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8/28/2021 - Meeting MinutesERIN MENDENHALL Mayor OFFICE OF THE MAYOR P.O. BOX 145474 451 SOUTH STATE STREET, ROOM 306 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84114-5474 WWW.SLCMAYOR.COM TEL 801-535-7704 HRC 2021 Virtual Retreat Meeting Minutes Saturday, August 28, 2021 9:00am – 1:00pm CONDUCTED BY: Moana Uluave-Hafoka, Equity Manager Members of the Human Rights Commission in Attendance: Commissioner Jason Wessel, District 1 Commissioner Esther Stowell, District 2 Commissioner Ivis Garcia, District 4 Commissioner Nicole Salazar-Hall, District 5 Commissioner Shannon Kelly, District 6 Commissioner Shauna Doumbia, District 7 Mayor’s Office Staff in Attendance: Moana Uluave-Hafoka, Equity Manager City Staff in Attendance: Angela Price, Policy Director, Community & Neighborhoods Guests: Mallory Bateman, Senior Policy Analyst, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute Ellen Meiser, PhD, Consultant, Keen Independent I.Moana Introduction a.Welcome – Kaletta Lynch, our Chief Equity Officer cannot be here and has asked that I lead this meeting b.Land Acknowledgement – Ute, Paiute, Goshute, & Shoshone II.Getting to Know You Activity a.What brought you to this work? Each commissioners introduced themselves and shared why they do human rights work. III.Angela Price – Gentrification Study a.May 2020 RFP ERIN MENDENHALL Mayor OFFICE OF THE MAYOR P.O. BOX 145474 451 SOUTH STATE STREET, ROOM 306 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84114-5474 WWW.SLCMAYOR.COM TEL 801-535-7704 b.Overview: Mapping the areas ripe for gentrification; community engagement; plan by community and for community; disparities in SLC; a contractor has been chosen to run study and awaiting final approval to share publicly. c.C. Wessel pointed out that one of the huge disparities of gentrification that continues in SLC is mass transit; many trains and routes circumvent/bypass westside neighborhoods. IV.Mallory Bateman - University of Utah – Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute a.Provided a quick overview of Census data and how to specifically acquire SLC specific data b.She left her contact information so that commissioners could reach out as they do research for policy recommendations V.CEDAW Update a.Senior staff is supportive of the brief note we provided them; we can proceed and form subcommittees to submit a draft policy document to Chief Equity Officer Kaletta Lynch b.Commissioners would like to request Councilmember Wharton partner from the Council as a joint effort. He was the former chair for the HRC. VI.Goals & Priorities a.Moana asked that each commissioner review Mayor’s 2021 Plan (https://www.slc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-Plan.pdf) b.The Commissioners outlined 3 main priorities for the end of 2021 that align with a lot of the Mayor’s Plan i.First request from Commissioners was to have monthly, quarterly, and biannually updates in meetings about the following priorities: ii.CEDAW ERIN MENDENHALL Mayor OFFICE OF THE MAYOR P.O. BOX 145474 451 SOUTH STATE STREET, ROOM 306 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84114-5474 WWW.SLCMAYOR.COM TEL 801-535-7704 1.Subcommittee: C. Wessel, C. Salazar-Hall, C. Kelly a.Main task – compile current data on women in Salt Lake City; draft a policy to submit to Kaletta and rest of senior staff. iii.Homelessness 1.Subcommittee: C. Stowell, C. Wessel, and possibly C. Garcia 2.Main task – This can dovetail with REP and make ensure police are preserving houseless population rights. a.Find out who is working on homelessness in City and have ongoing update b.As Commissioners, get a seat at the table—where and how can we hold city/county/state accountable? c.Request Andrew Johnston, Director of Homeless Policy & Outreach to attend next meeting i.How can the HRC help address violence, drug use, and mental health needs for those experiencing homelessness iv.Gentrification 1.Subcommittee: C. Doumbia, C. Kelly, C. Esther, and ask C. Garcia 2.Main task – Gather data disproportionately impacting westside a.Request Steve Graham to present at a meeting – C. Kelly contact about gentrification VII.Quick Break VIII.Chair & Co-chair Discussion a.We will vote in September meeting with quorum for the Chair & Vice Chair ERIN MENDENHALL Mayor OFFICE OF THE MAYOR P.O. BOX 145474 451 SOUTH STATE STREET, ROOM 306 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84114-5474 WWW.SLCMAYOR.COM TEL 801-535-7704 b.C. Wessel requested and reminded the annual refresher on the process of the Open and Public Meeting Act (https://le.utah.gov/interim/2018/pdf/00002184.pdf) and Parliamentary Procedure, or Robert’s Rules of Order (https://www.boardeffect.com/blog/roberts-rules-of-order-cheat-sheet/). Moana will request counsel or city rep present this. c.Chair & Vice Chair will be the point person for Moana to contact and will rotate on an annual basis d.Chair—Commissioner Stowell is willing to serve e.Vice Chair — Commissioner Wessel is willing to serve IX.REP Commission Restructure a.Moana asked Commissioners to review the proposed ordinance draft that the Chief Equity Officer sent b.Updated from C. Salazar-Hall – she shared all the happenings of REP Commission i.MOU – school to prison pipeline; more social workers in SLCPD c.At most 2 HRC members will be on REP Commission for more efficient sharing d.REP will send policy recommendations to HRC if they support or oppose and vice versa X.HRC Vacancies a.Currently we have 2 vacancies—District 3 and At-Large b.The DEI team has modified the process to better include HRC members. The new process will bring the top three applicants to the HRC to choose one and that name will be submitted to the Mayor as recommended by staff and HRC. c.C. Doumbia volunteered to help vet the applicants and asked for a rubric ERIN MENDENHALL Mayor OFFICE OF THE MAYOR P.O. BOX 145474 451 SOUTH STATE STREET, ROOM 306 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84114-5474 WWW.SLCMAYOR.COM TEL 801-535-7704 d.Moana will create a draft rubric for our next meeting XI.Dr. Ellen Meiser, Keen Independent Research Group a.Updated the HRC on the internal and external stakeholder groups b.Meeting every two weeks with City staff; gathering background research on internal/external best practices; studying website; focus groups will get started in the next two weeks and working with Weston and community liaisons; C. Garcia is part of the implementation team and Chief Equity Officer Kaletta Lynch will be reconvening that team in the next couple of weeks; public feedback can be provided on website, hotline, or virtual focus groups. XII.Adjourn a.Moana thanked all for attending and stated they would reconvene in September Minutes adjourned: Minutes approved through consensus: September 14, 2021 MOANA ULUAVE-HAFOKA SALT LAKE CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE This document is not intended to serve as a full transcript as additional discussion may have been held; please refer to the audio or video for entire content pursuant to Utah Code §52-4-203(2)(b). This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the Human Rights Commission Regular Meeting on August 28, 2021.