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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes October 17, 2018 – Draft Minutes Page 4of 13 137 b. Proclamation Discussion 138 Assistant City Manager Olson noted she tentatively scheduled the proclamations to th 139 go the City Council for review at the November 26 Council meeting as a package. 140 141 MLK – Ms. Olson noted Commissioner Eck had this proclamation reviewed by 142 Marquita Stevens with Minneapolis Urban League. 143 144 Human Trafficking –Commissioner Peterson indicated she met with Mr. Corey 145 Yunke of the Roseville Police Department to make sure this aligned with what the 146 Police Department is doing, and Mr.Yunke gave his stamp of approval from the 147 Police Department. 148 149 Commissioner Peterson stated the City of Roseville received ten thousand dollars in 150 funding from the Roseville Police Foundation to carry out collaborative efforts to th 151 fight human trafficking in Roseville. The money was accepted October 8. The 152 Chief sent out his newsletter that highlighted the collaboration on fighting human 153 trafficking. She noted the Police Department does not have enough man power for 154 someone to always be working on this issue. The money received additionally is 155 used to staff overtime and initiatives. She reviewed some of the operations the Police 156 Department has been doing to address human trafficking in Roseville. 157 158 Commissioner Peterson stated Mr. Yunke seemed interested in potentially 159 collaborating with the Commission on a highlighted proclamation. 160 161 Black History Month – Ms. Olson noted Commissioner Eck made some 162 amendments andhad this proclamation reviewed by Marquita Stevenswith 163 Minneapolis Urban League. 164 165 Ms. Olson stated Ms. Stevens had some amendments to this proclamation. She 166 indicated under the fifth whereas the sentence should include “and inventions” before 167 the words “are often overlooked”. She stated the next paragraph has a long 168 amendment and indicated she would put this in writing for the Commission. The 169 final paragraph the word “via” should be stricken. 170 171 Commissioner Manke noted in reference to Abraham Lincoln, it is regarding the 172 destination, “to the memorial of Abraham Lincoln”, not that it is sighting him. 173 174 Chair Beltmann thought Ms. Stevens was making some very good points. She 175 thought it was important to give recognition to those who actually led the march. Her 176 recommendation would be to accept the amendments that were proposed. 177 178 The Commission agreed. 179 180 Women’s History - was previously approved. 181