2008_HRC_Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Commissioner Venters and City Manager Malinen conferred on a time to meet with the City Attorney during his weekly office hours at City Hall. Commissioner Venters expressed his desire to receive comments from all parties and put the document in good form prior to its presentation to the City Council. City Manager Malinen advised Commissioner Venters to contact the City's Administrative Secretary to schedule time. Chair Delmore asked that Commissioner Venters try to set up the meeting in the late afternoon so she could also attend. Buying Books for Schools Vice Chair Bosch provided a handout on her research on the "Families All Matter" curriculum and reader training provided by "aMaze." Discussion included the schools with in the City limits rather than in the Roseville School District (i.e., Central Park, Brimhall Parkview Center School); volunteer roles and opportunities to help implement the program; books currently available at those participating schools and potential books. Commissioner McGehee suggested that the School Librarians provide their preferred books to be purchased by the HRC. Chair Delmore advised that she had notified Ms. Curti that funds for the book purchase were to come from 2007 HRC funds. Commissioner McKenzie said ways to effectively engaging citizens was missing and suggested the HRC pay for training five mentors or parents. Further discussion included how and who to recruit as readers for training, content and intent of training, potential involvement of school PTAs and ways to enhance the program and increase communication with citizens. Commissioner Bosch moved and Commissioner Venters seconded approval of moving forward with the "All Families Matter" curriculum; amending the December motion for the three schools (i.e., Central Park, Brimhall and Parkview Center School) for a donation of books in the amount of $125 per school for books, in addition to $100 for a reader training program; with a total expenditure of $475, rather than the original allotment of $500. Motion carried 6/0. Vice Chair Bosch said she would work with the schools representatives with which she had already made contact Other City Manager Malinen asked whether the HRC preferred that the Essay Contest presentation be at the City Council meeting of February 11 or February 25, 2008. By consensus, Commissioners chose February 11.