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AGENDA
Iowa City Human Rights Commission
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Helling Conference Room, City Hall
5:30 p.m.
1. Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call.
2. Public Comment of Items not on the Agenda.
3. Approval of Minutes:
a. Approve minutes from the February 22, 2018 meeting.
4. Items to be discussed:
a. Johnson County Affordable Homes Video Presentation.
b. Lending Disparities in Federal Mortgage Data (Iowa City).
c. Know Your Rights (April 2 & 4).
d. Strategic Planning Session Part Two (March 29).
e. Fair Housing Proclamation (April 3).
f. Fair Housing Training (April 17).
g. Social Justice Racial Equity Grant FY18 Update.
h. Night of 1000 Dinners Update (March 7).
i. Youth Awards Update (May 9).
j. Human Rights Breakfast Speaker (October 24).
5. Adjournment.
If you will need disability -related accommodations to participate in this meeting please contact
the Equity Director, Stefanie Bowers, at 319-356-5022 or at stefanie-bowers@iowa-city.org.
Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.
Minutes for the Human Rights Commission
Work Session
February 22, 2018
Hailing Conference Room
Commission Members Present:
Jeff Falk, Eliza Willis, Joe Coulter, Adil Adams, Tahuanty Pena, Cathy McGinnis, Jonathon
Munoz, Arianna Aron.
Commission Members Absent:
Barbara Kutzko
Staff Present:
Stefanie Bowers
Others Present:
Jeff Schott
Recommendations to Council: No.
1. Call to Order: Chair Willis called the meeting to order a
2. Approval of the January 23, 2018 Meeting Minutes: The minutes will be amended to
reflect that not all Commissioners followed the agreement to not duplicate rankings. Coulter
moved to approve the minutes; the motion was seconded by Pena.,A vote was taken and
the motion passed 7-0. (Adams not present).
3. Funding Request: United Nations Association of Johnson County:
The event will be held on March 7 at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center starting at 6 PM.
Sponsorships from the event will raise funds for the Shabele Primary School in the Kakuma
Refugee Camp in Kenya. Coulter moved to approve the funding request at $250.00; the
motion was seconded by Munoz. A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0. (Adams not
present).
4. Strategic Planning Session:
See attachment. Follow up meeting on the plan scheduled for March 27, 2018,
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Adjournment: Motion to adjourn at 8:06 PM.
The next Commission meeting will be on Wednesday, March 20, 2018.
IOWA CITY
HUMAN RIGHT COMMISSION
STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION
REPORT
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Facilitated by:
Jeff Schott
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Iowa
IOWA CITY
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION
2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction....................................................................................
Page 3
Strategic Planning Session ............................. ..
Page 3
Update — 2014 Goals/Priorities................................... .
g e 4
General Duties of HRC ...... ....................... .............
Page 4
Areasof Interest ....................................... ...........................
Page 5
Accomplishments................................................ ........
Page 7
Issues, Concerns, Trends, and Opportunities ..........................................
Page 8
On -Going Commitments..................................................................
Page 10
New Priority Projects, Programs or Initiatives ............• .................... ......
Page 11
Organizational Effectiveness Initiatives, ...... ............................ ...
Page 11
FinalComments.................................................................................................
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Exhibit A — Significant Projects, Programs, Policies, and Initiatives Considered
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IOWA CITY
HDMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION
2018
Introduction
The Iowa City Human Rights Commission (ICHRC) requested the Institute of Public
Affairs (IPA) to assist the Commission with strategic planning. IPA agreed to organize
and facilitate a process that involved the following steps:
1. Prepare a questionnaire to ICHRC Commissioners a regarding: the key
purposes of the Commission, recent accomplishments,
issues/trends/concerns/opportunities, potential new initiatives, programs, or
policies and suggestions to improve organizational effectiveness;
2. Conduct a strategic planning session with Commission r;
Preparation of this report.
Strategic Planning Session
A strategic planning session with ICHRC was held on February 22, 2018, at the Helling
Conference Room in Iowa City City Hall.
The following Commission members were in attendance and participated at this meeting:
Eliza Jane Willis (Chair), Joe Coulter, Adil D. Adams, Jeff Falk, Tahuanty Pena (Vice
Chair), Arianna Aron, Cathy McGinnis, and Jonathon Munoz. Also in attendance and
participating in the session was ICHRC Coordinator Stefanie Bowers.
Update - 2014 Goals/Priorities
The participants reviewed the status of implementing the following goals/priorities as
established during ICHRC previous planning session in 2014:
2014 Review
On -Going Commitments
• Youth Awards.
• Awards breakfast.
• Building Blocks to Employment Job Fair.
• Mayoral proclamations.
• Gent-ixttitlg Educational programs.
• Cam& n Outreach efforts.
• Compliance with Chapter 2 of the Municipal Code.
New Priority Projects. Programs and Initiatives
• Develop listening posts for outreach to target communities.
• Enhance presence with quarterly presentations to City Council on
Commission events, programs and initiatives.
• Affordable/universal/accessible housing - educational programs
• Hold meetings with various community groups.
General Duties of the Human Rights Commission
HRC Coordinator Stefanie Bowes reviewed the general duties, powers and
responsibilities of HRC as set forth in Chapter 2 of the Iowa City Municipal Code.
Areas of Interest
The participants reviewed and discussed the following areas of interest that the
Commissioners felt HRC should be involved in:
Community
• Events revolving around people of color and their history in the form of
activities, conferences, programs etc.
• I would also like to see little libraries in underprivileged neighborhoods.
Part of that, would be inviting the community to participate in the making of
these libraries.
• Any area under the broad range of topics in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights within the geographic area of Iowa City and its immediate
surroundings. These would include discrimination in employment, housing,
schooling, and facilities, standards of living, law enforcement, and judicial
proceedings.
• Get more involved with housing issues in the community, especially in
terms of the impact on undocumented and documented immigrants who
appear to be suffering from discrimination.
• Consider the equity issues raised by current eviction policies and practices.
We should maintain and expand our relationships with organizations
working for greater equity and nondiscrimination in our community.
• Developing a list of community organizations concerned with social justice
issues that may benefit from our assistance.
• Community education regarding Racial Equity
• LGSTQI - community education
• Social equity in affordable, accessible housing.
• Increased funding for social justice and racial equity grants
• Johnson County/Iowa City Access Center Project.
• More community meetings and townhalls and events.
• Social justice activities for young generations to participate in all activities
and try to get donations.
• General education regarding human rights and the role of the commission.
For example, explaining the power of municipal HRCs in general and the
federal and international framework, e.g. ICERD, which informs that power.
• The HRC should be able strive to educate the residents of Iowa City how to
best practice human rights in their day to day interactions with others, and
the resources available to them to help them do that.
• Voter registration in areas of the city that are under -represented
• Voter participation rates in non -presidential elections
• Community ID
• Immigrant rights
Schools
• Changing the curriculum used in schools around history.
• Having the accurate information on black history.
• Learning about other people in the civil rights era vs. year afteryear learning
about the same individuals.
• Having administration, teachers, and support staff of color throughout the
district.
o Racial equity in the school system and the wider community.
• Tate High School is often forgotten about when it comes to outreach efforts.
Tate is part of ICCSD but often the stigma surrounding Tate prevents
community members and programs from reaching out.
o Programming that is offered in West and City should also be offered at
Tate.
Public Safety
• A role in responding to hate crimes or incidents when they occur.
• Developing a rapid response team with re: to hate crimes and bias crimes.
• Obtaining information regarding Community Police Review Board and
• Obtaining information/communication with Police Department
Accomplishments
The following were identified as recent accomplishments of ICHRC
• Outreach to Broadway and Pheasant Ridge (Overcharging on rent).
• Organizing a number of programs and panel discussions.
• Co -sponsoring similar events with other groups.
• SJRE Grants:
o Evaluating and submitting recommendations for the City SJRE
grants.
o Designing procedures for the SJRE grant.
• Review & responses to requests for funding
• Human rights awards and recognition program.
• Participated in planning, sponsorship, and activities re: MLK Day.
• Participated in Iowa City Pride.
• Participated in planning and sponsorships of Juneteenth activities.
• Community building exercise in 2016.
• Community IDs.
• Focus on the issues involving immigrants/Muslims.
• Obtained recognition for Indigenous Peoples Day.
• Participation in City Manager's Roundtable.
• Crossing Bridges conference.
• Know Your Rights -Domestic Abuse.
• Activities at the Coralville and Iowa City library with immigrant
communities.
• Preparation/distribution of educational materials by HRC staff.
For a more complete list of accomplishments, refer to the Commission's annual
reports.
Issues, Concerns, Trends and Opportunities
The following were identified as issues, concerns, trends, and opportunities that may
affect future ICHRC services, policies, programs or operations:
Community Outreach ISup port
• Find more supports, activities or programming for young men specifically
young men of color.
• Status and quality of life for undocumented or documented immigrants.
• Access to parks and outdoor /indoor recreational activities.
• Education about human rights and a need for people to speak out against
some of the hateful things we are seeing and hearing.
Education
• Establish programming in/out of school, extracurricular activities, trips that
will be inclusive for all youth, backgrounds, race, ethnicity, and gender.
• Classes devoted to the real history of ALL youth of color.
• Create 3 events that align with the trimester system used in high schools in
ICCSD. Each trimester, there will be an event, activity, program etc. made for
all youth of color.
• The financial and geographic disparity within the ICCSD needs to be
investigated and discussed for its current effects and future implications.
• Fairness and equity in the school environment.
HousinE
• Housing conditions and building code enforcement.
• Evictions: trends and enforcement in small claims court for fairness and
compassion. Domestic violence and violence in general.
• Affordable housing.
• Mortgage red -ni-eg practices, primarily against Latino applicants (Iowa City
has high percentage of denials).
Public Safety
• Information regarding police training and recruitment, for example training
on the use of a weapon.
• Iowa City Substation needs to be community friendly. The doors are always
closed and are tinted so you never know if they are open or not.
• The grave threats faced by undocumented immigrants.
• Hate crimes.
• Increase in bias incidents.
• Increase in incidents of violence; need to promote ALICE training.
• Disproportionate minority contact and incarceration.
• Equity for criminal defendants.
• Opioid epidemic.
• Access Center development.
• Racial and Ethnic diversity of police force -need to reflect the community.
• Language access, including for persons accused of crimes.
Transportation
• Transportation availability and its relation to financial ability
• Sidewalk accessibility in certain parts of town
Other
• Coping with climate change -equity impact.
• Anew set and clear goals and objectives, or a strategic plan, for
Commissioners to follow.
• Responsibilities and expectations of the Human Rights Commission in the
coming years as our community continues to grow.
• Recruiting more leadership from the immigrant communities.
• Support for Neighborhood Centers.
• Support for organizations who positively impact community.
• Publish a magazine every three month that reflects on human rights.
• Keep addressing the issue of diversity among the community.
• Promote social justice and other values of the Commission.
• Human rights issues that are important for the city but cannot be addressed
by the city. Relationship between the city and university on human rights
issues.
On -Going Commitments
The following were identified as on -going commitments of the Commission for the
upcoming 24 — 36 month period:
• Continue Youth Awards.
• Continue Awards breakfast.
• Building Blocks for Employment Job Fair.
• Mayoral proclamations.
• Continue educational programs.
o Continue educational programs re affordable/universal/accessible
housing
• Continue outreach efforts.
• Continue voter registration activities in areas of the city that are under-
represented
• Continue support for Community ID program
• Compliance with Chapter 2 of the Municipal Code.
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New Priority Projects PrOLyYarns and Initiatives
The following were identified as new priority projects, programs, and initiatives of the
Commission for the upcoming 24 - 36 month period (listed in priority order):
1. Affordable housing — work with landlords regarding background and credit
checks which can make it very difficult for some to find adequate housing
2. (Tie) Have more speakers of color and other diverse backgrounds to come to
Iowa City to talk about current issues
(Tie) Develop youth -oriented education programs and activities
(Tie) Develop and disseminate city and/or county -wide newsletter listing
events and programs related to human rights
5 (Tie) Year-round event, all of which should take place in Lakeside, Broadway,
Pheasant Ridge and all mobile home courts.
(Tie) More Commissioner participation in events.
(Tie) Develop plan/program to more effectively collaborate with other city
agencies, organizations, non -profits.
(Tie) Involvement with Johnson County/Iowa City Access center development
and staffing
Organizational Effectiveness Initiatives
Due to time limitations, review and discussion of ideas relating to improving
organizational effectiveness were deferred to a subsequent session.
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Final Comments
It was a pleasure to once again assist the Iowa City Human Rights Commission with this
project.
It is important to note that the prioritization of projects and initiatives is not "cast in
stone." They can be modified as new circumstances may occur.
It is recommended that staff prepare an "action plan" for accomplishing the planning
goals. The action plan would define the steps that would be needed to accomplish each
goal, identify who is responsible for implementation, and establish a timeline for
accomplishment. The action plan should then be presented to the Commission for review
and approval. It is also recommended that staff review with the Commission the status of
implementing the goals on a quarterly basis.
Jeff Schott
Institute of Public Affairs
The University of Iowa
February 23, 2018
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Exhibit A
Iowa City Human Rights Commission
Strategic Planning Session — 2018
SIGNIFICANT NEW INITIATIVES, PROGRAMS OR POLICIES
CONSIDERED
• Having more speakers of color come to our City and talk about current
issues.
• Youth version of Human Rights Commission or create a group
made specifically for youth in our community.
• Year-round events all of which should take place in the Lakeside,
Broadway, Pheasant Ridge, and all trailer home courts.
• Perhaps a citywide "contest" to increase voter participation in city or county
elections in non -presidential years.
• City and/or county wide newsletter listing events and programs related to
human rights.
• Develop plan/program to more effectively collaborate with other city
agencies, services, organizations, and non -profits, etc.
• Affordable housing - working with landlords regarding their background and
credit checks, which can make it very difficult for some people to find
adequate housing.
• Encourage more immigrant membership on city boards/commissions
• Support soccer competitions with other communities or cities.
• Involvement with Johnson County/Iowa City Access Center Development and
Staffing.
• City -sponsored grant writing workshops (e.g. general principles and
methods).
• More Commissioner participation in events
• Develop rapid response team to respond to hate crimes
• Develop youth -oriented education programs and activities
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Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2018 4:02 PM
To: Stefanie Bowers
Subject: redlining analysis
Stefanie, I've attached a note I'd appreciate you sending out to other HR members and anyone else
you think might be interested, including yourself. I want to solicit questions that I can try and answer
with the data I have gathered. If there seems to be enough interest I'd ask for some spot on the
agenda at the next meeting.
Thanks, jeff falk
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Impetus for this work was the report: "How Reveal Identified Lending
Disparities in Federal Mortgage Data" by Martinez and Glantz. This report
identified Iowa City, among others, as a place "where applicants of color are
more likely to be denied a conventional mortgage". For Iowa City Latinos were
identified as such a group. For African Americans the numbers were too small
to make a definitive statement. The white paper is available at:
https:Hs3-us-west-
2.amazonaws.com/revealnews.org/uploads/lending disparities whitepaper 180
214.pdf By looking at their report, you can tell the type of data available.
I thought it would be interesting to try and duplicate their analysis and also
see if there was any other relevant information that could be discerned.
The data used are gathered through the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
(HMDA) and available on the web. As Reveal notes: "We concentrated on
conventional loans for one- to four -unit properties where prospective
borrowers said they intended to live in the home they were looking to buy, a
similar subset of the loans that the Federal Reserve analyzes when it tracks
lending trends.,,
I have the data and am in the process of duplicating their work. Before
finishing I thought I'd circulate a few findings and see what, if any, questions
people might have that could be investigated further. The tables below make
use of "raw" percentages. A regression has not been done yet so the numbers
below deal only with applications for a loan with results only as originated or
denied. Income of applicant, amount of loan, location, etc, have not been
considered. That will be done in the regression part of the analysis.
Please feel free to circulate this with anyone you think might be interested
and encourage them to contact me if they have proposed questions.
Thanks
Jeff Falk
ioan4eff0)centurvlink.net
312-800-9869
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Home
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Correspondence
Iowa City Public Library Rm A
123 South Linn St, IC
COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW BOARD
COMMUNITY FORUM
The Community Police Review Board will be holding a Community
Forum for the purpose of hearing views on the policies, practices
and procedures of the Iowa City Police Department.
State of
the
Police Department
by Chief Motherly
Meet the
new
Downtown Liaison
Officer Colin Fowler
QUESTIONS & COMMENTS:
Send your questions or comments you'd like addressed at the
forum to the following by Monday, April 9, 2018:
Please include full name and address. (All correspondence is public)
CPRB Or e-mail to CPRB staff:
City of Iowa City christine-olney@iowa-city.org
410 E Washington St, 62240
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