IV. New Business A. ADA Grievance Committee As required under ADA, the City is forming an ADA Compliance Committee to hear complaints not resolved by the City. Gretchen Maglich, Assistant City Manager, is asking for a member from the Human Relations Commission. Jim Garrett was appointed from the Human Relations Commission with Dawn Vassar as the alternate member for the Committee. V. Reports B. City of Maplewood Gail to talk to Tom Ekstrand regarding metro-mobilities cutback on their services to disabled and how this might affect NEST's future operation in our area and the City Council's funding of it. VI. Adjournment at 8:55 p.m.