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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes <br />January 15, 2020 <br />Page 5 of 7 <br /> <br />180 Ms. Vasquez noted one concern that was brought up was if the essays would meet the <br />181 Minnesota standards and she researched it and does meet the standards. <br />182 <br />183 b. Discuss 2020 Work Plan <br />184 Chair Beltmann updated the Commission on the 2020 Work Plan progress to date and <br />th <br />185 the Commissions upcoming January 27 joint meeting with the city Council. She <br />186 noted it is important for all Commissioners to try to be at the joint meeting. <br />187 <br />188 Chair Beltmann explained at the meeting the bulk of what will be presented is the <br />189 Commission’s accomplishments and the proposed 2020 work plan. She noted <br />190 Commissioner Bolinger will present the 2019 accomplishments. She believed there <br />191 were some items on the year end review that some Commissioners were going to <br />192 present, one of those being Rosefest Parade, Commissioner Peterson would present <br />193 that. She wondered if Commission Djevi or Commissioner Bolinger could present <br />194 the Spanish Heritage Month. She indicated the next two pieces of the conversation <br />195 would be the process the Commission has come up with for the 2020 work plan and <br />196 the proposed activities. This is the piece that she felt was important to review <br />197 because these activities are a lot to have on a work plan in a year and historically <br />198 Council has pushed back a little bit for the Commission having too much on its plate <br />199 and recognizing that the Commission is meant to be an advisory body. The other <br />200 thing she thought is important is that some items the Commission felt more strongly <br />201 about then others and those are the pieces the Commission needs to advocate to the <br />202 Council for. <br />203 <br />204 Commissioner James explained as he thought about the display, case he proposed it <br />205 being a bi-monthly rather that a monthly thing and expanding it to a two-year time <br />206 frame. He thought a month for a display case seems to be too little time for people to <br />207 see the information and will give the Commission more time to do other things. <br />208 <br />209 Chair Beltmann indicated the goal of the joint meeting with the Council is to have the <br />210 workplan approved. The Commission will have to have a conversation after the joint <br />211 meeting that digs into each of the individual items that were approved and how the <br />212 tasks will go. <br />213 <br />214 Commissioner Lee thought “monthly” could be removed from the display case title. <br />215 <br />216 Commissioner Lee indicated she would like to talk to the Council on the last item in <br />217 the work plan. <br />218 <br />219 Commissioner Djevi indicated the Community Ambassador topic was very important <br />220 to him because it has been on the list for a while with nothing being done on it. He <br />221 would like to have more discussion on the strategy before the joint meeting. <br />222 <br />223 Chair Beltmann felt this was discussed at the last meeting and agreed it would be <br />224 discussed at a future meeting along with the other work plan items. She indicated the <br /> <br />