Humboldt County Human Rights Commission Amended and Approved Minutes Regular Meeting September 1, 2016

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1 Humboldt County Human Rights Commission Amended and Approved Minutes Regular Meeting September 1, CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 4:30 PM. There were five commissioners present for a quorum. ROLL CALL James Glover, Chair Richard Leamon Carol Larsen, Secretary Byrd Lochtie, Treasurer Larry Miller ABSENT Dave Heise ~ excused Jean Munsee ~ excused Elizabeth Smith ~ excused Keith Taylor, Vice Chair ~ excused Nezzie Wade ~ excused VISITORS Two citizens were present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM REGULAR MEETING: August 4, 2016 The Commission reviewed the Minutes for August 4, 2016 and several amendments were noted. MOTION 1 Moved to accept the amended Minutes of the August 4, 2016 Regular Meeting. Approved: Y-5, N-0, A-0 AGENDA REVIEW / CONSIDERATIONS The Human Rights Commission reviewed the Agenda for September 1, 2016 as submitted and the agenda was accepted. PUBLIC COMMENT Citizen Mr. Dillenbeck commented on his concerns about the homeless issues. COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS A. s Ms. Larsen reported there were sixteen s; nine news release mail items from the County, one from Ms. Finch, County Counsel, one from Mr. Dillenbeck, one from Ms. Wade, two to Mr. Lovelace, and one from Human Rights Sonoma. B. Regular Mail There were three items: a bank statement, a bill from Times-Printing, and one correspondence from Abigail Hasting-Tharp.

2 C. Phone Calls There was one phone call and the caller was assisted. D. All other announcements and communications: items should be brief and/or submitted to Secretary for inclusion on agenda. There were no other announcements or communications conveyed. COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS E. Message Line Reports and Scheduling August 1-15: no messages received August 16-31: one message received Mr. Miller asked if HRC could look into the phone message on the message line. The message line volunteers for September and October are as follows: September 1-15: Mr. Glover September 16-30: Mr. Glover October 1-15: Mr. Miller October 16-31: Ms. Larsen ACTION 1 Mr. Glover volunteered to contact the County Information Technology (IT) staff regarding the phone message on the message line. TREASURER S REPORT Treasurer Ms. Lochtie reported the Human Rights Commission has $43.35 in our bank account. Ms. Lochtie stated she will contact Times-Printing to inquire about the bills (invoices) HRC received for the printing of resources cards and to notify them to send the bill to the DHHS address. AD-HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Discussion Item, Possible Action Item: Brochure choice, quantity, and preparation schedule. This report concludes this committee s work unless extended. Commissioners selected the black and white print brochure and to print on four different colored papers at 125 sheets each equaling 500 brochures. Ms. Lochtie suggested taking the print job to Central Office. There are no changes required to the brochure and the printing will be paid at the DHHS address. Time for public comment immediately before any vote. No public comment conveyed at this time. MOTION 2 The Human Rights Commission approve to have the HRC black and white brochure printed on four different colored papers at 125 sheets each equaling 500 sheets printed by Central Office. B. Discussion Item: Palco March follow-up Inquiry. This report concludes this committee s work unless extended.

3 MOTION 3 ACTION 1 Mr. Glover provided the written report on behalf of the Palco Marsh Ad-hoc Committee. The Ad-hoc committee recommended the Commission continue to pay close attention to allegations of abuse of those still on the streets and for the Commission to write a letter to the Board of Supervisors sharing our concerns about the plight of the homeless in the County. The Commission did not extend the ad-hoc committee. Time for public comment immediately before any vote. No public comment presented at this time. The Human Rights Commission recommends the Chair, Mr. Glover, to craft a letter to incorporate the wording (from the Palco March Ad-hoc Committee) to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors and to send an including the draft letter to the Commissioner then send immediately to the Board of Supervisors. C. Discussion Item: Plans for Pride Festival tabling Saturday, September 10 (Munsee, Glover). This committee would expire September 30, Mr. Glover confirmed picking up the use of tables and chairs from Ms. Larsen on Friday, September 9. Mr. Glover and Ms. Munsee will provide a report on this event at the next HRC meeting. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Discussion Item, Possible Action Item: Annual Report presentation to Board of Supervisors The Annual Report presentation is set for September 6. Mr. Glover provided a brief verbal report on his communications with Mr. Lovelace regarding improving the Commission s relationship and collaboration with the Board of Supervisors. There was mention of the potential designation of HRC placed under the CAO s office with a small budget. B. Discussion Item: Sonoma Commission on Human Rights Videos and how we might utilize them. A flier, developed by Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights, was distributed. The flier contained information about My American DREAMs project and videos. The Commission discussed how HRC could help with the request to host a screening or contacting our local PBS stations. ACTION 2 Mr. Glover suggested each Commissioner consider reviewing the six videos and the other Commissioners suggested Mr. Glover and Ms. Larsen pursue the request from Sonoma Commission. C. Discussion Item, Possible Action Item: Consideration of support for Humboldt Mobile Homeowners November ballot measure.

4 Since the majority of the Commissioners have not read the ballot measure, a suggestion was to have the Chair obtain the actual ballot wording. ACTION 3 The Human Rights Commission suggested Mr. Glover draft a letter in the event the Commission votes to support the measure. Ms. Lochtie requested the letter of support ready for the October meeting. D. Discussion Item, Possible Action Item: Review of comments by Deputy County Counsel, Hilary Finch. Mr. Glover read the comments from Deputy County Counsel, Hilary Finch highlighting the following: Definition of the word deliberation as it relates to HRC Recommended procedures when helping individuals with information not on the agenda ACTION 4 The Human Rights Commission asked Mr. Glover to add a statement at the end of monthly meeting agenda to explain the procedures for assisting an individual who request help during the public comment portion on the HRC agenda. NEW BUSINESS A. Discussion Item: Recruitment of interested parties (Glover) Mr. Glover handout the application to server on the Humboldt County Human Rights Commission so that Commissioner may recruit interested individuals. Brief discussion held on how HRC may use local newspapers to inform the public about HRC. MOTION 4 The Human Rights Commission asked the Chair, Mr. Glover, as a pilot project to write an article to recapping the Human Rights Commission activities to thetimes-standard for publishing. M/Lochtie, S/Leamon B. Discussion Item: Establish committee to formulate a plan and execute a Listening Forum Outreach event. Consider changing location of previously planned Listening Forum. This committee would expire November 30. The Commission decided to try for four outreach events in Garberville, Bridgeville, Fortuna, and Rio Dell using the remaining funds from the McLean Foundation. The ad-hoc committee would expire on November 30 to allow time to plan, schedule the events, and report to HRC. Ad-hoc committee members are Mr. Miller, Ms. Lochtie, and Mr. Glover. ACTION 5 The Chair, Mr. Glover, appointed the establishment of an Outreach Ad-hoc Committee with the following as members with the option to add one more member: Mr. Miller, Ms. Lochtie, and Mr. Glover. The ad-hoc committee would expire November 30, 2016.

5 C. Discussion-Possible Action Item: Establish committee to participate in the LatinoNet Health Fair on October 16. This committee would expire October 31. The LatinoNet Health Fair is an event that HRC has participated in the past. The Commissioners suggested HRC participate this year. ACTION 6 The Chair, Mr. Glover, appointed the establishment of a LatinoNet Health Fair Ad-hoc Committee with the following as members: Mr. Glover and Ms. Larsen. The ad-hoc committee would expire October 31, D. Discussion-Possible Action Item: Establish committee to participate in the North Coast Stand Down in Ferndale, October 1. This committee would expire October 31. ACTION 7 The Chair, Mr. Glover, appointed the establishment of a North Coast Stand Down Ad-hoc Committee with the following as members: Mr. Glover and Ms. Wade. The ad-hoc committee would expire October 31, E. Discussion-Possible Action Item: Establish committee to develop activities for Human Rights Awareness Month (December). This committee would expire December 31. Commissioners shared how the HRC participated in past awareness activities and agreed to the establishment of an ad-hoc committee to develop activities for Human Rights Awareness Month. ACTION 8 The Chair, Mr. Glover, appointed the establishment of a Human Rights Awareness Month Ad-hoc Committee with the following as members: Mr. Leamon, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Heise. The ad-hoc committee would expire December 31, AGENDA SUGGESTIONS FOR OCTOBER 6, 2016 REGULAR MEETING OR FUTURE AGENDA Liz Smith: Race relations and NAACP (presentation offered at the beginning of the October 6 meeting agenda) Abigail Hasting-Tharp: Food, Nutrition, Food Waste as Human Rights issues (Will be offered at November 3 meeting) ADJOURNMENT The Human Rights Commission meeting adjourned at 6:57 PM. MOTION 5 Moved to adjourn. Attested by Secretary, Carol Larsen Approved on