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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - Human Relations Commission - Meeting Date: 6/10/2020Minutes C&7 Glendale A R I Z O N A AMENDED MINUTES HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION 5850 W. GLENDALE AVE. GLENDALE, ARIZONA 85301 June 10, 2020 6:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER Page 1 of 4 Meeting was called to order by Chair Sandi Truelove at approximately 6:00pm. 2. ROLL CALL Present: Sandra Truelove, Chair Nellie Andrade, Commissioner Kelly Carbello, Commissioner Barbara Lentz, Commissioner James Smith, Commissioner Absent: Salvador Obregon Jr., Vice Chair Also Present: Brittany Leslie, Staff Liaison 3. CITIZEN COMMENTS None. 4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES a. Human Relations Commission Minutes of March 11, 2020. A motion was made by Commissioner Nellie Andrade, seconded by Commissioner Kelly Carbello. Aye: Chair Sandi Truelove Commissioner Barbara Lentz Commissioner James Smith Commissioner Nellie Andrade Commissioner Kelly Carbello Commissioner Karla Schreiber Passed https://destinyhosted.com/frs/publish/print_minutes.cfin?seq=651 &mode=&minutes=Minu... 6/17/2020 Minutes Page 2 of 4 5. NEW BUSINESS Before discussion of business items started, Chair Truelove mentioned that she has created an Excel spreadsheet of "Action Items" items to keep the commission on track of their tasks. No action was taken on the item or further discussion, other than informing the commissioners of the spreadsheet that keeps track of the Commission's action items. The action items on the spreadsheet have previously been discussed and voted on at previous Human Relations Commission meetings. 1. Staff Liaison, Brittany Leslie gave a brief presentation in place of the Inclusion Network Chair LeJeune Boone. The presentation mentioned who makes up the Inclusion Network and when the Network meets. Events that the Inclusion Network hosts are the Martin Luther King, Jr. event, Cesar Chavez events, Black History and Women's History month events, LGBT Awareness, in addition to holding Ted Talks and participating in a Book Club. Commissioner Smith asked when events are typically held. Staff Liaison confirmed that events are held during the day between 11:30-12:30 for staff to attend. This brief Inclusion Network presentation was provided to the Commission to show what the Inclusion Network does and the types of events the Network puts on that support diversity for City of Glendale employees. Commissioner Carbello commented saying the brief overview of the Inclusion Network was what the commission had requested and had nothing further to add. Chair Truelove asked if the commissioners had any other comments or questions on the presentation. Commissioner Carbello mentioned that the Inclusion Network doesn't necessarily pertain to the Human Relations Commission since they host events for employees, but it would be nice to maintain a relationship in the event the Human Relations Commission chose to host an event and needed help from the Inclusion Network. 2. Staff Liaison, Brittany Leslie provided a follow-up from the 2020 Census presentation given at the February 12, 2020 Human Relations Commission. The first question was if the 2020 Census could add another Legislative Representative to Arizona. This would depend on how much the state has grown since the last count in 2010. The second question was if the 2020 Census would impact how many council members the City of Glendale has. The answer to that would be no because the City's Charter has a specified number of council members of 6, however, the boundaries could be adjusted due to population numbers. Chair Truelove questioned how the 2020 Census could impact boundaries in 2020, with results from the Census not being calculated yet. Last question to followup on was if the homeless population would be included in the 2020 Census. The answer is yes, the homeless population will be included. No additional questions or follow-up comments were provided. 3. Commissioner Carbello mentioned meeting with Terry Leyva Ruiz to discuss putting together a Coding Workshop and getting additional information on that. Commissioner Carbello mentioned being able to train trainers for financial literacy. No additional followup at this time. https:Hdestinyhosted.com/frs/publish/print_minutes.cfm?seq=651 &mode=&minutes=Minu... 6/17/2020 Minutes Page 3 of 4 Commissioner Carbello followed up on the Badminton Intramural idea. Mentioned she has full support from her Council member, and thinks the Intramural idea would need to wait for the Fall due to the weather. Commissioner Carbello mentions drafting a plan for these ideas or events that the Commission would like to host. Chair Truelove encouraged commissioners to bring up the ideas with their council members to gain feedback. Commissioner Andrade mentioned that having a FAFSA training for those in the community would be helpful and provide people that can help answer questions. Commissioner Carbello asked if a workshop or event to be hosted by the Human Relations Commission needs to go the GSC and the staff liaison said she would need to confirm with members of the GSC. Commissioner Lentz mentioned seeing a training for basic computer skills that may also be helpful. Commissioner Carbello mentions that Parks & Recreation may host some type of training similar to this. Commissioner Smith mentioned possibly looking into providing some sort of certification for trainings. 4. Commissioners worked on the Strategic Plan of the Human Relations Commission. 6. STAFF REPORTS Staff Liaison Leslie mentioned that the request of the Commission for having a Sharepoint or GoogleDrive to work on documents will go forward at the GSC meeting scheduled for April 14, 2020. a. This report allows the Staff of City Attorney's Office to update the Commission. The Commission is prohibited from discussing or acting on any of the items presented by the Staff since they are not itemized on the Human Relations Commission Agenda. 7. COMMISSION COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Commissioner Smith expressed having a clear direction and why the commissioners are there and having the feedback from council will help moving forward. Commissioner Lentz mentioned being at the Council meeting in 2015 when the council was going over the expectations of the Human Relations Commission. She commented saying good job to everyone for hanging in there. Chair Truelove also said good job and thanked Commissioner Lentz for her comments. Staff Liaison Leslie commented on the improvement of the commission on recreating the strategic plan and feels good moving forward. Commissioner Andrade looks forward to seeing the survey to see the history of the Human Relations Commission. Chair Truelove thanked everyone for attending the meeting and for working on the https:Hdestinyhosted.com/frs/publish/print—minutes.cftn?seq=65 6/17/2020 Minutes Page 4 of 4 Strategic Plan. She looks forward to a fantastic year with the results from the newly created strategic plan. Commissioner Smith had a suggestion for Staff Liaison Leslie to put all Commissioners name and district on the Roll Call part of the Agenda. Because he is not sure what commissioner represents what district. 8. NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting of the Human Relations Commission will be held on April 8, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in Conference Room B3, 5850 W. Glendale Avenue, Arizona 85301 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:38 p.m. upon a unanimous affirmative vote on a motion made by Commissioner James Smith and seconded by Commissioner Nellie Andrade. The Human Relations Commission meeting minutes of March 11, 2020 were su mitted and approved this 17th day of June, 2020. Recording Aecretary https:Hdestinyhosted.com/frs/publish/print—minutes.cftn?seq=65 6/17/2020