Human Rights Commission
                                    Meeting Minutes
                    Equity in City Government Committee Meeting
                                      July 12, 2022
                               Virtual/Electronic Meeting
                                         1:00 pm
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1. WELCOME
      a. CALL TO ORDER
              i. Chair, Kathryn Laughon, called the meeting to order at 1:07 pm
      b. ROLL CALL
              i. Kathryn Laughon
             ii. Ernest Chambers
      c. MISSION (recited by all): Act as a strong advocate to justice and equal opportunity
         by providing citywide leadership and guidance in the area of civil rights.
2. MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC
      a. PUBLIC COMMENT
              i. Lakeshia Washington
                     1. A new member of Habitat for Humanity
                     2. Interested in learning more about City committees and this
                          committee
      b. COMMISSION RESPONSE TO MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC
              i. Commissioner says this Equity committee is new, and the Housing
                 committee has also been active, which may be a good resource for Ms.
                 Washington’s work
             ii. Another Commissioner adds that this committee addresses how to
                 tackle equity in the City of Charlottesville
                     1. Goal is to think about how the City can use equity principles and
                          how the HRC can encourage the City to do so
                     2. Ex. City schools’ lack of bus transportation is dangerous given
                          the lack of infrastructure, so a group is encouraging the City to
                          give an emergency allocation of $1 million that will likely
                          improve equity overall
3. MINUTES
      a. None
4. WORK SESSION
      a. Commissioners decide to end the meeting due to a lack of agenda and
         membership
5. MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC
      a. PUBLIC COMMENT
              i. None
      b. COMMISSION RESPONSE TO MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC
             i. None
6. COMMISSIONER UPDATES
      a. None
7. NEXT STEPS
      a. None
8. ADJOURN
      a. Meeting adjourned at 1:13 pm