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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes September 19, 2018 —Draft Minutes Page 2 of 13 46 Commissioner Peterson indicated on line 124, replace would with should. She also requested the 47 line to be cleaned up for clarity. 48 49 Commissioner Manke moved and Commissioner Peterson seconded a motion to approve the 50 August 15, 2018 Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission meeting minutes as 51 amended. Motion passed unanimously. 52 53 b. June 7, 2018 Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission 54 55 Commissioner Manke moved and Commissioner Peterson seconded a motion to approve the 56 June 7, 2018 Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission meeting minutes as 57 presented. Motion passed unanimously. 58 59 Receive Reports 60 Assistant City Manager Olson reported Commissioner Eichenlaub submitted his resignation last 61 week. Information regarding this was brought before the Council for the Council to decide if the 62 Council wanted to re-advertise for the vacancy, fill the vacancy from the pool of applicants or 63 not fill the vacancy. The Council decided they would like to fill the vacancy from the current 64 remaining pool of candidates. The September 241h Council meeting will include appointing a 65 new commissioner to fill Commissioner Eichenlaub's seat. 66 67 Chair Beltmann reported the Commission received an email from a resident regarding the 68 resident's issues with her landlord and some unfair practices happening. She indicated she is 69 following up with the resident to get additional information. She noted it did not seem like it is 70 something for the Commission to handle but she is getting more information to see how the 71 residents can be directed to the appropriate resources. 72 73 Ms. Olson stated the City is aware of that case and have followed up with the resident as well. 74 75 Youth Commissioner Report 76 Youth Commissioner Hansel reported Teens for HR club at Roseville High School is starting up 77 next Tuesday. One topic the club will be focusing on is this fall is the upcoming election. The 78 Secretary of State's office has a program where students participate in a mock election and she is 79 coordinating helping out with that. 80 81 Chair Beltmann thought it would be helpful to provide some background on that group and to 82 learn more about it. 83 84 Youth Commissioner Hansel noted she started the club when she was a freshman and is now a 85 senior. She stated the club has done a variety of projects in the school ranging from sexual 86 assault awareness month, to LGTBQ rights. The club did a big stereotype project that was 87 displayed at multiple libraries in Ramsey County and City Hall. There are a lot of discussions 88 within the group and they try to do projects based on what club members are interested in doing. 89 The group also teaches ninth graders in the classroom once a trimester and talk about Human 90 Rights topics, international topics and some topics prevalent to teenagers' lives.