5/2/2023 - Meeting Minutes Human Rights Commission Minutes
Human Rights Commission
Salt Lake City, Utah
Regular Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
5:30 P.M.
The Human Rights Commission met in an electronic meeting pursuant to the Salt Lake City
Emergency Proclamation and determination of the Chair.Minutes are provided in conjunction
with the video/audio file.
You may also watch a recording of the meeting on the SLC HRC Meeting YouTube Channel.
CONDUCTED BY: Chair Jason Wessel
Members of the Human Rights Commission:
Commissioner Jason Wessel, District 1, Chair
Commissioner Esther Stowell, District 2, Vice Chair
Commissioner Olivia Jaramillo, District 3
Commissioner Will Terry, District 4
Vacant, District 5
Commissioner David Leta, District 6
Vacant, District 7
Commissioner Everette Bacon,At-Large
Commissioner Pamela Silberman, At-Large
Commission Members in Attendance Commissioner Jason Wessel, Commissioner
Esther Stowell, Commissioner Olivia Jaramillo, Commissioner Will Terry,
Commissioner David Leta, Commissioner Everette Bacon
Commission Members Absent: Commissioner Pamela Silberman
City Staff in Attendance:
Michelle Mooney, Equity Manager
Maria Romero, Executive Assistant
Andrew Johnston, Director of Homelessness Policy & Outreach
Guests in Attendance: none
The meeting was called to order at 5:34 PM.
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Agenda Items
1. Welcome
• Roll Call
2. Approve and Adopt Minutes
• April2023
o Motion: David Leta. Second: Olivia Jaramillo. All in favor. The motion
passed.
• Commissioner Leta has commented on Hannah Regan's email on the city's
position on bills.
3. Public Comment(5 minutes)
• No guests from the public were in attendance during this meeting.
4. Updates on Homelessness Policy& Outreach (—60 minutes)
• Andrew Johnston, Director of Homelessness Policy & Outreach will provide an
update on the current initiatives regarding the population experiencing
homelessness in Salt Lake City.
• Andrew Johnston has provided an overview of the housing system and an
overview of camp mitigation strategies.
• Andrew Johnston has brought forth information about the Rapid Intervention
Team Outreach that works with the County Health Department and Volunteers of
America.
o Commissioner Chair Jason Wessel commented on the Rapid Emergency
Shelter closing gap of 10-2 weeks negatively affecting the unsheltered
community. The Commissioner commented on the correlation between
services and locations in the unsheltered community.
• Commissioner Jason Wessel has commented on the population and where
services are located.
o Commissioner David Leta has commented on the reasons the city is
unable to have daytime services for people. The Commission has
commented on the possibility of a peer model in the shelters.
o The other side village will require residents to work at the location.
o The Commission addresses the more services available the more of an
increase of unsheltered people.
• Andrew Johnston has provided an overview of an example of a well-functioning
Low Barrier Emergency Shelter.
o Commissioner Will Terry has commented on if the city would use
motels.
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• Andrew Johnston has provided a Mini Model overview. Andrew Johnston has
provided an overview of the role of the private community. Andrew has provided
an overview of the Switch point Model.
• Commissioner David Leta has shared his perspective regarding the potential
implementation of financial incentives within the city, specifically in the form of
rebate exemptions on property taxes, as a means of addressing the issue of
housing the unsheltered population.
o Tax amendment
• Commissioner David Leta has formally requested a copy of the PowerPoint
presentation that was used.
5. Review Subcommittee Goals &Priorities (— 5-10 minutes)
• CEDAW
o Michelle Mooney has requested the availability of all commissioners for
informational sessions that will be open to the public. The sessions aim
to provide community members with information on CEDAW.
o Commissioner Jason Wessel has provided an overview of CEDAW.
• Homelessness
o No update was given at this meeting.
• Gentrification
o Commissioner Will Terry has expressed his intention to meet with
Commissioner Garcia, a former commissioner who is actively leading
efforts on addressing gentrification.
• Refugees &New Americans
o No update was given at this meeting as the subcommittee did not meet.
• Children/Youth Advocacy
o Michelle Mooney and Commissioner Esther Stowell have initiated a
meeting with the Youth& Family department. During the meeting,
Commissioner Esther Stowell specifically emphasized the importance of
focusing on the needs of preschool-aged youth.
6. Discussion/Dialogue about Human Rights Around the World (5-10 minutes)
• No items were discussed during this portion of the meeting.
7. Review Human Rights Commission Meetings for 2023:
• Tuesday, t ,03
, 2023
• Tuesday, February 07, 2023
• Tuesday, Mar-oh n�2023
• Tuesday, April nn 2023
• Tuesday, May 02 2023
• Tuesday, June 06, 2023
• Tuesday, July 04, 2023 Recess
• Tuesday, August 01, 2023
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• Tuesday, September 05, 2023
• Tuesday, October 03, 2023
• Tuesday,November 14, 2023 —Final Regular Meeting of 2023
• Sunday, December 10, 2023 —Human Rights Day Celebration
• https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights htg s=day
The meeting adjourned at 7:00 PM
Minutes Approved through consensus: June 6, 2023
MICHELLE MOONEY
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 May 2, 2023.
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