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Human Rights Commission
Wednesday, January 25,2017
5:15 p.m. — 7:15 p.m.
Emma J. Harvat Hall, City Hall
410 Washington Street
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Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826
(319) 356-5000
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1. Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call.
2. Approval of the Minutes from the January 17, 2017 Meeting,
3. Social Justice and Racial Equity Grant Applications for FY 17.
4. Set a Special Meeting for Tuesday, February 7 at 5:15 p.m. — 6:45 p.m. (if needed) for further review or
recommendation on the Social Justice and Racial Equity Grant Applications.
5. Adjournment.
Know Your Rights Spousal and Partner Abuse Laws and Resources (March I1);
Annual Youth Awards (May 10, 2017); Annual Human Rights Breakfast (October 25, 2017)
Minutes DRAFT
Human Rights Commission
January 17, 2017
Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County Office
Members Present:
Eliza Willis, Jeff Falk, Shams Ghoneim, Adil Adams, Kim Hanrahan, Joe D. Coulter, Barbara Kutzko,
Andrea Cohen.
Staff Present:
Stefanie Bowers.
Others Present:
Emily Bothell, Tracy Hightshoe, Henri Harper, David Schwindt, Michelle Hoehne, Carla Phelps, Rafael
Morataya, Tracey Achenbach.
Recommendations to City Council:
No.
Call to Order:
Ghoneim called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm.
Approval of December 20, 2016 Minutes:
Coulter moved to approve the minutes; the motion was seconded by Hanrahan. A vote was taken and the
motion passed 8-0.
Election of Officers for 2017:
Deferred to February 21, 2017 meeting date.
Hanrahan moved to defer; the motion was seconded by Coulter. A vote was taken and the motion passed
8-0.
Funding Request Night of 1000 Dinners:
The Night of 1000 Dinners is sponsored by the Johnson County Chapter of the United Nations
Association. This year, proceeds from the event will be donated to Adopt -a -Future, a project for refugee
schools in Kenya to prevent a lost generation.
Coulter moved to approve the funding request for $250; the motion was seconded by Kutzko. A vote was
taken and the motion passed 7-0. (Cohen abstained citing conflict of interest).
Social Justice and Racial Equity Grant Applications:
Commissioners discussed whether to allow public comment during the discussion of the applications.
Coulter moved to restrict any public comment by applicants , the motion was seconded by Willis. A vote
was taken and the motion failed 2-6. (Kutzko, Hanrahan, Adams, Falk, Willis, and Cohen in the
negative).
Willis moved to allow applicants to comment if Commissioners had questions concerning their
application; the motion was seconded by Adams. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-2. (Ghoneim
and Coulter in the negative).
Commissioners discussed how to review the nine applications received for fiscal year 2017. Cohen
moved to review each application one by one; the motion was seconded by Adams. A vote was taken and
the motion passed 8-0.
The grants were discussed in the following order: Sankofa Outreach Connection, Inside Out Reentry, Inc.,
Successful Living, City of Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department, City of Iowa City with World of
Bikes, and Iowa City Bike Library, Johnson County Affordable Housing Coalition, and Center for
Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa.
United Action for Youth and Iowa Legal Aid were deferred to the Wednesday, January 25, 2017 meeting
date. The decision to defer allowed Commissioners to ask questions of those applicants that were present
at the meeting.
Each Commissioner will rank each proposal (1 being highest and 9 being lowest) in preparation for the
meeting on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. The ranking by each Commissioner will exclude the funding
amount requested. Budgetary considerations will be discussed after a majority of the Commission has
agreed on a ranking order for the applicants.
A meeting was set for Wednesday, January 25, 2017 from 5:15 — 7:15. Staff will arrange a meeting space
Adjournment: 7:30 PM.
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Late Handouts from the Human Rights Commission meeting of
January 17, 2017.
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From: Carla Phelps ry 13, 0 r(72:03cess.org>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 20172:03 PM
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Cc: Roger Goedken
Subject: RE: SJRE correction
Below, where is says $20k (net collectable rents), is the correction (replaces '$57k').
Correct:
Organizational budget for 2017 and 2018.
We project total agency revenues for FY17 (FYE=June 30, 2017) to be $1.5M, and our net income to —$0. Pe
are a true non-profit. This will remain unchanged with the purchase of the new house with this grant, since
the actual acquisition will not occur until FY18 (FYE=June 30, 2018). FY18 total revenues will be a factor of
FY17 revenues, plus the additional revenue we project for this new Transitional house, which are estimated to
be $20k (net collectable rents), for July 1, 2017—June 30, 2018. (We expect other FY18 increased
programming will also contribute increased revenues, independent of the new Transitional house.)
Kind regards,
Carla J. Phelps
Successful Living Supportive Housing Program
Grants and Development Officer
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
P: (319) 356-0947
F: (319) 358-6807
"PQw-cr has only one duty --to secure the social welfare of the People."
From: Stefanie Bowers [mailto:Stefanie-Bowers@iowa-city.org]
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 1:59 PM
To: Carla Phelps
Subject: Re: SJRE correction
Carla,
At this point I think it would be more efficient to send me an email with just the correction. I can pass it out as a late
handout on Tuesday at the Commission meeting.
SB
On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:21 PM, Carla Phelps <cphelos@icsuccess.org> wrote:
Hi Stefanie,
In reading thru all the apps, I gave a last read to ours, too, and found an editing error under
Organizational Budget 2017 2018. It says we will have additional revenue from the new Transitional
House of $57k. That is much more than we expect actually. When i was re -writing the final draft, I
somehow made this mistake. Can I correct and re -send?
Kind regards,
Carla J. Phelps
Successful Living Supportive Housing Program
Grants and Development Officer
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
P: (319) 356-0947
F: (319) 358-6807
"Power has only one duty --to secure the social welfare of the People."
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Date: January 18, 2017
To: Human Rights Commission
From: Stefanie Bowers, Human Rights Coordinator
Re: Social Justice and Racial Equity (SJRE) Grant Applications for M 7
Copies of grant applications have previously been sent to each of you.
An electronic copy of the applications can be requested by you or members of the public by
emailing humanrights@iowa-city.org.
Late Handout
Stefanie Bowen
From:
Chad Dyson
Sent:
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 4:51 PM
To:
Stefanie Bowers
Cc:
Juli Seydell-Johnson; Tracy Hightshoe
Subject:
SJRE grant application
Hello Stefanie,
The ICPRD respectfully requests to withdraw our SJRE grant application. After reviewing the NDS/ICPD submittal it is
clear that both proposed programs are similar in nature. Thank you for your consideration.
Chad Dyson, CPRP
Superintendent of Recreation
Iowa City Parks and Recreation Dept.
319-356-5100
www.icgov.org
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