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Roseville Human Rights Commission Meeting Minutes – October 13, 2009 Page 2 of 7 Recording Secretary Stowell noted her recollec tion of the discussion concurred with that of Member Grefenberg; however, her interpre tation of the discussion was that Member Grefenberg had retracted his previous interp retation and his statement, and her decision to eliminate the entire discussion from the draft minutes. City Attorney Scott Anderson, who was in attendance for an agenda item, was asked his legal opinion in meeting minutes and additions. City Attorney Anderson addre ssed the legal parameters of meeting minutes and their two formats: that of summarizing conversational points and issues duri ng the discussion and any related actions, and minutes that only summarized action it ems for historical purposes. Mr. Anderson advise d that it was not standard procedures that meeting minutes provided an actual transcript of a discussion. Mr. Anderson echoed comments expressed by some members that additional verbiage should not be added to meeting minutes or any attempts to sanitize them. Member McKenzie expressed her concerns to Member Grefenberg of other issues he’d previously brought forward that related to his perceptions of slights to other diversity groups in the community. Member McKenzie assured Member Grefenberg and the entire HRC that this was not the purpose of Human Rights, and the intent of the HRC was to have everyone represented to work through differences and find areas of commonality as a foundation upon which to build. Member McKenz ie clarified that a representative of Northwestern College had been included on the Forum Planning Committee and they had contributed financially, but the representative had not been pres ent at all of the planning meetings. After further discussion, the ruling Chair Singleton was that Member Grefenberg’s recollection of the September 8, 2009 meeting discussion would be included as part of the record of tonight’s meeting, but that it would not be made as an addition to the meeting minutes of September 8, 2009. City Attorney Anderson concurred with the action of the Chair, noting that while Member Grefenberg proposed amending the September 8, 2009 meeting minutes, the proposed amendment was not formally adopted, but the suggested language was a part of tonight’s recorded discussion. Member Grefenberg accepted the suggestion of City Attorney Ande rson and the ruling of the Chair, while standing by his suggested language addition. Member Grefenberg moved, seconded by Memb er Yates, to approve the HRC meeting minutes of September 8, 2009 as amended to include suggested revisions #1 and 2. Motion carried: 4/0/2 (K ennedy and McKenzie) Chair Singleton advised that he w ould vote only to break a tie vote.