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Roseville Fiuman Rights Commission Meeting Minutes — Jannary OS, 2008 Page 4 of 5 ' 38 Commissioner Venters and City Manager Malinen conferred on a time to meet with the City .39 Attorney during his weekly office hours at City IIall. Commissioner Venters expressed his desire 140 to receive comments from all parties and put the document in good fortn prior to its presentation 141 to the City Council. 142 143 City Manager Malinen advised Commissioner Venters to contact lhe City's Administrative 144 Secretary to schedule time. 145 146 Chair Delmore asked that Commissioner Venters try to set up the meeting in the late afternoon 147 so she coulc� also attend. 148 149 Suying Books for Schools 150 Vice Chair Bosch provided a handout on her research on the "Families AIl Matter" curriculum 151 and reader training provided by "aMaze." 152 153 154 155 156 l57 158 159 1.60 b1 lb2 lb3 lb4 lb5 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 l73 174 175 176 177 178 179 Discussion included the schools with in the City limits rather than in the Roseville School District (i.e., Central Park, Brimhall & Parkview Center School}; volunteer roles and opportunities to help implement the program; books currently available at those participating schools and poiential books. Commissioner McGehee suggested that the School Librarians provide their preferred books to be purchased by the HRC. Chair Delmore advised that she had notified Ms. Curti that funds for the book purchase were to come from 2007 HRC funds. Commissioner McKenzie said ways to effectively engaging citizens was missing and suggested the HRC pay for training five rnentors or parents. Further discussion included how and who to recruit as readers for training, content and intent of training, potential involvement of school PTAs and ways to enhance the program and increase communication with citizens. Commissioner Bosch moved and Commissioner Venters seconded approval of moving forward with the "All Families Vlatter" curriculum; amending the December motion for the three schools (i.e., Central Park, Brimhall and Parkview Center School) for a donation of books in the amount of $125 per school for books, in addition to $100 for a reader training program; with a total expenditure of $475, rather than the original allotment of $500. Motion carried 6/0. Vice Chair Bosch said she would work with the schools representatives with which she had already made contact 180 Other 181 City Manager Malinen asked whether the I�C preferred that the Essay Contest presentation be 182 at the City Council meeting of February 11 or February 25, 2Q08. By consensus, Commissioners 83 chose February 11.