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Human Rights Commission Minutes August 20, 2014 – Draft Minutes Page 4 of 8 Community Relations Coordinator, would be talking about Civility training as an option for the 135 Police Commission to consider. The League of Minnesota Cities does not do grants but they 136 have a civility program and could provide their information. The Roseville Library would also 137 be discussing this at their next meeting for potentially partnering with the HRC. Freedom 138 County has a civility program called “True Civility – The Power of Words” and they are several 139 years into the program. Their program is based on the book “Choosing Civility.” There may be 140 an opportunity to partner with them. She asked if the Commission was interested in moving 141 forward with this type of program. 142 143 Ms. Collins stated the Roseville Community Fund would give up to $2,500 and is one of those 144 programs that if you get the funds then you can plan. The application deadline is August 23 and 145 she thought the funds would need to be used before the end of the year. 146 147 Commissioner Carey asked if this would provide enough time to promote the event. 148 149 Commissioner Singleton entered the meeting at 7:05 p.m. 150 151 Vice Chair Becker stated this would be a short time line and December is a difficult time of year 152 to host this type of event with the holiday schedules. He did like the idea and felt the HRC 153 would want to promote the human relationship versus the digital interactions. He would not 154 recommendingrecommend cost sharing with other communities because this will make 155 coordinating the event difficult. He suggested Ms. Collins look at the time frame for when the 156 Roseville Community Fund grant would have to be used if granted. 157 158 Youth Commissioner Dao asked if it would be possible to break it down into smaller sessions 159 and conduct it more like a continual dialogue by hosting one or two topics at a time. 160 161 Chair Groff suggested talking to the Rotary Club for potential funding. He stated this type of 162 event would be difficult to do by the end of the year, especially if they needed a minimum of 40 163 people. If the Commission gets the grant and has some time to use it then they would be able to 164 coordinate the event. He recommended Commissioner Casey submit the application for the 165 Roseville Community Fund grant. 166 167 Commissioner Singleton moved and Commissioner Slade seconded a motion to direct 168 Commissioner Casey to proceed with the Roseville Community Fund application and to conduct 169 The motion carried unanimously. additional research for the next meeting. 170 171 d.League of Minnesota Annual Meeting Update 172 173 Chair Groff stated the meeting was scheduled for October 25 or October 26. There is not space 174 at the Roseville Public Library or City Hall. The Maplewood Library has room but they would 175 not book more than 60 days in advance. They will have a speaker and they were also 176 considering having something to do with the medical issues that have come up from illnesses 177 that have come from overseas and how communities need accurate information in these 178 situations. He stated he would attend the next League meeting for additional information. 179