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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Human Relations Commission - 02/05/2004 t. SUMMARY MINUTES FOR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 5, 2004 CORPUS CHRISTI HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Page 1 of 3 MEETING CALLED TO ORDER— By the Chair, Commissioner Oscar Hinojosa, Sr. II. ROLL CALL/EXCUSED ABSENCES A. ROLL CALL at 5:06 PM: Present Absent Oscar Hinojosa, Sr. (Chair) Dr. Valadez-Ortiz (Vice-Chair) Dr. Clifton Baldwin Crystal Lyons Betty Black Dr. Sylvester Peterson Marisa K. Dowling Ruth Silva Dr. Stuart Elovitz Nancy S. Vera Theresa Holder Dr. Carol Ledbetter Amy Rhoads-Granberry Vacancy Albert Santoya One Youth Commissioner Seat Errol Summerlin (Lisa Bonilla) Quorum: YES The Chair welcomed the newest Commissioner, Theresa Holder, filling the seat for the Apartment Association's representative. The Chair asked if Commissioner Holder would like to serve on one of the three Subcommittees of Housing, Education or Committee for Persons with Disabilities. Commissioner Holder selected to serve on the Housing Subcommittee. B. EXCUSED ABSENCES - 5 Commissioners were absent from the 1/08/04 Meeting. 1. Dr. Elovitz — Motion to excuse was made by Commissioner Black and seconded by Dr. Ledbetter. Vote taken and the Motion passed. 2. Commissioner Holder — Motion to excuse was made by Dr. Elovitz and seconded by Commissioner Black. Vote taken and the Motion passed. 3. Commissioner Santoya — Motion to excuse was made by Dr. Ledbetter and seconded by Dr. Elovitz. Vote taken and the Motion passed. 4. Commissioner Silva — Not in attendance; no action taken at this time. 5. Commissioner Vera — Not in attendance; no action taken at this time. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of January 8, 2004 were reviewed. These minutes were accepted without any amendments, as moved by Commissioner Summerlin, seconded by Dr. Elovitz, with no further discussion the minutes were accepted by vote. SCANNED .;i SUMMARY MINUTES FOR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 5, 2004 CORPUS CHRISTI HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Page 2 of 3. IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS/INTRODUCTIONS/PRESENTATIONS The Chair Mr. Hinojosa, Sr. introduced the newly appointed Commissioner, Ms. Teresa Holder, filling the seat as representative from the Apartment Association. V. CHAIR'S REPORT— None at this time. VI. COMMISSION SUBCOMITTEE REPORTS A. Housing Subcommittee: Fair Housing Brochure Draft - The Subcommittee Chair, Commissioner Black, provided an overview of the subcommittee's final draft changes in comparison to theold draft. City Staff had received these changes but had not yet printed the brochure, pending formatting from legal size to letter size to be used as an insert in electrical.billing envelopes. The Subcommittee asked the Commission for its consideration in approving the fair housing brochure so that City Staff may proceed to print for the housing fair at Del Mar College on Saturday, 2/21/04. The Commission approved the brochure, with allowing Staff to reduce as necessary as an insert to fit mailing envelopes of electrical company billing. B. Committee for Persons with Disabilities — The Chair, Commissioner Lyons, was absent, so Mr. Ramos provided the Commission with an update on the proposed non-discrimination ordinance, in that the two pending items inthe proposed ordinance had been resolved differently than the Commission expected last month. [Last month, the Commission had taken action to recommend that Section 24-92 "Affects on Other Governmental Entities" include a disclaimer or otherwise be deleted.] Mr. Ramos informed the Commission that at last night's CFPWD Monthly Meeting, the CFPWD by majority vote agreed to leave Section 24-92 as is and to add the general prohibited practices as a section within the ordinance document. Discussion ensued as to what did the CFPWD desire and how the Committee Members voted at last night's CFPWD meeting. Mr. Ramos clarified that the 2/4/04 proposed ordinance document was approved by the CFPWD's majority vote. After further discussion whether to take'possible action regarding the final revisions to proposed ordinance, the Chair Mr. Hinojosa, called for a motion to support the proposed ordinance document as of 2/4/04 by the CFPWD. No motion was made and_the item failed. C. Education Subcommittee — No report at this time. VII. OLD BUSINESS The letter of resignation did arrive from Ms. Lisa Bonilla, which the Chair read aloud for the Commission. There was no further discussion of any Old Business. :a. SUMMARY MINUTES FOR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 5, 2004 CORPUS CHRISTI HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Page 3 of 3 IX. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT Mr. Ramos provided an overview of the Human Relations statistics, ending 1/31/04. Mr. Ramos mentioned the upcoming. Housing Conference in April 2004. Regarding Places of Public Accommodations, Mr. Ramos gave some examples. The Chair asked about PPA intake results on the types of basis. Mr. Ramos indicated that some of this could be provided. To clarify earlier comments and in the Commissions expressed interest on how the CFPWD voted on the final draft of the non-discrimination ordinance, Mr. Ramos also took this opportunity to provide clarification and asked Ms. Butler to provide a recap of the vote count on the CFPWD Motions. X. PUBLIC COMMENT/ CONCERNS/ ITEMS FOR NEXT AGEND Dr. Baldwin remarked that a 20-year housing lawsuit has been settled XI. ADJOURNMENT With nothing further, Commissioner Summerlin moved to adjourn the meeting, and seconded in unison. The meeting adjourned at approximately 6:15 PM. MINUTES APPROVED, as amended ON: PRESIDING CHAIR: April 1, 2004 Date Oscar Hinojosa, Sr., Chairperson CC Human Relations Commission