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Human Rights Commission Minutes January 21, 2015 Page 6 of 8 New Business a. Report on Recent Community Events/Invite to Upcoming Events Ms. Collins stated the Naturalization Ceremony would be held April 15. Commissioner Singleton stated he had attended a Maplewood Human Rights meeting and they had a Community Police/Citizen Forum for Police Accountability. The community was given an opportunity to write down their questions for the panel. He suggested the Commission consider partnering with Maplewood and host a similar event. Chair Groff asked Commissioner Singleton to provide additional information for the Commission to review. He also suggested he talk with the Police Chief to see if he would be interested in doing something together. Commissioner Thao stated she had attended a Community Conversation hosted by the Suburban Ramsey Family Collaborative. There had been over 200 attendees and the organization would be hosting four (4) other similar events. She encouraged Commissioners to attend the event. Chair Groff stated there would be a Discussion on Sex Trafficking at the Library on February 4 at 7:00 p.m. b. Commission Start Time Commissioner Carey requested the Commission consider rescheduling the start time for Commission meetings to 6:00 p.m. This is when the Council starts their meeting Commissioner Sin�leton moved and Commissioner Carev seconded a motion to amend the start time for the Human Rights Commission meetings to 6:00 p.m. The motion passed: 6- aves; 1-nay (Slade). c. Creation of HRC Award Committee Chair Groff asked what the responsibilities would be for the HRC Award Committee. Commissioner Bachhuber stated the application for the HRC Award is currently on the City's website. The three (3) person Committee would review the on-line application and make any necessary changes, review the applications received by the deadline, which is April 1, and determine a recipient. The winner should be determined within 6-8 weeks of the application deadline and the award would be presented at a City Council meeting. She recommended the Commissioners promote the award and tell other Commissioners about it. Chair Groff volunteered to be on the HRC Award Committee.