HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975 02-19 HRRMMinutes of the Proceedings of the
Human Rights Commission of the City
of Brooklyn Center in the County of
Hennepin and the State of Minnesota
REGULAR SESSION
FEBRUARY 19, 1975
CITY HALL
Call to Order The Brooklyn Center Human Rights Commission met
in regular session and was called to order by
Chairman Davis at 7°35 p,mo
Roll Call Chairman Davis, Commissioners Blomberg, Sugimura
and Campion. Also present were Administrative
Assistants Ron Warren and Fames Laci.na
Approval of Minutes Motion by Commissioner Sugimura and seconded by
1-29-75 Commissioner - to apprnve the minutes of
the January 29, 1975 meeting. The motion passed
unanimously
Review of Chairman Davis introduced the first item of
Accessibility Survey business or. the agenda, a review of the accessi-
bility survey, He indicated that he had talked
with the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and
is scheduled to appear at their February 20, 1975
meeting to give a review and report on the acces-
sibility survey. He also noted that there would
be an article regarding the survey m the Chamber
newsletter. o He indicated that he would discuss
the survey in terms of input (-,)n the part of the
Chamber of Commerce, He noted that he would
stress the positive results of the survey and
stated that he felt the Chamber would be a very
worthwhile organ'za,tion in help:ing conduct the
survey and compiling the booklet
'there was a brief discussion as to the distribu-
tion. of the access :i.bility bookleto it was noted
that this booklet would be applicable to handi-
capped and elderly and should be distributed on
that basis,
Commissioner Su.gi.mura suggested churches, service
organizations, businesses and the Chamber of
Commerce along with the regular City depositories
as places that should have access to the booklet.
Chairman Davis then stated that the Commission
should make an attempt to complete the survey
and publish the booklet by this summer.
The secretary briefly reviewed the Yale drscope
program for 1975° He noted that Kaleidoscope
would be held on April 6 from 11000 aam,, to
6000 p.m. and that he felt the Commission should
make an effort to participate in the same manner
that it did for the first Kaleidoscope in 19740
He suggested the "I'm OK" Program, an inform,,atic)n
sheet on the Human Rights Commission"s activities
and information on the accessibility survey as
items for Kaleidoscope,
Commissioner Sugimura noted that she would crn-
tact the State Human Rights Commission to see if
they had applicable information regarding posters
or other handouts.
Motion by Commissioner Sugimura and secc.,nded by
Commissioner Campion to participate in Kaleidoscope
'75. Motion passed unanimously.
The regular meeting for the month of March w-.is
scheduled for March 19, 1975 at 7:30 p,m, the
Council Chambers.
Motion by Commissioner Sugimura and secu_rsded by
Commissioner Blomberg to adjourn the meeting, The
motion passed unanimously. The Brc%c-,)kiyn Center
Human Rights Commission adjourned at 8-,15 p.m-
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