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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes October 17, 2018 – Draft Minutes Page 5of 13 182 Fair Housing Month – Ms. Olson stated the City will be looking at doing a brief 183 policy statement on Fair Housing and is a requirement of the Met Council in order to 184 receive some funding for the Economic Development Authority (EDA). As part of 185 that policy she worked with the EDA staff and one of the things the EDA staff would 186 like to do is maintain a web page on housing resources. 187 188 Ms. Olson thought it should be brought back to this proclamation and tie in the policy 189 language to make it specific to Roseville. She noted the policy has not been approved 190 yet. The language that was in the draft policy was “The City of Roseville will 191 maintain a Fair Housing web page in accordance with the City Policy that will 192 provide resources for residents to file a fair housing complaint”. 193 194 Commissioner Peterson asked if the wording will only be put in if the policy is 195 adopted. 196 197 Ms. Olson indicated that was correct. 198 199 The Commission was fine with the addition. 200 201 Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month - was previously approved. 202 203 Mental Health Awareness Month –Chair Beltmann noted she compared the week 204 in October with the Month of May and in general, she did not see any differences 205 based on the NAMI website. She indicated she did find a statement from Mental 206 Health America, which is significantly different from the other proclamations she has 207 seen. She thought it was up to the Commission if the Commission wants to recognize 208 the month of October as Mental Health Awareness Month in May or if the 209 Commission wants to recognize Mental Health Awareness Week in October. 210 211 Chair Beltmann noted she did reach out to AVIVO and is waiting to hear back from 212 them and she tried contacting NAMIagain and have not heard back. 213 214 Commissioner Peterson wondered which one, the month or the week, more widely 215 advertised or publicized. 216 217 Chair Beltmann stated she could not tell based on her searches. 218 219 Commissioner Djevi thought for him the biggest question was what the Commission 220 wants to do with this. If the City is just going to highlight mental health it can go 221 either way but if the City wants to go into the community and do things and try to 222 look at mental health and different issues there would be more time to do different 223 things in a month. 224