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Home My WebLink AboutHRC Packet 11 22 22Human Rights Commission November 22, 2022 Formal Meeting – 5:30 PM Emma J. Harvat Hall, City Hall Agenda: 1.Call the meeting to order and roll call 2.Reading of Native American Land Acknowledgement 3.Approval of October 25, 2022, meeting minutes 4.Public comment of items not on the agenda. (Commentators shall address the Commission for no more than 5 minutes. Commissioners shall not engage in discussion with the public concerning said items) 5.Introduction and Welcome of Veronica May, Community Outreach Assistant for the Police Department 6.Racial Equity & Social Justice Grant (RESJ) Updates and Information 7.Commission Committee Updates a.Building Bridges b.Reciprocal Relationships c.Breaking Bread 8.Thank you and Farewell to Outgoing Commissioners 9.Staff/Commission Announcements (Commissioners shall not engage in discussion with one another concerning said announcements) 10.Adjournment MEETING PACKET CONTENTS: 1.AGENDA: TUESDAY, November 22, 2022 2.Open Meetings and Public Records Training Opportunity Flyer 3.NATIVE AMERICAN LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 4.DRAFT MINUTES: October 25, 2022 5.RACIAL EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANT REPORTS FY 22 If you will need disability-related accommodations to participate in this meeting please contact Human Rights Coordinator, 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. IOWA PUBLIC RECORDS AND OPEN MEETINGS LAW TRAINING FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS Thurs., Dec. 8, 2022 YOU WILL LEARN: ✓What is considered a meeting for governmental bodies✓Whether texts or emails are subject to open meetings and public records laws✓When a board can go into a closed session✓What the penalties are for violations of open meetings and public records laws✓And much more. 0 6:00PM on Zoom Register by scanning the OR code �IOWA LEAGUE of CITIES I ! I ��It � .. ;;,�� ..,,:He - CITY OF IOWA CITY UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE Presented by Iowa League of Cities Director of Membership Services, Mickey Shields If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact Equity Director Stefanie Bowers at 319-356-5022 or stefanie-bowers@iowa-city.org. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs. Draft Minutes Human Rights Commission October 25, 2022 Emma J. Harvat Hall Commissioners present: Mark Pries, Jason Glass, Doug Kollasch, Ashley Lindley, Bijou Maliabo, Roger Lusala, Kelsey Paul Shantz (Via Zoom). Commissioners not present: Sylvia Jons. Staff present: Stefanie Bowers, Joshua Dabusu. Recommendation to City Council: No. Meeting called to order: 5:31 PM. Native American Land Acknowledgement: Pries read the Land Acknowledgement. Public comment of items not on the agenda: None. Approval of meeting minutes of September 27, 2022: Pries moved, and Maliabo seconded. Motion passed 7-0. Introduction of Police Officer Jordan Schunk and Fire Chief Scott Lyon: Commissioners were introduced to both of the recent hires. Racial Equity and Social Justice Grant: The updated PowerPoint slides were handed out to those Commissioners who are presenting at the informational sessions in November. Staff will send it out to all other Commissioners via email. Glass and Maliabo will facilitate the grant informational session on November 9, and Pries, Lindley, and tentatively Jons will facilitate it on November 16. Strategic Plan: Breaking Bread – Glass & Lindley Reciprocal Relationships – Lusala, Felker, and Jons Building Bridges – Maliabo, Paul Shantz, Pries Breaking Bread reached on to Iowa City Police Community Sargeant Andrew McKnight to discuss the potential for collaboration on future community outreach. One suggestion is to host a “Coffee with a Commissioner” and invite other City Commission to participate too. Reciprocal Relationships mentioned making the Racial Equity and Social Justice grant allocations a ceremony with a Commissioner handing the organization the check and posing for pictures. Building Bridges spoke on the need to have a committee liaison from each of the three groups to assist in crafting the Commission’s agenda each month. The group also plans to meet with former Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton the first week in November. Pries has requested staff to provide purchased copies of Throgmorton’s book “Co-Crafting the Just City: Tales from the Field by a Planning Scholar” to assist in the discussion. Awards Breakfast: The annual event will be held on Wednesday, October 26. Commissioners will arrive at 6:45 AM and the program will start right at 7:30 AM. Commissioner Jons will not be in attendance. Statement in Support of the October 15, Iowa City Library’s Storytime: Kollasch drafted a statement in support of Drag Storytime and Costume Ball. The statement includes a passage that the persons who protested this program did so in a manner that was disrespectful and intimidating, The statement was moved by Kollasch, and seconded by Lusala. Motion passed 7-0. Staff will work with Communications to put out a news release. Consider Changing the November 22 meeting date: The Commission decided to keep its regularly scheduled meeting for November. Paul Shantz will not be in attendance at the meeting. Announcements of staff and commissioners: Dabusu participated in a Halloween Carnival for children with Autism. Lusala noted that the Mayor got married, recently here in Iowa City. Lusala had the privilege of being in the wedding party. Lindley attended a webinar that was held in commemoration of LGBTQ+ History Month. Pries was interviewed for an article that will appear in the Daily Iowan on the Human Rights Awards. Pries also participated in an online learning course on land acknowledgments. Paul Shantz mentioned an upcoming program being presented by The Englert Theatre and Great Plains Action Society “Truthsgiving: The Truth will not be Whitewashed”. Maliabo spoke on a new program the City of Coralville started in September “Community Ambassador Program”. Glass will speak at his high school Alma Mater on Veterans Day. Adjourned: 7:02 PM. The meeting can be viewed at https://citychannel4.com/video.html?series=Local%20Government. Human Rights Commission ATTENDANCE RECORD YEAR 2022 (Meeting Date) NAME TERM EXP. 1/25 2/22 3/29 4/26 5/24 6/28 7/11 7/26 8/23 9/27 10/25 11/22 12/27 Jason Glass 2022 P P P P P - P P P P P Ashley Lindley 2022 P P P P P - P P P P P Mark Pries 2022 P P P P P - P P P P P Roger Lusala 2023 P P P P P - P P - A P Bijou Maliabo 2023 P P P P P - P P P P P Kelsey Paul Shantz 2023 - - - - - - - P P P P VACANT 2024 P A P P P - P P P P - Sylvia Jons 2024 P A P P P - A P P P A Doug Kollasch 2024 - - - - - - - - - P P KEY: P = Present A = Absent R = Resigned