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1 ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 2 MEETING MINUTES FOR 3 September 1, 2020 6:30 p.m. 4 5 PRESENT:Arneson, Baggenstoss, Brown, Carlson, Dahlstrom, Heikkila,Hoag, 6 O’Brien, Stoner 7 ABSENT: Kim, Lenhart 8 STAFF: Anderson, Brokke, Christensen, McDonagh, M. Johnson, R. Johnson 9 10 1) INTRODUCTIONS 11 Chair Hoag introduced the virtual Zoom format for the meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 12 State Law allows for an exception to in-person public meetings during pandemics to ensure the 13 safety of commissioners, staff and the public. The public was still encouraged to participate in the 14 meeting using the Zoom platform. 15 16 2) ROLL CALL/PUBLIC COMMENT 17 Roll Call Commissioners: Arneson,Baggenstoss, Brown, Carlson, Dahlstrom, O’Brien, Hoag, and 18 Stoner. 19 20 Staff present on the call: Anderson, Brokke, Christensen, McDonagh, M. Johnson, and R. Johnson. 21 22 Chair Hoag called for public comment by members of the audience. 23 24 E. Djevi, 1056 Sharon, thanked the Parks and Recreation Commission for their discussion on the 25 name Pocahontas Park at the meeting this evening. He recommended that the Commission reach out 26 to people in the community who are of Native American heritage and include them in the renaming 27 process. 28 29 D. Thompson, 2425 Co. Rd. B2 W., shared that she is a descendant of the White Earth Ojibwe tribe 30 and wanted to relay how significant it is to her that this is on the Parks and Recreation agenda and 31 thanks the Commission for putting it there. She added that in reference to the name Pocahontas Park 32 she believes it contributes to Pan-Indianism as it places all Native Americansin the same category 33 when there are hundreds of different tribes throughout the United States. In addition, the name also 34 contributes to erasure by not honoring the tribes from Minnesota, as Pocahontas was from the East 35 Coast. Thompson also relayed that Pocahontas’ name was actuallyMatoaka and noted that if the 36 name is kept the city should honor her by using her actual name. However, she again reiterated that 37 Pocahontas was from the East Coast and she feels it is important to honor the native people of 38 Minnesota, specifically the Lakota peoples whose land Roseville is on. Finally, Thompson shared 39 that many native communities refer to Pocahontas as the first victim of human trafficking and she 40 feels that the use of her name for this park is very disrespectful. Thompson understands that there is 1 4