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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuman Relations Commission - Minutes - 09/13/2001E Human Relations Commission CIC Room 300 W. Laporte Avenue September 13, 2001, 5:30-7-15 p.m. Council Liaison: Marty Tharp I Staff Liaison: Angelina Powell Phone: 221-6525 Chairperson: Bob Lenk Phone: 493-5809 rs regular meeting or me human xeiations Commission was held on September 13, 2001 in the CIC Room, 300 W. Laporte Avenue. HRC Members present Mary Gomez, Rita Klepac, Ingrid Kolstoe, Bob Lenk, Parker Preble, Richard Miller, Shion Hung HRC Members absent Man Oberoi with notification Staff Members present: Angelina Powell, HRC Staff Liaison Greg Tempel, Assistant City Attorney I. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Bob Lenk at 5:40 p.m. II. Approval of Minutes. Chair Bob Lenk asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting held on August 9, 2001. Shion Hung made a motion to approve the minutes. Ingrid Kolstoe seconded the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously. III. City Code Changes The commission was asked to review an ordinance that changes the functions of the HRC currently listed in the code. As underscored at City Council's Periodic Review of the HRC on July 24'", the functions related to Human Services recommendations and HRC's role related to the Citizen Review Board have changed and the commission asked the code be changed to reflect that. The draft presented to the commission was acceptable except for the following recommended changes: Subsection (3)c: Soliciting aid from other social agencies in educating the public. There's been some change to the verbiage to "Soliciting assistance from other social agencies in notifying the public about the complaint process; and..." The commission identified other social agencies as non-profit organizations, churches and international community centers whom might access to individuals who have the need for assistance in filing the complaint forms. Subsection (3)d: "Communicating with other similar commissions in order to share experiences and become more sensitive to potential problems" was acceptable. Other rtuman Heiations uomeion Page 2 E commissions were defined as other jurisdiction's HRCs. There is sometimes an opportunity to exchange experience information among commissions. In fact, there will one such opportunity on September 20-22 when the City of Aurora hosts their Kaleidoscope Summit. Three commissioners (Ingrid Kolstoe, Rita Klepac and Bob Lenk) are set to attend. Ingrid Kolstoe made a motion to accept the draft ordinance with changes noted above. Mary Gomez seconded it. The motion was approved unanimously. IV. Subcommittee Reports. Diversity Subcommittee. The subcommittee met in August. Mary Gomez is working with individual subcommittee members to record and analyze the data provided by the Clerk's office relative to the ethnicity of the applicants to Board & Commissions since 1995. They hope to assess the results on how successful the City's been in drawing representation from our diverse populations. Police Subcommitee. Chair Rich Miller attended the last Citizen Review Board meeting. (The CRB meets the 3'a Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at 214 N. Howes.) As the new subcommittee chair, Rich is still formulating the Police Subcommittee work plan. That plan includes how to best interact with the CRB by assisting individuals who'd like the assistance of a third party when registering a concern about the actions of a city police officer or a community service officer. Commission members Rich Miller, Parker Preble, Shion Hung and Rita Klepac will attend the next CRB meeting scheduled for September 19 then will meet after at the Main Library to brainstorm the Police Subcommittee work plan. V. Old Business. Commission member Rita Klepac has been serving as the HRC Representative with the Foothills Unitarian Church's Social Justice Committee in the development of the Eracism Film & Discussion Series. The showings are set for 7 p.m., Senior Center on September 16, September 23, October 7 and October 14. VI. New Business. The commission reviewed the Board and Commission application process documents provided by Karla Smith, B&C Liaison. If the application forms are not already distributed there, the commission suggested sending application information to the Collegian, community leaders and the North Aztlan Community Center. VII. Announcments. Parker offered the following news articles on diversity topics for the commission's review: • Coloradoan Tuesday, September 14 re: Ethnicity Irrelevant. VIII. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m.