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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/04/1996AGENDA MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Tuesday, June 4, 1996 Maplewood City Hall Conference Room A 7:00 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES o c--114n cA ( O\ ;+ a9 )S+ Pac III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA IV. OLD BUSINESS vA. Update on Community Event - Regina & Sherrie e. Update on Poster Contest Certificate Distribution to Mounds Park - Gordy C. Finish Planning for Maplewood Night Out/Open House - All V. NEW BUSINESS 1 v` A. Sign Up for Ramsey County Fair-All v B. Sign Up for Maplewood Night Out/Open House - All VI. OTHER BUSINESS 4 \,0,-,00,‘-y\4- Qnn E+111 VII. REPORTS A. City of Maplewood B. Agenda items for next time VIII. ADJOURNMENT C\WPWIN60\HRC\AGENDA 1 u5 23 96 16:(15 FAX 612 2D7 132D Lalti:or & ln(1ustrY uri2 Maplewood Human Relations Commission Minutes from May 7, 1996 Present: Marie Koehler, Gordy Heininger, Regina Laroche-Theune,Lynne Croes, Maria Cantu-Costilla, Linda Wainio. Absent Carol Cude Ex-officio: Mike McGuire, Sherrie Le. The meeting was called to order at 7:03 pm by chair, Gordy Heininger_ A motion to approve the agenda was moved. A request to an addition was made and approved. The motion to approve the agenda as amended was seconded and passed. A motion to approve the minutes was moved, seconded and passed. Old Business A_ Recap ofJointMeeting in April: Members made comments about items discussed_ Marie liked the logo contest, but had concerns about nsing local cable access. Many people don't have cable and the quality of some programs is poor. Ifthe sotmd is poor, it would be very difficult for those with bearing impairments to understand it and none ofthe programs are made with interpreters. Gordy liked the idea of an award to business. Other comments included that it was difficult for us to conduct our own business; we should consider having a youth representative on our commission; and that there wasn't much excitement for a community event. Gordy will send a follow up letter to those who attended thanking them for participating. B. Community event:Regina reported that the Coalition ofEast Metro Community Centers has approached/vraed Blood Theater about a performance for their employees and using the Maplewood Community Center. They would have four performances, one ofwhich would be offered to the public. We could sponsor a discussion and/or reception_ September dates between the 18th and 21st) are being considered. Our costs would be for the reception and a sign language interpreter. We could use charitable gambling monies for the cost of the theater. Regina will get the name ofthe contact at the community center for Sherrie. We hope to learn more at next month's meeting C. Apple Valley High School video: We would be able to use this on cable access channel with some restrictions_ There are concerns of audio and lighting quality and lyrics of some ofthe songs and content of the program may be offensive. The interest level is more for secondary schools and it is not interpreted for hard ofhearing people_ Ifwe sponsor something that well likely receive complaints on)will not look good for us or the city_ Discussion ofthis will be tabled until the fall and we may pursue promoting it to the schools_ Labor & Industry 0i13 23 96 16:ii6 FAX 612 297 1329 D. Awards presentations: There was some last minute confusion, but the certificates werecompletedforthePresentationawardsceremony_ Marie thanked Maria for getting them done. The checks will be sent out later but the children really enjoyed i Gordy, Carol and Mayor Gary Bastian attended the Mounds Park ceremony. They had a verycolorfulandexcitingeventscheduledwheremanystudentsdressedincostumesfromtheirnative countries. The Lily Suburban paper was there and the bank representative presented the school with an over-sized check. A picture was taken ofthis. Certificates for the posters were not given out as there will be another ceremony. Maria will get those certs completed. New Business A Open house: The city will sponsor open house on Aug. 6, which is also `National Night Out',from 5-8 pm_ There will be a variety of activities: police dog demonstrations, bike rodeo, DARE officers, ambulance, helicopter, fire department, self defense, child ID kit, Teddy Bear band- Thecitywillhaveaninformationboothandthecommunitycenterwilloffertoursandhaveadunkingboothwithcityofficialsasthetargets. The city's restaurants have been asked to participate and booths will be set up between city hall and the community center. Discussion as to what we should do led to the suggestion by Gordy that we ask the Mounds Park students to attend in their costumes. He will contact the faculty advisor for their diversity group about this Mike added that the city will have a booth at the Ramsey County Fair, July 17-21. The booth needs to be staffed for 40 hours which will be divided into 2-3 hour shifts. They will need about two dozen people. HRC members are to consider volunteering. B. Interview guidelinesfor new members. A suggestion was made to add a line in the application about meeting commitment for explanation from candidates- We looked through suggestionsmadebyLindaandMaria. We decided that when we have an opening we will formalize the process. C. Multicultural training in District 622:Linda reported that all employees in the school district will attend training beginning in the fall. Harvey Bata will facilitate_ Other Business The city council ofOakdale has decided to not re-establish their human relations commission.Gordy and Lynne were contacted by the Lily Suburban paper on this. Gordy will get a copy of the article. Regina reported that the Is/fixed Blood Theater is presenting a program on discrimination because of poverty in three sites around the state. Roseville is one of the sites. 05..23,'96 16:07 FAX 612 297 1329 Labor & Industry The old Lions hall is being converted to a funeral home that will predominantly serve the'Among community- We suggested that the Lily paper be contacted to interview the owners_ Reports City ofMaplewood: Two city council members' homes have been the site ofvandalism which included spray painting a swastika on a garage door and spray painting on a car. One of the parks was also hit with vandalism where racist comments were painted on a walL The council retreat resulted in a summary of seven outcome goals for 1997_ Agenda for the next meeti g The next meeting will be Tues., June 4. Items wal include open house and the county fair. A motion to adjourn the meeting at 9.08 pm was made, seconded and passed_ Respectfullysubmitted, Lynne Croes Recording Secretary CITY OF A m_ApLEwoMAPLEWOOD iilik 1830 E. COUNTY ROAD B MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA 55109 May 21, 1996 FIELD(1) Dear Commission Representative: Thank you for attending the joint conference between the Roseville and Maplewood Commissions recently. We thought it was quite productive and we appreciated your participation. We would be glad to send you further printed information on any of the topics discussed if you so desire. If you will indicate what particular topic you are interested in by sending us a short note, we will send you further information about how that particular activity is organized and implemented. Our Commission will also be seeking further information on several topics mentioned in the discussion. We are also enclosing the minutes of that joint commission meeting in case you want to share them with your other members. If you have any comments about the meeting and/or think some future collaboration betweensuburbancommissionswouldbeproductive, please let us know your thoughts. Thanks again for you interest and participation in this activity. Sincerely, Gordon Heininger, Chair Maplewood Human Relations Commission tmc Enclosure Equal Opportunity Employer WWest Seventh Community Center, Inc. 265 Oneida Street•St. Paul,MN 55102-2883•612/298-5493 •FAX(612) c 298-5729 May 24, 1996 E © m o j `- rillD Sherry Le MAY 2 8 1996 City of Maplewood i 1994-95 officers City Hall Michael Black 1830 E. County Road BPresident Maplewood, MN 55109 John Anderson 1st Vice President Dear Sherry:Thomas Nelson 2nd Vice President Jolene Burrows The Community Centers Network Pluralism Committee was delighted to hear ofyour Treasurer interest in collaborating with us on performances by the Mixed Blood Theater as Penny Johnson reported by John Giovannini. Secretary This is to confirm that committee members will be meeting with you and a1994-95 Directors representative from Mixed Blood at your facility at 10:00 am on Friday June 7th. Kay Aswegan We are looking forward to meeting you and seeing your theater. Scott Dickmeyer Vy Field Sincerely, Harriet Horwath ff j Michael Kartes f ii Margo Mann-Lanier Kathleen Alme Willie McCoy Committee Co-Chair Andrea McDonald West Seventh Community Center Associate Director Judy Mickelson Reuben Morales Mary Munkwitz Kathy Pugaczewski Mary Stirzl Todd Wescott Honorary Ruby Hunt Carlos Mariani Ex Officio Thomas Schaenzer Executive Director James E.Smith 0y. United Way Participating Agency Working Together For Our Community Since 1972