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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/11/2001MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:30 p.m. Maplewood City Hall Conference Room A AGENDA 6:30 I. CALL TO ORDER 6:35 II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 6:40 III APPROVAL OF AGENDA IV. OLD BUSINESS 6:45 A. National Night Out - Review 7:00 PRESENTATION - Guest Speaker on Affordable Housing Suspension of Meeting Rules for Special Presentation IV. OLD BUSINESS - continued 7:30 B. Poster Contest Proposal - Tammy C. V. NEW BUSINESS 7:50 A. Review Member Terms for Expirations 8:00 B. Calendar of Events/Activities 2001-2002 VI. REPORTS A. B. VII. SEPT. AGENDA ITEMS: A. B. VIII. FUTURE TOPICS: A. Peace Campaign Review/Discussion B. Accessability Project 8:30 IX. ADJOURNMENT ASSIGNMENTS: 1. 2. Dinner will be served S:\CTY MGR\HRC\AGENDA Maplewood Human Relations Commission June 5, 2001 Minutes Members present: Gordie Heininger, Rita Ander, Elmo Mattox, Carol Cude and Joan Wurdeman. Members Absent: Donna Brown and Tammy Nadzieja Staff Present: Colleen Callahan Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 7:29 p.m. II. Approval of Minutes: Elmo Mattox moved and Gordie Heininger seconded a motion to approve the minutes ofthe May 1, 2001, meeting as written. All members voted in favor of the motion. III. Approval of Agenda: Joan Wurdeman added an agenda item from the Minnesota League of Human Rights Commission under reports. Gordie Heininger moved to accept the amended agenda, Elmo Mattox seconded the motion. All voted in favor of the motion. IV. Old Business: A. Access Update/Discussion—Reported on by Joan Wurdeman. The letter that was formatted and discussed at last month's meeting (with spelling correction noted by Carol Cude) will be sent to all of the stores that were tested as part of the project. Hill Murray would like to be involved in another testing project if the commission decides to conduct one. Ms. Foley (woman who submitted letter to Commission on the project) would also like to provide input on the next disability project. B. Objectives and Mission Statement Discussion: Affordable Housing - Gordie Heininger will follow up with his daughter to get the name of a developer whom he will invite to the September meeting to educate the Commission on obstacles to affordable housing encountered by developers. After a discussion on way the Commission can keep informed on affordable housing issues in Maplewood, it was decided that Gordie will speak to Melinda Coleman about this topic. In addition, Rita will write a letter to Melinda Coleman listing the findings/issues identified by the disability study and ask that she forward the letter on to the following city agencies: the Community Design and Review Board, the park Commission, the Planning Commission and the Housing and Redevelopment Agency. Maplewood Human Relations Commission June 5, 2001 —Meeting Minutes Page 2 IV. Old Business - continued C. National Night Out—Colleen reported on the games that Loudi Rivamonte had demonstrated to some Commission members. She also passed around brochures describing the games. After discussion, it was decided that the Commission would demonstrate several of the games for the Maplewood Night Out activities and would also have handouts describing the games for people to take home. For Maplewood Night Out, Colleen will prepare instructions and game materials for Mangala and the Zulu War Game; Joan will prepare instructions and game materials for Heaven and Earth (Italian hopscotch); and Carol will prepare instructions and materials for Kulit K'rang. Rita will type up another brochure of game instructions and Colleen will copy this brochure and the one done by Loudi to hand out to attendees. Commission members will also hand out leftover materials from last year. The working schedule for Maplewood Night Out is: 5:00 to 6:30-Carol and Joan; 6:30 to 8:00-Tammy and Gordie; and 8:00 to 9:00 - Rita and Elmo. D. Poster Contest Proposal—This agenda item was tabled. V. New Business A. September meeting (after July and August recess) will be on September 11, 2001. Dinner will be provided. VI. Reports A. Mort Ryweck (LMHRC Project Coordinator) will attend the October 2, 2001 meeting. He is interested in encouraging our involvement with the state organization as well as setting up a conduit for information/project idea sharing. VII. September Agenda Items: A. Next Year Activity/Calendar Planning B. Affordable housing speaker C. Poster Contest VIII. Meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Maplewood Human Relations Commission June 5, 2001 ,.,Meeting Minutes Page 3 ASSIGNMENTS: 1.Gordie will get speaker for Sept. meeting. 2.Carol will prepare materials for Kulit K'rang game for Maplewood Night Out. 3.Joan will prepare materials for Italian hopscotch for Maplewood Night Out. 4.Rita will prepare brochure for Maplewood Night Out. 5.Colleen will prepare materials for Mangala, and copy handouts for National Night Out. 6.All Commission members: REMEMBER your work shifts for Maplewood Night Out. 7.Rita will prepare letter for Melinda Coleman. 8.Gordie will try to meet with Melinda HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION CALENDAR September 2000 -August 2001 September 2000 October 2000 November 2000 Planning Renew/Calendar Advertise/Interview if Advertise/Interview League of MN HRC's needed Jan HRC vacancy if needed) Conference Discuss Diversity Award Plan Diversity AwardCheckexpirationofEvent(s) Event(s) members terms Finalize Calendar Solicit Donations for Contest Recruiting Renew Community Events Review National Night Out Assignments/Topics MIM Held Community Events December 2000 January 2001 February 2001 Finalize Diversity Award Review 1st draft of Annual Finalize Annual Report Event(s) and Publicize Report Planning community eventDiscussAnnualReportPlancommunityeventFinalizeInserviceforMay Elections Plan Inservice Community Event Peaceful Comm. Campaign Mail reminders for Contests March 2001 April 2001 May 2001 Present Annual Report to Finalize NNO Involvement Host Inservice Training Council - Chair Vote on Diversity Award Present Diversity Awards Posters Due Schedule Award Promote Community Event Ceremonies Community Event June 2001 July 2001 August 2001 Prepare for NNO National Night Out Host Schedule Sept. Planning NO MEETING SCHEDULED Meeting NO MEETING SCHEDULED S\CTY MGR\HRC\CALENDAR 9/00