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95 <br />96 <br />97 <br />98 <br />99 <br />100 <br />101 <br />102 <br />103 <br />104 <br />105 <br />106 <br />107 <br />Roseville Human Rights Commission <br />DRAFT August 15, 2012 <br />Page 3 of 6 <br />Chair's Report <br />Feedback on Au�ust 13t" Joint Meeting with City Council: Chair Grefenberg reviewed the joint <br />meeting with the City Council, indicating that at that meetin� there were a lot of ideas discussed and <br />he felt it important that the Commission capture those ideas as it moved forward into the fall and <br />next vear. He began his review by statin� that he had seen the issue of the police reaction to what <br />was perceived as a potential suicide as more of a civic en�a�ement rather than a human rights issue, <br />and was surprised that some of the Commissioners and the Cit,y Council disagreed, and saw it as a <br />potential human ri�hts issue. <br />, <br />�.'�;�'� � ,°�' ��'",��r r�'�+� ; °, how the city works with people with developmental <br />disabilities. He suggested that this issue could be addressed in the Commission's Strategic Plan, and <br />asked if there was an,y objection to doin�. <br />108 Youth Commissioner Joan Dao said the diversity issue was raised, workin� with new immi�rant <br />109 communities such as the Karen �3F or holding a diversity fair. Dao said that this could also <br />110 be a re�ional collaboration with other local municipalities. <br />111 <br />112 <br />113 <br />114 <br />115 <br />116 <br />117 <br />118 <br />119 <br />120 <br />121 <br />122 <br />Commissioner Groff agreed, adding that such a project was � a multi-year effort, be i�g nnin� <br />findin� the leaders of these communities. He added that this issue—outreach to some of the <br />communities not ,yet reached bv the Commission—seemed to be one of the main points he heard at <br />the Commission's joint meeting with the Council. <br />Commissioner poneen agreed, adding that it was necessary to start buildin� those relationships with <br />these communities before holdin�an,y events. <br />Commissioner Groff commented that it should not be up to the Commission to decide what issues <br />were affectin� such minoritv communities. <br />123 Commissioner Thao encouraged also involving youth and school groups, inviting them to <br />124 commission meetings to discuss what they were doing. Doneen agreed that possibl,y the <br />125 Commission could reach these minority communities throu�h their youth. <br />126 <br />127 Chair Grefenberg a�reed with Commissioner Groff, and suggested the Program Planning <br />128 Committee be involved in planning such efforts � which planning should include leaders �of <br />129 these various marginalized and/or minority communities .�'^���^�;^„°r^ Chair <br />130 Grefenber� asked staff to get contact names and to look for ways to work with other city <br />131 departments that �e ma•� working with the Karen community. <br />132 <br />133 Carolyn Curti said that the Fire Department had recently held an event with the Karen communitX <br />134 and would probably be doin� another one in the future. She also mentioned that the Parlcs and <br />135 Recreation De�artment had worked with a minority community on the develo�ment of a soccer <br />136 field. <br />137 <br />138 Chair Grefenberg asked Commissioner Singleton to take the lead on working with the police to <br />139 discuss its interaction with disabled people. Commissioner Thao said she had been t�lc-i�g-�� <br />