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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-01-10 HRC MINUTESHtiman !+ Meeting Minutes Relations Wednesday, January 10, 2001, 5:15 p.m. Commission Public Services Building, Conf. Room 1 1. Roll Call The meeting was called to order at 1747 hours by Chair Pina with the following Commission members present: Anthony Jemison, Virgil Pina, Fred Tinker and Jeff Scott Staff Present: Joyce Sculark Capt. Leonard Miranda arrived after the meeting began. 2. Declaration of excused/unexcused absences Pina declared an excused absence for Commissioner Michael Palomo and the commission will wait to see if Commissioner Avalos will show at this meeting before declaring his absence unexcused at the next meeting. 3. Approval of minutes Minutes from 11/8/00 and 09/13/00 were approved and acknowledged by Chair Pina. 4. Public Remarks None 5. Old Business A. Civic Award for Volunteers/Organizations Update This item will be tabled at the next meeting, due to the absence of Commissioner Palomo. B. CAHRO Annual Conference Update Commissioners Pina and Palomo will be attending the California Association of Human Relations Organizations Annual Conference, to be held March 1 thru 3 2001, at the Cathedral Hill Hotel in IsSan Francisco at their own expense. C. Human Relations Essay Contest Update Commissioner Pina will write an announcement letter to be sent to all the schools, public and private, in Chula Vista. Commissioner Jemison will write the criteria for the essay. Commissioner Scott will submit a list of schools for distribution of the announcement and criteria letter. Commissioner Tinker will find individuals to be judges. The topic of the essay will be to the effect of "My responsibility to my fellowman and community." Some ideas for the criteria of the contest will be: ❖ Have the contest published in the newspapers ❖ Applicants are to have no relations with the commission or commissioners ❖ There will be a first, second and third place winners from the high school and first, second and third place winners from the junior high school ❖ Recipients to receive first place $50, second place $25 and third place a certificate, providing there are no additional contributions made. ❖ Judges will be done by an individual panel, with the Human Relations Commission as the final judge ❖ Length of the essay maximum of 300 to 500 words ❖ Two first place winners will read essay at City Council meeting 6. New Business A. Goals for 2001 Listed below are some possible ideas of goals for 2001. ❖ Commission to be more visible, i.e., Essay Contest ❖ Full Membership ❖ Bus Routes and services to be improved ❖ Citizen Review Board ❖ Casual dinner for Commission 7. Other Business A. Written Correspondence Agendas and minutes from MTDB November, December and January meetings were distributed. B. Commission Comments Capt. Miranda stated a Sergeant has been appointed for Police Community Relation and will attend a future meeting. n C. Adiournment Chair Pina adjourned the meeting at 1927 hours, until the next scheduleeeting on February 14, 2001. h //� r Joycb Sculark HRC Secretary 0