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09-05-2017Richfield​ ​Human​ ​Rights​ ​Commission Monthly​ ​Meeting​ ​Minutes September​ ​5,​ ​2017 Members​ ​Present:Sara​ ​Gumke,​ ​Jeff​ ​Wright,​ ​Carrie​ ​Chillman,​ ​Sarah​ ​Musgrave, Ben​ ​Sunderlin,​ ​Debbie​ ​Eng. Mike​ ​Koob​ ​-​ ​Public​ ​Safety​ ​Liaison Mike​ ​Howard​ ​-​ ​City​ ​Council​ ​Liaison 1.Meeting​ ​Called​ ​to​ ​order​ ​by​ ​Chair​ ​Sara​ ​Gumke​ ​at​ ​6:32pm. 2.Motion​ ​to​ ​approve​ ​agenda​ ​Eng/​ ​Seconded​ ​Wright;​ ​agenda​ ​approved. 3.It​ ​was​ ​noted​ ​that​ ​the​ ​July​ ​minutes​ ​did​ ​not​ ​include​ ​Chief​ ​Henthorne​ ​in​ ​the​ ​discussion​ ​for agenda​ ​item​ ​6-b,​ ​Eng​ ​moved​ ​to​ ​amend​ ​the​ ​minutes/second​ ​by​ ​Sunderlin,​ ​amendment approved.​ ​Secretary​ ​Chillman​ ​will​ ​amend​ ​the​ ​minutes​ ​and​ ​forward​ ​changes​ ​to​ ​HRC board​ ​and​ ​City​ ​Staff. 4.Open​ ​Public​ ​Comment:​ ​none 5.Reports a.Chair’s​ ​report:​ ​Sara​ ​reported​ ​that​ ​Logan​ ​has​ ​resigned​ ​from​ ​the​ ​HRC​ ​due​ ​to moving​ ​out​ ​of​ ​Richfield,​ ​effective​ ​immediately. b.Secretary’s​ ​report:​ ​none c.Vice​ ​Chair’s​ ​report:​ ​none d.City​ ​Council​ ​Liaison:​ ​Mike​ ​H​ ​reports​ ​affordable​ ​housing​ ​will​ ​be​ ​discussed​ ​at​ ​the next​ ​City​ ​Council​ ​meeting​ ​on​ ​9/12/17,​ ​he​ ​encourages​ ​HRC​ ​members​ ​to​ ​attend. Mike​ ​also​ ​notes​ ​that​ ​the​ ​HRA​ ​and​ ​EDA​ ​separately​ ​approved​ ​budgets​ ​to​ ​rehab Season​ ​Park​ ​apartments;​ ​and​ ​the​ ​“Coffee​ ​with​ ​a​ ​Cop”​ ​community​ ​event​ ​will continue​ ​and​ ​encourages​ ​HRC​ ​members​ ​to​ ​attend​ ​future​ ​dates​ ​as​ ​well. e.City​ ​Liaison:​ ​none f.School​ ​Board​ ​Liaison:​ ​not​ ​in​ ​attendance 6.Committee​ ​Reports a.Community​ ​Engagement​ ​Committee i.Speaker​ ​will​ ​be​ ​put​ ​on​ ​hold ii.Mark​ ​will​ ​continue​ ​to​ ​work​ ​on​ ​commissions​ ​demographic​ ​survey​ ​as​ ​well as​ ​data​ ​analysis. iii.Hope​ ​Church​ ​partnership;​ ​subcommittee​ ​called​ ​to​ ​discuss​ ​this​ ​in​ ​depth. Will​ ​meet​ ​9/20/17​ ​from​ ​7:30-8:30pm;​ ​Debbie​ ​will​ ​contact​ ​city​ ​staff​ ​to reserve​ ​the​ ​Babcock​ ​Room. iv.Weekly​ ​tenant​ ​meetings​ ​at​ ​Richfield​ ​Towers;​ ​None​ ​scheduled​ ​as​ ​of​ ​yet, Jeff​ ​will​ ​coordinate​ ​this. 7.Unfinished​ ​Business a.PennFest: Sara​ ​reports​ ​that​ ​a​ ​sign​ ​is​ ​being​ ​made,​ ​she​ ​requested​ ​members​ ​to​ ​contact​ ​her​ ​if they​ ​are​ ​able​ ​to​ ​staff​ ​the​ ​table​ ​at​ ​the​ ​event​ ​and​ ​she​ ​has​ ​the​ ​materials​ ​for​ ​to​ ​have available​ ​to​ ​give​ ​to​ ​the​ ​public. b.Trafficking​ ​presentation: Subcommittee​ ​will​ ​meet​ ​on​ ​9/9/17​ ​at​ ​Lakewinds,​ ​event​ ​is​ ​planned​ ​for​ ​11/11/17​ ​at 11:00am. c.Planned​ ​Parenthood​ ​resolution: Jeff​ ​presented​ ​the​ ​completed​ ​document​ ​to​ ​the​ ​HRC​ ​members,​ ​Deb​ ​moved​ ​to accept​ ​the​ ​resolution​ ​with​ ​the​ ​citing​ ​of​ ​sources​ ​in​ ​the​ ​2nd​ ​and​ ​3rd​ ​paragraphs and​ ​making​ ​date​ ​and​ ​secretary​ ​name​ ​corrections;​ ​it​ ​was​ ​seconded​ ​by​ ​Sarah​ ​M and​ ​approved​ ​by​ ​all​ ​in​ ​attendance. d.BLM​ ​resolution: Jeff​ ​will​ ​contact​ ​police​ ​department​ ​for​ ​input​ ​and​ ​rewrite​ ​the​ ​document​ ​that​ ​reflects work​ ​done​ ​in​ ​previous​ ​subcommittee​ ​meeting. e.Housing​ ​Development/Preserving​ ​affordable​ ​housing: Deb​ ​will​ ​contact​ ​Isela​ ​Gomez​ ​about​ ​partnering​ ​on​ ​a​ ​tenant’s​ ​rights​ ​forum​ ​as​ ​well as​ ​the​ ​trafficking​ ​event.​ ​Jeff​ ​will​ ​attend​ ​the​ ​next​ ​HRA​ ​meeting. 8.New​ ​Business/Announcements/Open​ ​Forum: Ben​ ​recapped​ ​vigil​ ​at​ ​the​ ​Dar​ ​Al​ ​Farooq​ ​Islamic​ ​Center​ ​in​ ​Bloomington,​ ​a​ ​lot​ ​of​ ​speakers for​ ​a​ ​large​ ​crowd.​ ​Ben​ ​also​ ​suggested​ ​a​ ​resolution​ ​from​ ​the​ ​commission​ ​to​ ​support DACA;​ ​subcommittee​ ​formed​ ​of​ ​Ben,​ ​Debbie,​ ​and​ ​Jeff,​ ​a​ ​draft​ ​will​ ​be​ ​presented​ ​at​ ​the October​ ​meeting. 9.Next​ ​meeting​ ​will​ ​be​ ​on​ ​Tuesday,​ ​October​ ​3rd​ ​at​ ​6:30pm. 10.Motion​ ​for​ ​adjournment;​ ​motion​ ​Eng/seconded​ ​Wright;​ ​meeting​ ​adjourned​ ​at​ ​7:55pm.