HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-16-2017 Human Rights CommissionAGENDA
Human Rights Commission
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
5:30 p.m.
Hailing Conference Room
City Hall, 410 E. Washington Street
1. Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call.
2. Approval of Minutes.
a. Approve minutes of Human Rights Commission regular meeting date of July 18,
2017.
3. Public Comment of Items not on the Agenda.
4. Items to be discussed.
a. Social Justice Racial Equity Grant IY18 (January 9, 16, 23, 2018).
b. National Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation (September 15 October 15,
2017).
5. Updates/Reports.
a. Update on 34th Annual Human Rights Awards Breakfast (October 25, 2017).
b. Update from Rapid Response Team.
c. Update on Building and Crossing Bridges Together Program (September 30,
2017).
d. Report from the Iowa City Community School District's Equity Committee.
e. Report from University of Iowa's Center for Human Rights Advisory Board.
6. Announcements from members.
7. Announcements from staff.
8. Next Regular Meeting: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 5:30PM.
9. Adjournment.
If you will need disability -related accommodations in order to participate in this meeting please
contact the Equity Director, Stefanie Bowers, at 319-356-5022 or at stefanie-bowers(&-iowa-
city.or Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access
needs.
Agenda Item Materials
Draft Minutes of the City of Iowa City's Human Rights Commission
Regular Meeting
July 18, 2017
Helling Conference Room
410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
1. Call to Order
Chair Hanrahan called the meeting to order at 5:30 PM.
Commission Members Present:
Jeff Falk, Adil Adams, Tahuanty Pena, Kim Hanrahan, Eliza Willis, Barbara Kutzko.
Commission Members Absent:
Joe Coulter, Shams Ghoneim, Andrea Cohen.
Staff Present:
Stefanie Bowers.
2. Recommendations to City Council: No.
3. Approval of June 20, 2017 Regular Meeting Minutes:
Vice Chair Willis moved to approve the minutes; the motion was seconded by Adams. A
vote was taken and the motion passed 5-0. (Kutzko abstained as she was not present on
this meeting date).
4. Approval of the Human Rights Annual Report for FY17:
Vice Chair Willis moved to approve the annual report with the amendment to add two dates
from the Know Your Rights series to the report; the motion was seconded by Kutzko. A vote
was taken and the motion passed 6-0.
5. Proposal to Change the Social Justice Racial Equity Grant Process and Evaluation
Rubric for FY18:
At its training meeting on January 9, 2018, the Commission will go over a generic grant
application to train Commissioners on how to review and evaluate grant applications. The
Commission will then hold a meeting on January 16, 2018, where members will discuss the
applications submitted. The Commission will also decide at this meeting if they wish to direct
correspondence to applicants via staff or through direct communication at the meeting. Prior
to the meeting on January 23, members will be required to send their ranking of the
applications to staff to place in a spreadsheet. The number range for ranking of applications
will be based on the number of applicants, but " 1 " will be the highest designation an
application can receive. The Commission has the right to restrict the amount of funding an
organization can use for professional services during the funding allocation process.
6. Collaborating with Community Organizations:
This outreach will take place as a part of the Rapid Response Team.
7. Review Human Rights Commission's Projects groups/subcommittees:
The discussion on how to review the progress of Commission subcommittees will be added
to an agenda for discussion in early 2018 when the Commission will have three new
members.
8. Proposal to Evaluate Process for Considering Nominations for Youth Ally Award and
Keynote Speaker for the Human Rights Breakfast:
In the future, when considering the selection of a youth ally recipient for the youth awards
and a keynote speaker for the human rights breakfast, a motion will be made to discuss all
nominations prior to making a motion for a specific person.
9. Human Rights Annual Award Breakfast:
Pena and Willis will serve on the subcommittee to select recipients for awards in 2017.
Commissioners will select one additional member at its August meeting date. Jean Lloyd -
Jones will serve as the keynote speaker.
10. Building and Crossing Bridges Together:
A tentative agenda has been prepared for the program which includes a panel discussion.
Members will seek other sponsors to offset the costs for refreshments. Members will also
inquire as to whether Hancher will provide free or reduced price tickets to attendees.
11. Iowa City Community School District Equity Committee:
At its last meeting, committee members discussed Dr. Callahan's report on reading
proficiency. The committee is also looking for new members. More information on the equity
board is available on the district's equity site. https://www.iowacityschools.org/domain/64.
12. Announcements from Commissioners:
Willis reported on another great Juneteenth celebration that was held on June 24.
Hanrahan attended Party in the Park at the Reno Park location.
Adams spoke on parking difficulties at a local apartment complex.
Kutzko will attend Party in the Park at the Mercer location.
13. Announcements from Staff:
Copies of Butterfly Mosque will be provided to Commissioners within the next week. The
August regular meeting is being held on a Wednesday and not a Tuesday.
Next regular meeting date Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 5:30 PM.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 8:16 PM.
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Correspondence
Health or
Wellness
Wednesday
AUGUST 16,3-6 pm
Downtown IC Rec Center gymnasium
Who's Invited?
WANT A TABLE AT THIS EVENT, OR HAVE QUESTIONS? Call Carla at (319) 471-1809.
City of Iowa City Job & Resource Fair
When? Tuesday, September 12 from 2 p,m. to 4:30 p.m.
Where? Robert A. Lee Recreation Center, 220 S. Gilbert Street.
Seeking Employment? Meet Face to Face with employers who are offering employment
opportunities. Free to job seekers.
Participating Companies as of August 2:
City of Iowa City, Durham School Services, Iowa Workforce
Development, Kelly Services, Remedy Staffing, Robert Half,
Olive Garden, Iowa DOT,
The ARC of Southeast Iowa, Pearson, University of Iowa,
Johnson County, People Ready, and
more to come!
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Get Involved
Board Members Needed
City of Iowa City
Human
There are three vacancies with terms ending January 1, 2021
The Commission holds regularly scheduled meetings each month.
Appointments are determined by the City Council.
Applicants must reside in Iowa City and be at least 18 years of age.
State law requires commissions to be balanced according to
gender. The current demographics are: 4 men and 5 female.
Duties of Human Rights Commissioners include: Making recommendations to the
City Council for such further legislation concerning discrimination as it may deem necessary and
desirable; Cooperate, with other agencies or organizations, both public and private, in the planning
and conducting of programs designed to eliminate racial, religious, cultural and other intergroup
tensions; Educate the public on human rights and illegal discrimination, such as organizing and
facilitating educational public forums that address one or more of the broad range of topics
included within the rubric of human rights.
Applirants can apply online or use the general application. All
applications are due Tuesday, October 31, by 5 p.m. in the City Clerk's
Office, 410 E. Washington Street.
Online application form is available at htip://wwwB.iowa-city.org/forms/bcapp
For more information on the Human Rights Commission please visit
www.icgov.org/humanrights or call 319-356-5022.
CITY OF IOWA CITY
UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE
City of Iowa City
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The City Council has approved grant funding for Iowa City -
based organizations to help address social justice and racial
equity (SJRE Grant) in the community.
The purpose of the funding is to encourage, empower and engage
social justice and racial equity initiatives. The SJRE funding is
available to for -profit and non-profit Iowa City based organizations to
fund programs, activities, or services that help to eliminate inequities
in the community.
Total funding available for fiscal year 2018 is $25,000,
which will be divided among the applicants.
Applications will be accepted December 1, 2017-January 2, 2018.
The application will be available online at
wvvw.icgov.org/SJREgrantapplication starting on Decemberl. The
Iowa City Human Rights Commission will review all applications and
make funding recommendations to the City Council for final approval no later
than March 31, 2018, Funding will be awarded by June 1, 2018,
6 priority service areas are:
1. Education
2. Building Community
3. Housing
4. CriminalJustice
5. Health
6. Employment
For more Information contact
the City's Equity Director at
stefanie-bowers@iowa-city.org
or call 319-366-5022.
CITY OF IOWA CITY
UNESCO CRY OF UTEMTURE
The following documents were handed
out during the meeting.
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From:
Stefanie Bowers
Sent:
Monday, August 14, 2017 8:26 AM
To:
Stefanie Bowers
Subject:
Final Report for SJRE Grant - Free Wheels
Attachments:
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From: Kristopher Ackerson
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 4:41 PM
To: Stefanie Bowers
Cc: Tracy Hightshoe
Subject: Report for SJRE Grant - Free Wheels
Human Rights Commission Members:
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The Free Wheels program went very well. Fifteen participants received a bike (see picture attached). Two of the kids are
now riding their bikes to football practices at City High and anther is riding to work at Fareway. Kids loved riding and
were excited to have a nice bike. One child dropped the program and another participant attended the remaining
classes to receive a bike.
Grant Wood was a nice location — near trails, large parking lot, classroom space, etc. The kids preferred being outside
and wanted to ride more.
Budget
$3,250 Human Rights grant. $2,515.87 spent to date. Balance of $734.13 will be used for equipment give
scholarship students next year.
World of Bikes donated over $1,409 in labor to the program. Additionally, they provided parts and equipment at
cost.
Next Steps
Due to the success of the SJRE grant project, Parks and Recreation intend to expand this program and provide a weekly
bicycle education program during the summer of 2018, and one week will be available to low-income like the session
this year — referred to internally as the 'scholarship program' — and other weeks will be provided to students for a fee.
2018 Scholarship Program
• Police to provide annual budget for the scholarship program and keep under their department.
• Will not apply for another Social Equity grant.
• Cap attendance at twenty, fifteen students was good.
• Keep same application process. Neighborhood Services will supply the applications and can remain on
committee for choosing participants with Police and Parks and Rec. Henri Harper will assist finding applicants.
Start application process in February/March for a June class.
• Participants may come from anywhere in Iowa City if income eligible. As the program will remain at Grant
Wood, will factor in how kids can get there and attend for entire program. Bus passes could be provided.
• Bikes need to get to World of Bikes early. Their busy season is March -August. Police need to start bringing bikes
in small groups over late fall and winter.
• Students may only choose those bikes already pre -approved by World of Bikes to keep down repair costs.
• Police will register each bike to the participant before the end of the class and notify officers of the program.
is A month was too long, 3-hour classes are too long forjunior high students. Will reduce time commitment to no
more than two weeks. Possible schedule: Two weeks— Monday and Wed. 1 % hour classes and Friday ride day.
0 May use Neighborhood Centers Youth Off -road Riders to assist and help younger students.
• Budget needs to be formulated. Andrea (instructor) to provide an itemized budget for developing course
curriculum (dates, length of class, material covered, location at Grant Wood), working with Parks and Rec. for
scheduling, maintenance supplies provided by World of Bikes and instructing the class. Police will provide a bike
officer for each class for extra supervision and assistance. Neighborhood Services can update the application
with revised info. provided by Parks and Rec. and Andrea (instructor). Need to discuss if food is provided, who is
paying, ordering and providing to class.
• MPO will not be assisting next year in the planning. Neighborhood Services may assist if any grant writing is
needed or to serve on application committee.
Thank you all for your role in this program. The kids are very happy to not only ride safely, but have the freedom to ride
where they want or need to go. Thanks so much for all that you did!
Krlstopher Ackerson, AICP
Community Development Planner
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