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Roseville Human Rights Commission May 16, 2012 - Minutes Page 2 of 8 Chair Grefenberg asked for volunteers to take the lead on various issues which did not fall under a specific HRC committee, such as- whether the proposed constitutional amendment to require voters to show state issued identification to vote is an issue the HRC should consider. Commissioner Groff agreed to take the lead on the Voter ID Constitutional Amendment, as to whether the HRC should take a position on this issue and if so how that position should be formulated. Commissioners Brisbois and McKenzie and Youth Commissioners Joan Dao and Marie Siliciano volunteered as well to work on the issue. Chair Grefenberg reminded the Commission that they had all received a letter from some Roseville residents concerning issues regarding the police response to a February 6th call regarding a possible suicide. He indicated that he did not believe there had been a resolution of this issue, noting that he had received a phone call that morning from Mary Lou Mohn, one of the signers of the referenced letter, and asked Commissioner Singleton to look into the status of the complaint from a-residents and help determine what role if any the HRC should play. City Manager Bill Malinen said he is reviewing the incident, and he did not know if it was so much a human rights commission issue as it was a law enforcement issue. In response to the Chair's question as to whether the Police Department had completed its review of its response procedures as requested in the residents letter, Mr. Malinen indicated that he had discussed this issue with the Department and would be reviewing their information before he responded to the residents concerned with this issue. Vice Chair Singleton accepted the responsibility of taking the lead on this issue and reporting back to the Commission. Various Other Reports Ad hoc Drafting Committee on Marriage Amendment • Report Recommended Action and Draft Resolution Chair Grefenberg introduced this agenda item by describing the essential question now before the Commission as whether marriage was a human rights issue. He indicated that as of last week an Ad Hoc committee led by Commissioner Jill Brisbois had been formed to review the public testimony and prepare a report to the Commission. He noted that this report, distributed to the Commission and available on the back table, had come up with two possible resolutions, both of which opposed the Constitutional Amendment on Marriage. The only difference was that one resolution included additional language recommending in its advisory capacity that the Roseville City Council also adopt a resolution in opposition to the proposed amendment. [A copy of the Committee's Report with attached resolutions is hereby incorporated into these minutes and attached herein.] Chair Grefenberg asked if there was any additional public comment on this item now before the Commission. There being none, he asked Commissioner Jill Brisbois to explain the resolutions she