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MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE
HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESOURCES COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
REGULAR SESSION
APRIL 13, 1994
CITY HALL
CALL TO ORDER
The Brooklyn Center human rights and resources commission met in regular session and
was called to order by Vice-Chair Brown at 7:05 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Vice-Chair Brown, Commissioners Olsen, Johnson, Eoloff, Rieva, Maddox, Eckman, and
Achtelik. Also present were Councilmember Rosene, Mayor Paulson and Recording
Secretary Kim Moore-Sykes.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Correction to the minutes - under the Joint Commission/Council Meeting, where
Councilmember Rosene had listed ideas to look into for the next joint meeting, the last
entry should read, "Use a -rAssiene teleprompter for taped speeches", instead of "live
speeches."
There was a motion by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Maddox to
approve the minutes of the April 13, 1994, minutes as amended. The motion passed.
ELECTION OF CHAIR (to replace resigned chair):
There was a motion by Commissioner Achtelik and seconded by Commissioner Maddox to
to have nominations and an election to replace resigned Chair Stoderl. The motion passed.
Vice-Chair Brown called for nominations from the floor. Commissioner Achtelik nominated
Commissioner Eoloff. Vice-Chair Brown called for any other nominations three times;
nomination of Commissioner approved. Election of Commissioner Eoloff as Chair was
unanimous. Councilmember Rosene thanked Vice-Chair Brown for chairing the meeting
through the elections.
APPROVE AGENDA
A recommendation from the floor to approve the agenda each meeting after the approval
of the minutes. It was thought that this would make changes or adjustments to the agenda
easier. Discussion.
There was a motion by Commissioner Eckman and seconded by Commissioner Achtelik to
approve the agenda each meeting after the approval of the minutes. The motion passed.
There was a motion by Commissioner Rieva and seconded by Commissioner Eckman to
amend the evening's agenda to allow Mrs. Brenda Curtis to report an incident that
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Commissioner Rieva reported that he is continuing his work with co-location of social
services. This coupled with children issues he feels works well and wants to focus the
research list on services for children and single-parents. Commissioner Achtelik agreed, but
wants to see all services available on the list. She gave Pacer Center of South Minneapolis
as an example.
There was discussion about diversity and the various ways that can be used to educate the
community; productions from the Prenumbra Theater and the Mixed Blood Theater were
discussed. Chair Eoloff suggested that the next meeting be used to work on ideas for
presentation and education on diversity issues. Also suggested to invite the City Manager
as he was not able to attend the last meeting.
She went on to say that with so much that the Commission has planned and needs to work
on, she wants everyone to think about the possibility of meeting 12 months a year and not
break for summer.
Commissioners Maddox and Rieva will work with Chair Eoloff in a subcommittee to present
diversity education proposal to the Commission in May.
AIDS AWARENESS
Councilmember Rosene reported on the status of Ms. Grunwald's concerns regarding AIDS
and awareness. It was agreed that Ms. Grunwald should be invited to attend the
commission meeting to determine if there is anything the commission can do regarding this
issue.
• Commissioner Johnson informed the commission that he will not be able to attend the May
meeting.
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the human rights and resources commission is scheduled for June 8,
1994, at 7:00 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
There was a motion by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Brown to
adjourn the meeting. The motion passed. The human rights and resources commission
adjourned at 9:08 p.m.
Chairman
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