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Human Rights Commission Minutes February 24, 2016 Draft Minutes Page 2of 11 assistance. He pointed out that these comments had not been articulated from the podium or 46 those members of the group working on the project. 47 48 Commissioner Slade stated it would be important for the HRC to have a Commissioner present 49 when there are meetings concerning under-serviced groups including those receiving public 50 assistance. This would allow the Commission to address comments and concerns as they are 51 brought forward. 52 53 Mr. Greffenberg encouraged the Commission to work with the Lake McCarrons Association and 54 the Community Engagement Commission regarding human rights issues. 55 56 Old Business 57 58 a.Report on January 8 City Council Meeting Discussion 59 60 Chair Groff stated his focus had been on having new members appointed to the Human Rights 61 Commission rather than going into detail about the projects they were working on for 2016. 62 63 Commissioner Christiansen expressed concern that the City Council felt they should decrease the 64 number of meetings they have because the HRC is not taking on any new projects for 2016. She 65 pointed out the HRC has had only 4 members for several months and they have been working 66 hard to maintain the programs they have and add new ones when they could. 67 68 Commissioner Carey stated the Commission has been waiting to get direction from the City 69 Council on what projects they would like to see the HRC focus on and with the limited number 70 of members it is difficult to start more projects. 71 72 Commissioner Christiansen stated the meetings are helpful in keeping Commissioners 73 accountable for projects. The Commission does a lot of work off-line to keep projects moving 74 forward. The HRC is a Commissiotimes a year would make it 75 difficult to continue some of the projects. 76 77 Ms. Collins stated the City Council had the opportunity to decrease the number of meetings but 78 had decided to keep it at 12 meetings per year and this has to do with them wanting the HRC to 79 continue the events and programs they have done in the past. When the Commission does more it 80 takes more staff resources and this takes away from the other duties staff may have. City 81 Manager Trudgeon was factoring this in when he made the recommendation the HRC meet 6 82 times per year. 83 84 Commissioner Christiansen stated she had volunteered to help Ms. Collins redacting the essays. 85 The HRC is mindful of staff time. 86 87 88 linked could not review 89 them. 90