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<br />I <br /> <br />Members of the Human Rights Commission will be monitoring <br />activities of the Park Board and Cable Communications <br />Advisory Board to keep us abreast of pertinent developments <br />relating to human rights concerns. <br /> <br />In regard to implementation of the Police Action Plan, <br />the Human Rights Commission has been concerned for nearly <br />18 months with the training aspects of the Police Department <br />and has successfully encouraged city participation in a <br />special four (4) hour program given by the Bureau of <br />Criminal Apprehension in the area of human rights and <br />relations. Indeed Police Chief Holmes is to be commended <br />for the alacrity with which he lined up participants from <br />other north suburban police departments to make the program <br />possible. Here again the Human Rights Commission will <br />continue to encourage more training in the areas of human <br />rights relations. <br /> <br />No work was done on the city housing needs assessment in <br />the first quarter. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Commission Goals <br />Four (4) of the Commission's goals tie directly into the <br />City Council's goals in the areas of affirmative action, <br />police training, and reviewing accessibility of public <br />buildings and parks. <br /> <br />Work in the other areas is at varying stages of completion. <br />Little work has been done on developing a brochure for the <br />Human Rights Commission and the No-fault Grievance Procedure <br />although a subcommittee has been collecting sample brochures <br />from other human rights commissions. <br /> <br />We have had one party inquire about the No-fault Grievance <br />Procedure after our article appeared in the "City Hall" <br />newsletter. It was decided that the individual was not <br />covered by the State Human Rights Act. Three (3) Commissioners <br />need training from the State in order to participate in the <br />No-fault Procedure. No training is scheduled by the State <br />for another quarter. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />For informational presentations in the first quarter we have <br />heard from Mayor Senden on city goals for 1981, David Brookbank <br />on proposed changes in the State Human Rights Act to make <br />sexual and affectional preference a protected class, and <br />from John Greco of the Department of Human Rights on human <br />rights case management and functioning on the State level. <br />(This latter presentation received a write-up on page 1 <br />of the New Brighton Bulletin last month.) <br /> <br />We have made no follow-up to our December informational <br />presentation on new transportation services for seniors <br />in New Brighton. <br /> <br />-2- <br />