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Human Rights Commission Minutes June 19, 2013 Draft Minutes Page 2 of 6 48 Grefenberg continued that subsequent to her resignation former Commissioner Kris Doneen had 49 met with him and had also written several Council members elaboratin� on her experience as a 50 Human Rights Commissioner. Her main reason for resi n�ing remained her sense of burnt-out; 51 because of this ex�erience, however, Grefenberg added that he believed certain operational 52 changes needed to be made to better achieve the HRC's objectives without the stress which often 53 seemed to accompan_y its worlcload. 54 55 Grefenber�reported that he had therefore he had written Cit_y Manager Trud�eon and the 56 Council to ask for their consideration of the following four measures: 11 Commission staff need 57 to assume more of the administrative and or a�� work of the Commission ; 58 �t��t v�==r*�t�c,��•��-�r'�'^��a ��r� t-� 2) In order to be sustainable the Commission 59 needs to better prioritize its work; 3) �T° r°^^��°r�'°�' The Council needs to take action on the 60 Commission's recommendation to create a new Coinmission to assume the Civic Enga�ement 61 responsibilities which the HRC currently shoulders; and 4) ^r°^*° ^�'��^ �'��^�°�°�* 'T'^�'� 62 . Staff needs to proactively seek our wa.�� 63 su�port the Commission's worlc. 64 65 Grefenber� asked if there were an�questions or issues any Commissioner wished to raise. There 66 bein �� he �'?��-- �'r°�_.^'�°ra indicated he had discussed these concerns with the new Interim 67 City Manager Pat Trudgeon and he was here this evening to provide further comment. 68 69 Interim City Manager Trudgeon �� expressed his a�preciation for the invitation to this 70 evening's meeting. He reassured the HRC t#a�of the City's �T�^� ^^��++°a commitment to the 71 HRC and �as had not lost sight of the support required. He stated that there would be some 72 transition �*^�'�'�T�^� �T�^�•'�g over the next few months to guarantee the appropriate resources 73 were in place. He'^^'�°�' ��=�^ra reminded the Commission that it had an �e-� upcoming joint 74 meeting'�°�HRC and the City Council. 75 76 Chair Grefenberg thanked Mr. Trudgeon and Ms. Curti for updating the Con�mission's web site 77 in order to be con�ruent with �g the recently-approved HRC brochure and bylaws �€ 78 � ' . 79 �� 80 81 Approve Minutes 82 Commissioner Groff moved and Chair Grefenberg seconded a motion to approve a portion of the 83 minutes from April 17, 2013 (lines 192-221) as amended. Motion passed unanimously. 84 85 Chair Grefenberg moved and Commissioner Becker seconded a motion to approve the May 15, 86 2013 meeting minutes as distributed. Motion passed (Singleton and Thao abstained because 87 they were not present at the May 15`n ) 88 89 Public Comment 90 There being no one present wishing to speak to the Commission on an item not on the agenda, 91 the chair moved to the next agenda item. 92