Human Rights Commission
                                         Meeting Minutes
                            Legal Representation Committee Meeting
                                         October 7, 2021
                                    Virtual/Electronic Meeting
                                              1:30 pm

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    1. WELCOME
          a. CALL TO ORDER
                   i. No current official Chair. Kathryn Laughon called the meeting to order at
                      1:31 pm
          b. ROLL CALL
                   i. Kathryn Laughon
          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. None
          b. COMMISSION RESPONSE TO MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC
                   i. None
    3. MINUTES
          a. Review of minutes from 9/2/21
                   i. Not enough Commissioners in attendance to vote
    4. BUSINESS MATTERS
          a. None
    5. WORK SESSION
          a. Next steps for draft resolution
                   i. OHR staff reached out to attorney who is currently doing pro-bono
                      assistance in an OHR case for an hour and cost estimation
                          1. Wonders if this level of detail is necessary in a resolution to
                              propose the project to Council
                          2. Will continue to look for more programmatic details for the future
                  ii. Kathryn says she would defer to future committee members; thinks
                      these details would not go in the resolution, but they are helpful to
                      answer later questions
                 iii. Kathryn looked at resolution—seems satisfactory
                 iv. Concern of making both requests at once versus asking more
                      sequentially
                          1. OHR staff says ideally, Council would consider resolution during
                              budget session, and this is the time to move forward
                          2. If Commission passed resolution to move forward, the
                            Commission could just write a letter to Council saying it wants to
                            do this
                                 a. Would want to have a number at this point
                       3. There are 5 ongoing complaints and four involved in mediation;
                            not all OHR clients desire legal representation, but it will be a
                            salient issue to consider
                v. Priority may also be funding OHR
               vi. Decision to put resolution on hold until taking it up with Commission
6.   MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC
        a. PUBLIC COMMENT
                 i. None
        b. COMMISSION RESPONSE TO MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC
                 i. None
7.   COMMISSIONER UPDATES
        a. None
8.   NEXT STEPS
        a. Putting resolution on hold until taking it up with Commission
9.   ADJOURN
        a. Meeting adjourned at 1:36 pm