Don't Remember? All right. So, it's 5:15 on Monday, March 23rd. So, I will call to order this meeting of the new home human rights commission. The first item on the agenda is the approval of minutes from the February 23rd meeting, and those are attached. I'll give everybody a minute to review and let me know if you have
questions or comments or changes needed. I see a note I left in there. So just checking in any changes, comments, questions, etc. Once everybody gets through it, if there are no comments, I would entertain a motion to approve
those minutes. >> I'll make a motion to approve the minutes from the February 23rd meeting of the HRC. >> Second. >> Any other discussion? All approved say I. >> Oppose. Same sign. That motion to
approve minutes passes. Next item on the agenda is the budget report also attached. So you'll see we have our full budget yet for this year which is $9,000. Um we don't need any motions or anything. We'll start to have things um to come
out of this budget going forward with events. So the next is the events committee HRC sponsored. Um first item I asked them to put this on there for welcoming week. The reason I I know it's not until September. The reason I asked for this to be put on the agenda is because I've had food trucks reach out to me already
and wanting to schedule. So, I feel like we need to pick a date so I can book them just to kind of get that started. Um, welcoming week. I'm going to bring up the calendar. >> The week of the September 14th, I would guess. >> Yeah. Yep. So, it's the week of
September 13th through >> 20th. That's the Sunday to Saturday. So, typically we've done it Friday. I guess this is more for Cassy's benefit. We've done it on the Friday. Well, typically as in the last two years in the only two years we've done it, but I
don't know. Do you guys like to do it? It's kind of stressful, but it's fun. >> It's a Yeah, it's a fun event. Community comes out and I think, you know, we've only done it two years now, but we improved on it from the first year. We
had a, you know, very short time to plan the first one. Um, and the second one was pretty successful even though we had some rainy weather >> during setup, but >> it was fun. >> Yeah. And I think it definitely we had
more attendees from the first year to the second year. So I think >> Mhm. >> it was it went over really well. So we had I don't know did you attended or were you filming? Okay. So we had basically welcoming week is um put on by welcoming America which is the intent is
just to you know gather community members who might be of different backgrounds um immigrants non-im immigrants and just give them a space to connect. And we had booze with um like different services offered in town. We had different food trucks. We tried to do like a variety of food trucks all different cuisine. We gave free um rip
your floats away from the human rights commission. We had a bounce house music. Yeah. So just and we had it at um not that we have to do the same thing this year, but the last year we had it in the city hall parking lot. So it's kind of visible from >> Broadway. We don't have to decide any of
that right now, but just for background on >> picking a date. Mhm. >> Yeah. >> And so you said it would probably fall on >> So that week I looked it up. That is the week. >> So what did you say? >> The 13th through the 20th. Yeah.
>> I mean we've done it on Friday. >> Friday the last two years. I actually think that works pretty well >> versus a week night. I mean, I know football was >> Yeah. >> is a conflict for >> But it's earlier than >> Yeah. It's earlier than football the game. And I mean, I think it's nice on a
Friday, too. It's like end of the week. People are >> kind of out and about. I think it I think it worked out really well. >> Yeah. >> So, that would put it on the 18th if we did that week on Friday. >> It's not competing with any other large events. I haven't heard of anything.
>> Nope. And it's before October Fest. Yep. >> I know last week there was a food truck that wanted to participate, but it conflicted with the pow-wow that was going on over that. That's the only thing I can think of, but I don't know when that lands.
>> Gotcha. >> In Mano or Okay. Yeah. See if I can find it. I mean, I think we have a lot of good practices from last year we can just replicate this year. >> Yeah. What the more we do it, I think
the easier it gets. >> Um, is there a motion anywhere in there? I mean, I'm good with if just because I've had food trucks reach out and they were actually really interested in participating last year, but because we didn't have the date until I think it
was May, they were already booked. So, we just thought if we could pick a date, we could do that piece of it and then as the year goes on, we could it gets closer, we can >> do more planning. I make a motion that we um set the date
for welcoming week event for February or Friday, September 18th. >> There we go. >> That I will second. >> Any further discussion? >> All approved say I. I. >> Oppose. Same side. All right, that
motion passes and I'll just book those couple food trucks and then we can worry about the rest of it kind of going forward from there. >> Cool. All right. Second is the HRC awards ceremony. Select a meeting date. Is that that's not the subcommittee meeting, is
it? I think it actually would be. Yeah, I think it I feel like it's on the >> which is right after this. >> Yeah. Okay. >> So, that will be taken care of at the subcommittee meeting subcommittee meeting after this. So, we don't actually have to pick a date, but that'll be the next thing is planning that ceremony. Um, after that
date is selected. Education committee. Um, so looks like need a meeting date, but you have a meet following this HRC meeting as well. >> Yeah. Okay. Any other updates from education? I mean, just you guys got some flyers that you can distribute. I
don't know, Dave, we've got some extras here if you want a copy. And we all have the digital copy of the flyer, but I just had Megan print some paper copies in case you want to post those somewhere or share my work.
>> Yeah, I'd like to get the word out. I mean, we had pretty low attendance. I would say the first one it was a good audience and engaged audience. Um, but I'd love to see more people. >> I think the more we can promote it, too. I know um Katie and I were talking the
last one got a lot of views afterwards as we shared it. So hopefully like people who saw that might be now interested in attending as we advertise >> a live event. >> Yeah. Share on your social media if you if you have social media. It's on the city web page. So HRC doesn't have its
own social media page, but the city does. And so that's where the that flyer is. You can you can share that. Um and then I'm going to contact KUJ. I think that was a nice discussion we had last time. I don't know if that brought people in, but >> Absolutely. Are you okay doing that
again this time? >> Sure. >> Okay, perfect. You did a good job. >> Mhm. Very good. >> Um I know Lisa in the past has helped set that up, too. >> Yeah, they asked me to do it. Yeah. >> Okay, perfect. Awesome.
>> Yeah. And if anybody has any other ideas on how to promote it. >> Yeah, definitely. It's probably ma'am. Can we submit a letter to the auditor? I know that's >> you can. So, I think the the like the kind of like guideline was
we weren't responding to things as the HRC commission, but I know I submitted that letter to the editor, >> the Human Rights Award nomination. >> So, we could do a press release, which is free. We could submit a letter to the editor. I'd be happy to do a letter to the editor. Let letter to the editor on
this if you'd like me to. Great. Yeah, I can do that tomorrow and submit it. >> Um, so there's no rule that we can't. I think it was just as we were responding things to other letters as a commission, we kind of took a step back of should we be really responding as a group to letters to the editor, but for
advertising and stuff like that, I think it's really good. Lots of people read the letters to the editor. So, yeah, I'd be happy to do that. >> Thanks, Kristen. >> And we could also ask them to put out a press release. >> Can't hurt. Yeah.
Okay. Anything else from education? I I guess I'll just put out there if you have other topics that you I got I got one suggestion for another topic and if you guys have other topics I mean we as a education committee had brainstormed a few ideas but just let any of us know
okay >> if you have thoughts. I mean ideally if you have an a thought you'd have some people in mind who would be panelists because that's the hard part um is coordinating that. So just putting that >> what's your next or what idea do you
>> after this one because we already sort of have panelists set up for um like developmental delays and disabilities. So I think we're we're good with that one. But if you know if this is something we wanted to keep doing I certainly there's no shortage of you
know challenges people face. So >> but you feel like for the next one too you have enough panelists >> I think. Yep. >> Okay. All right. Awesome. So we can just kind of keep brainstorming. >> So the date is April 7th right? >> Correct. Just for this autism spectrum one. Yeah. Have we done in the past that
interview on the the radio K&J with they do like that um >> it's like community notes or something like that. Yes, >> I did that. Yeah. >> Okay, we're set there. Okay. >> Yeah. So, I think I'll do that again. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Um was it was a good conversation.
My son got to go see K and J. He thought that was pretty exciting. Um so, yeah. >> Good. Okay. Wonderful. >> Thanks. Awesome. All right. Nothing else on education. So, legislative update. Um, I don't have
anything specific. Does anybody else have anything they want to call attention to? Okay. City Council Lison, that's Carl. Looks like this was your last month. What do you have? Anything? None of the or
neither of the uh two meetings this month had anything that seemed relevant. Although the city is going to move forward and um it sounds like purchase the old armory. So I I think it pays to
keep attentive to that in the event it turns into some kind of a public building. And I know that I believe there's an elevator in there, but certainly >> if it does have some public use um that we are alert to any needs for accessibility
issues, >> but that's not not anything that's right on the front burner. Mhm. >> So, uh, nothing there, but I did, uh, um, come across a news release about a settlement that the Minnesota Department
of Human Rights um, made with a lift. The ride vehicle was a they had uh, apparently turned away individual that had a guide dog on
several occasions. And >> that person filed suit or filed a complaint with the uh HRC and they ruled in her favor and uh she was awarded some uh
funds from Lyft as well as Lyft now is going to be monitored for three years by Minnesota Department of Human Rights. So that was a a win for folks with disability. Yeah. >> Thank you.
Thank you. Um, looks like we need a volunteer for April through June for the city council leaison. I have not done it in a while. I'd be willing to do it. It's been probably over a year since I had my turn. So,
unless somebody else is dying, I feel like it's my turn. So, I'll take that. >> Cool. >> Okay. Um short agenda today I guess. >> So with that the date of the next
meeting is Monday March Nope that's not right >> it is I will look it up >> April 27th. >> April 27th. So Monday, April 27th. So with that I'll entertain a motion to
adjurnn. >> So moved. Second. >> All right. All approve. Say I. >> I. >> Same oppos. Same sign. That motion passes. This meeting is adjourned. Thank you everybody.