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Human Rights Commission Minutes Tuesday, June 12, 2001 1) Call to Order Chair Alexis Orosz called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2) Roll Call Members Present: Issac Afwerke, Jill Bergquist, Phillip Crump, Howard Wagner, Thelma McKenzie, Alexis Orosz and Rita Stanoch Members Absent: Brenda Boily-Salmanpour (unexcused) and Stephen Smith (excused). Others Present: Christine Butterfield and Joel J amnik 3) Approval of Minutes Thelma McKenzie moved and Howard Wagner seconded the approval of the minutes of April 10,2001. Motion passed by unanimous vote. The Commission met without a quorum on May 8, 2001 and the Commission acknowledged the discussion recorded for that date. 4) New Business Prior to the June 12,2001 meeting, Alexis requested that the Commission discuss information forwarded to the Commission by Howard Wagner concerning an alleged bias crime in late May. City Attorney Joel Jamnik, spoke to the Commission regarding this matter and reviewed the Commission's charge and activities related to such alleged bias crimes. Joel indicated that the Commission could acknowledge the existence of the incident to the victim and indicated that the Commission would monitor the case. However, the City Attorney indicated that communication must be limited to this level or could potentially jeopardize a victim's ability to secure remedies. In addition, he said that under no circumstance should the Commission apologize for the incident due to liability concerns. He advised the Commission that they could contact the individual at the conclusion of the case to secure evaluative information on how they were treated in Roseville. Joel indicated the he would meet with Assistant City Manager Christine Butterfield and the Deputy Chief of Police Carol Sletner to review the City's internal process and the current Human Rights Commission plan and provide comments for potential adjustments. 5) Community Awareness Status -Philip indicated that he and Howard would meet the next Tuesday and report proposed plans back to the Commission for comment and planning purposes.