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Human Rights Commission Meeting Minutes, March 9, 2004 Present: Thelma McKenzie, Chair; Mark Chapin, Phillip Crump, Janet Delmore, Jacqueline LeMay, Steve Smith, Larry Voeller, Howard Wagner Steve Zorn Absent: Karen Vnuk Staff: Carolyn Curti Chair Thelma McKenzie called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at Roseville City Hall. Martin Luther King - I Have a Dream Preseutatiou Chair McKenzie thanked everyone for their work on the Martin Luther King presentation at the Roseville Library. Mark Taylor gave a powerful recitation of Dr. King's I Have a Dream speech. Commissioners agreed the library was a good location, but parking was a problem so if the Commission plans future events at the library, we'll have to consider parking alternatives. Carolyn Curti said that CTV taped the event and produced a video that will air on CTV and Channel 16. The 20 minute video is available to lend out to local schools, churches or business. Commissioner LeMay will work with Roseville Area High School teachers to see about showing it in the classroom. Commissioners circulated a thank you letter for Mr. Taylor. Appoiut Subcommittees Chair McKenzie acknowledged that several emails and conversations had gone around in the past months, which prevented the Commission from working effectively. She said that she had decided to create two subcommittees to address issues that Commissioner Janet Delmore had raised. One subcommittee would review the complaint against the Roseville Police and the other would review the process the Commission uses when a hate or bias crime has been reported in the City. Chair McKenzie appointed Mark Chapin and Steve Smith to review the complaint against the Roseville Police and she appointed Larry Voeller and Steve Zorn to review the hate and bias crime. Chair McKenzie introduced Mark Sarenpa, the attorney who worked with Commissioner Delmore and the father whose son was stopped by the police. Commissioner Delmore then read an outline of her experiences with the Police and passed the information on to the subcommittee members. I