POST-MEETING AGENDA**Meeting #:Date:Thursday, March 23, 2023Time: 6:00 P.m. - 7:00 P.m.Location:Council Chambers, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA Welcome to your Human Relations Commission Meeting Public Comments: Public comments may be submitted to the Human Relations Commission in the following ways: In-Person comments during the meeting. Join us for the Human Relations Commission meeting at the time and location specified on this agenda to make your comments. Please visit www.chulavistaca.gov/boardmeetings for current mask requirements and other safety protocols. Submit an eComment. Visit www.chulavistaca.gov/boardmeetings, locate this meeting, and click on the comment bubble icon. Click on the item you wish to comment on, and then click on "Leave Comment." The commenting period will close one hour before the meeting. All comments will be made available to the Commission and the public. Mail or email comments. Submit comments via email to [email protected] or by mail to Human Relations Commission, 276 Fourth Ave, Chula Vista, CA. Please send comments early; written comments received within one hour of the meeting may not be distributed until the following day. ACCESSIBILITY: Individuals with disabilities are invited to request reasonable modifications or accommodations in order to access and/or participate in a Human Relations Commission meeting by contacting the Human Relations Commission at [email protected] (California Relay Service is available for the hearing impaired by dialing 711) at least forty-eight hours in advance of the meeting. 1.CALL TO ORDER Public Comments: 2.ROLL CALL Public Comments: Commissioners Custodio-Tan, Felix, Godinez, Lake, Olaoye, Pajanor, Ratner, Vice-Chair Kean-Ayub, Chair Branch3.CONSENT CALENDAR Public Comments: All items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered and acted upon by one motion. Anyone may request an item be removed for separate consideration. If you wish to speak on any item, please fill out a "Request to Speak" form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the meeting or submit an electronic comment per the instructions on page one of this agenda.Recommended Action:Commission approve consent calendar.3.1Approval of Meeting Minutes Attachments | Public Comments1.DRAFT_ Meeting Minutes - HRC_Feb23_2023.pdfApproval of minutes from February 23, 2023.Recommended Action:Commission approve minutes.3.2Written Communications Attachments | Public Comments1.Excused Absence Request_Felix.pdfCommunication from Commissioner Felix requesting an excused absence from the September 22, 2022 Human Relations Commission meeting.Recommended Action:Commission approve request for excused absence. 4.PUBLIC COMMENTS Public Comments: Persons may address the Commission on any subject matter within the Commission’s jurisdiction that is not listed as an item on the agenda. State law generally prohibits the Commission from discussing or taking action on any issue not included on the agenda, but, if appropriate, the Commission may schedule the topic for future discussion or refer the matter to staff. If you wish to speak on any item, please fill out a "Request to Speak" form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the meeting or submit an electronic comment per the instructions on page one of this agenda.5.ACTION ITEMS Public Comments: The Item(s) listed in this section of the agenda will be considered individually by the Commission and are expected to elicit discussion and deliberation. If you wish to speak on any item, please fill out a "Request to Speak" form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the meeting or submit an electronic comment per the instructions on page one of this agenda.5.1Consideration of a Resolution to City Council Recommending Welcoming City Re-Certification Attachments | Public Comments1.DRAFT_ HRC Resolution on Welcoming City.pdfCarolyn ScofieldGood evening Chair Branch and Commissioners, I am emailing in support of the Resolution requesting that the City of Chula Vista complete the process to apply for recertification as a Welcoming City. Thank you for taking action to specifically and intentionally support Chula Vista’s immigrant communities through the Welcoming America Network. The Welcoming City policies, requirements, and collaboration are needed to ensure a better life especially for vulnerable immigrant residents in Chula Vista. Once the JEDI program is up and running, a public process must be used to make decisions about evaluating next steps for ongoing programs to support our immigrant communities. Thank you again! Margaret BakerSouth Bay People Power supports this proposed HRC resolution. We call for a demonstrated commitment by the City of Chula Vista to achieve and maintain certification as a Welcoming City. This entails prioritizing policies and programs that protect immigrant rights and create opportunities that enable immigrant members of our community to thrive. It means communicating and engaging in open dialogue with community members, keeping commitments and holding city departments accountable through greater transparency, oversight and accountability. Unfortunately, we have witnessed several critical failures by the city to live up to the title it has proudly claimed for several years. We feel the oversight provided by Welcoming America will provide additional pressure on the city to listen when the community speaks up regarding issues such as the use of surveillance technology. Chula Vista is at a turning point with competing goals: Will we turn our back on our Welcoming City values – with real protections of the privacy and other civil liberties of families with mixed status members – and continue to move full steam ahead with invasive Smart City technology. To date, despite the work and suggestions of the Privacy and Technology Advisory Task Force, the city still has not corrected itself. It still has not instituted a process for review, approval, reporting and oversight of technology in the form of an ordinance. We need to recommit to doing better! Kathy HardyI would like to thank the Human Relations Commission for listening to the community! I support your recommendation for Welcoming City recertification. The mantle of Welcoming City is an honor as well as a responsibility for any city that claims to care for its residents and wants to be designated as welcoming. The City should be held by the standards of this designation and follow the guidelines set by the Welcoming City network. To throw it out without a backup plan that is ready to be implemented is reckless. Thank you for you efforts to keep the Welcoming City certification in place for my hometown!Recommending Welcoming City re-certification for an additional three years.Recommended Action:Commission consider and take action as appropriate.5.2Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Participation at South Bay Earth Day on April 15, 2023 Attachments | Public Comments1.SBED2023FlyerFINAL-792x1024.pdfRecommended Action:Commission discuss and take action as appropriate.5.3Consideration of Cancellation of the April 27, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Human Relations Commission Public Comments: Recommended Action:Commission consider and take action as appropriate.OTHER BUSINESS6.STAFF COMMENTS Public Comments: 7.CHAIR'S COMMENTS Public Comments: 8.COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS Attachments | Public Comments1.Grouped Community Survey Responses Draft.pdf9.ADJOURNMENT Public Comments: to the regular meeting on April 27, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. Materials provided to the Human Relations Commission related to any open-session item on this agenda are available for public review by contacting Human Relations Commission staff at [email protected]No Item Selected Attachments (0) | Public Comments (0)This item has no attachments1.DRAFT_ Meeting Minutes - HRC_Feb23_2023.pdf1.Excused Absence Request_Felix.pdf1.DRAFT_ HRC Resolution on Welcoming City.pdf1.SBED2023FlyerFINAL-792x1024.pdf1.Grouped Community Survey Responses Draft.pdfThis item has no public commentCarolyn Scofield (Support)Good evening Chair Branch and Commissioners, I am emailing in support of the Resolution requesting that the City of Chula Vista complete the process to apply for recertification as a Welcoming City. Thank you for taking action to specifically and intentionally support Chula Vista’s immigrant communities through the Welcoming America Network. The Welcoming City policies, requirements, and collaboration are needed to ensure a better life especially for vulnerable immigrant residents in Chula Vista. Once the JEDI program is up and running, a public process must be used to make decisions about evaluating next steps for ongoing programs to support our immigrant communities. Thank you again! Margaret Baker (Support)South Bay People Power supports this proposed HRC resolution. We call for a demonstrated commitment by the City of Chula Vista to achieve and maintain certification as a Welcoming City. This entails prioritizing policies and programs that protect immigrant rights and create opportunities that enable immigrant members of our community to thrive. It means communicating and engaging in open dialogue with community members, keeping commitments and holding city departments accountable through greater transparency, oversight and accountability. Unfortunately, we have witnessed several critical failures by the city to live up to the title it has proudly claimed for several years. We feel the oversight provided by Welcoming America will provide additional pressure on the city to listen when the community speaks up regarding issues such as the use of surveillance technology. Chula Vista is at a turning point with competing goals: Will we turn our back on our Welcoming City values – with real protections of the privacy and other civil liberties of families with mixed status members – and continue to move full steam ahead with invasive Smart City technology. To date, despite the work and suggestions of the Privacy and Technology Advisory Task Force, the city still has not corrected itself. It still has not instituted a process for review, approval, reporting and oversight of technology in the form of an ordinance. We need to recommit to doing better! Kathy Hardy (Support)I would like to thank the Human Relations Commission for listening to the community! I support your recommendation for Welcoming City recertification. The mantle of Welcoming City is an honor as well as a responsibility for any city that claims to care for its residents and wants to be designated as welcoming. The City should be held by the standards of this designation and follow the guidelines set by the Welcoming City network. To throw it out without a backup plan that is ready to be implemented is reckless. Thank you for you efforts to keep the Welcoming City certification in place for my hometown!