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CIC Room
300 W. Laporte Avenue
November 14, 2001, 5:30-7t00 p.m.
Council Liaison: Marty Tharp j Staff Liaison: Angelina Powell Phone: ZZ1,4525
Chairperson: Bob Lenk Phone: 493-5809
A regular meeting of the Human Relations Commission was held on November 14.2001 in the CIC
300 W. Laporte Avenue.
Room,
HRC Members present Rita Klepac, Ingrid Kolstoe, Bob Lenk, Man Oberoi, Parker Preble, Shion
Hung
HRC Members absent Mary Gomez & Richard Miller
Staff Members present: Angelina Powell, HRC Staff Liaison
I. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Bob Lenk at 5:37 p.m.
II. Approval of Minutes. Chair Bob Lenk asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the regular
meeting held on October 11, 2001. Man Oberoi moved the minutes be approved. Parker Preble
seconded. The commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.
I1I. Appeal Hearing Procedures. City Code requires that the full commission conduct an appeal hearing within
30 days of receiving a complainant's request for appeal. There has been occasion when notice of an appeal had
not been received by the commission within a reasonable time. That occurrence created a hardship in
scheduling a hearing within the 30 days required by Code. The commission believed the solution to the
scheduling problem is to establish a longer period to set a hearing date. After the October 11th meeting, the
Commission recommended 48 days , City staff requested the commission consider setting the period at 50
days. After the commission's reconsideration, Parker Preble moved that 50 versus 48 days be recommended
as the number of days allowed to schedule a hearing. Ingrid Kolstoe seconded the motion. The motion was
unanimously approved with Bob Lenk, Shion Hung, Ingrid Kolstoe, Parker Preble, Man Oberoi, Rita Klepac in
attendance.
IV. Subcommittee Reports.
Police Subcommitee. Rich Miller, Rita Klepac, and Parker Preble attended the Citizen Review Board
on October 18 with honored guests Mayor Martinez, Council member Chuck Wanner, City Manager
John Fischbach and Police Chief Dennis Harrison in attendance. The Police Subcommittee met
immediately after the CRB. In their work plan, they'd like to define tasks related to helping citizens
from an education/facilitation point of view through the Police Internal Affairs complaint process..
• The subcommittee asked Angelina to investigate the possibility of securing a city phone that would
be published in the Coloradoan. A HRC Police Subcommittee person would monitor the calls and
help facilitate the complaint process.
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Human Relations Award Subcommittee. Chair Shion Hung would like to begin the process of
planning for the 2002 Human Relations Awards. He asks that those members who are interested in
participating plan to attend an organizing meeting (date to be determined.)
V. New Business.
Coloradoan Oo/Ed Letter. Parker Preble proposed the Commission send a letter to the Coloradoan
relative to promoting the acceptance and respect for diversity and discouraging all forms of
discrimination. The commission worked on the draft prepared by Parker. Ingrid Kolstoe made a
motion to approve that draft, that Chair Bob Lenk sign it on behalf of the Commission, and that he
submit it to the Coloradoan.. Rita Klepac seconded the motion. The motion was approved
unanimously.
2002 Work Plan. The 2002 Work Plan is due to the Clerk's office by the end of November, With Staff
Liaison Angelina Powell leaving for surgery effective 11/19, Chair Bob Lenk has agreed to work with
the chairs of the HRC subcommittees and to coordinate submittal the City Clerk's office by the date
due.
VII. Adjournment. Shion Hung made a motion to adjourn. Ingrid Kolstoe seconded. The meeting was
adjourned at 7:00 p.m.