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Advisory Board Meeting & Ordinance Review
October 29, 2024
5:30 – 7:30pm
7th Floor, City Hall
Lansing, MI
Call to Order: 5:34 pm
Attendance: Terry Frazier (1st Ward), Byron Haskins (MAL, Vice-Chairperson), Hannah Jones-
Nelson (2nd Ward, Secretary), Emily Sorroche (MAL, Chairperson)
City Staff Attendees: Kimberly Coleman, Michael Hopson, Daniel DuChene
Members of public: None
Approval of Agenda:
a. Motion Byron, second Florensio - Passed unanimously
Approval of Minutes:
a. Approval of October 1, 2024, Minutes: Motion Byron, second Florensio – Passed
Unanimously
a. Motion for amendment: standing update to add HRCS to give updates under
economic
b. empowerment. Accepted by Byron - Passed unanimously
Public Comments: None
I.Director’s Update:
a. Will update with tools for economic empowerment in the future
b. Resignation of Raquel, motion by Florensio, support by Byron, accepted
unanimously
c. 2 others joining the board, sent to committee, next steps will be to be voted on
and sworn in by city council
d. Potential advisory board update to city council committee, Emily will attend as
chair
II.DEI Officer’s Update:
a. Emily received Indigenous people day proclamation at the last City Council
meeting
b. Coat drive, distribution 11/21 from 10a – 1p
c. HRCS Grant application training, 11/7 1-3p
III.Standing Committee Updates:
•Justice and Safety
•Economic Empowerment
•Community Sustainability
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IV.Unfinished Business:
a. Ordinance review
V.New Business:
a. Ordinance Review work (see notes below/attached)
Ordinance review 9/17 & 10/29
297.02
Definition additions:
•Add culture/cultural rights to discrimination definition
•Add retaliation to definition list
297.04
•Addition of section c to address no person being excluded from public restrooms
based on gender identity/sex
297.05
•Discussed level of discrimination, no changes
297.06
•Discussed discriminatory housing processes that are already covered by law
•Potential addition of short-term rentals like AirBnB.
297.07
•Add retaliation to definition list (section c)
297.10
•Application needs to be accessible to those who are unable to write/read/etc
•Suggestion to add option to report later if extenuating circumstances exist
Overall suggestions:
•Could we add a TLDR section about ordinances? Explain it to me like I am 5.
•Education component for this ordinance (and others) – including examples of what
discrimination might look like under different sections
•Ordinances accessible via different languages and outside of online/reading
b. Motion to have Hannah compile and then review at the next meeting – motion by
Florensio, second Terry
c.Passed unanimously
VI.Announcements: No Announcements
VII. Adjournment meeting at 6:37pm - Motion to adjourn Byron, Florensio second, passed
unanimously