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Roseville Human Rights Commission DRAFT Minutes—March 8, 2011 Page 2 of 5 48 49 Commissioner Thelma McKenzie asked what schools are doing to help. Commissioner Kennedy 50 said schools are responsible to provide transportation through a school year so a student is ensured 51 continuity in his/her education and homelessness hits across all races. 52 53 Commissioner Jaeger said she heard that transportation funding is being considered when trying to 54 reduce government spending and asked whether the commission would want to monitor the issue. 55 56 Commissioner Jaeger reminded all to attend the Regional Forum on Thursday, April 7, at 5:00 p.m. 57 at City Hall. The Human Rights Commissions from Shoreview, Bloomington and St. Paul are co- 58 sponsoring the event with Roseville and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. 59 Commissioner McKenzie encouraged everyone to arrive by 5:00 to welcome all who are attending. 60 61 4b. Program Planners Subcommittee 62 63 Commissioner Grefenberg outlined the civic engagement project. He said Commissioner Seth 64 Josephson agreed to be a part of the subcommittee. He also noted that the Department of Human 65 Rights agreed to extend the deadline to spend the Bremer Foundation grant to June 2011. 66 67 The subcommittee will begin recruiting members for a civic engagement task force. Commissioner 68 Grefenberg has talked with councilmembers and the chairs of several of the other city commissions. 69 The plan is to hire a consultant and to bring residents together to assess and to recommend ways to 70 improve civic engagement among citizens. 71 72 Commissioner Grefenberg moved adoption of the committee report, and Chair Singleton opened the 73 floor for discussion. 74 75 Commissioners asked about the budget. Commissioner Grefenberg said the Bremer Foundation 76 grant was for$1,500, so they had to be within that amount. 77 78 The motion prevailed unanimously. 79 80 4c. Data Geeks Subcommittee 81 82 No report 83 84 4d. Youth Commissioner Report 85 86 Commissioner Josephson outlined some fun and educational ideas that the HRC could sponsor to 87 get youth involved. These included tying fleece blankets or a youth summer volunteer day. 88 89 Commissioners Kennedy and Barrett talked about Roseville Area High School's Make a difference 90 activities in December. Students collected food, money and winter clothing. They volunteered and 91 kept track of their hours. Various youth organizations challenged each other to get involved and 92 there were opportunities to educate others about poverty and homelessness. 93