Ogden Community Engagement and Opportunity Commission

MINUTES Ogden Diversity Commission Virtual - Zoom WEDNESDAY, April 13th, 2022 – 4:30 PM In Attendance: Jeremy Shinoda, Kari Harbath, Stacy Bernal Kathie Darby, Shardae Jones, Tom Szalay, Jessica Adams Excused: Christine Ipsen, CJ Hernandez Absent: Taylor Knuth, Betty Sawyer Ogden City Staff Present: Meggin Hill, Mara Brown Guests: Caren Warner, Cathy Fuentes, Monica Gil, Kevin Lundell, Rebecca Tierney Recording will be posted with the minutes here: https://ogdencity.com/AgendaCenter/Search/?term=&CIDs=27,&startDate=&endDate=&dateR ange=&dateSelector= 1. Welcome. 2. Roll Call. 3. Action Item - approval of minutes from 02/09/2022. a. Commissioner Darby made a motion to approve the minutes. Commissioner Harbath seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 4. New Business. 4.1. Current events in the community - Chair Shinoda 4.2. The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program – Caren Werner, Visit Ogden a. Caren Warner from Visit Ogden showed a presentation on the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program. This program gives people with hidden disabilities a sunflower  lanyard and window clings for their vehicles, free of charge, to show that they do have a disability (see recording for full presentation). 4.3. Updates on Housing Program – Cathy Fuentes, Ogden City Economic Development a. Cathy Fuentes from Ogden City CED gave a presentation on updates to their housing programs (see recording for full presentation). 4.4. Leadership Nominations – Chair Shinoda a. New leadership nominations were given for Chair & Vice-Chair. Stacy Bernal was nominated and approved for the position of chair and Shardae Jones was nominated and approved for position of vice-chair going forward. The Commission thanks Jeremy for all his hard work as the current chair and wishes him the best on his future endeavors as he is leaving the Commission. 4.5. Recommendations for City Council Recognitions for May, June, July -- Chair Shinoda a. Please have May nominations (Asian/Pacific Islander month) added to the google document or emailed to Jeremy or Meggin by April 15 so they can be sent to City Council for the May 17th meeting. City Council is only allowing 4-5 nominations for this meeting. Please add nominations for June (Pride Month) into the google document as well. 5. Old Business. 5.1. Establish a Christmas Village Cottage Planning Committee – Staff a. The Commission will have the opportunity to design and decorate a Christmas Village Cottage this year. If you would like to be on the planning committee, please let the Chair or CJ know. Chair Shinoda would like to help with this committee even though he won’t be on the Commission. Mara suggested the Commission reach out to the Utah Association of Builders for volunteers on this project. 6. Committee Reports. 6.1. Outreach Committee a. Awesome Autistic will be held on Saturday, April 16th from 11-2 at Enable Utah, 535 W. Stockman Way, in Ogden. Diversity Commission will have a table at this event. b. Juneteenth is coming up and this will be a tabling event. 7. Comments from Staff. a. Meggin reported that Ogden City will have a hiring fair on May 12th from 1-4 pm at the amphitheater. This could be a good opportunity for the Commission to do tabling.  b. Meggin reported that City Council has not scheduled the advice & consent of the new incoming Commissioners yet, but as soon as it gets scheduled, she will let everyone know. plications, suggestions on on-boarding) 8. Comments from Commission Members. 8.1. Chair Shinoda a. Chair Shinoda would like to say thank you and goodbye to all he has served with. He feels the Commission has made such a difference in the community and he has been honored to serve on the Commission. 8.2. Commissioner Darby a. Commissioner Darby wanted to welcome all the new incoming Commissioners. She is leaving the Commission but has loved being part of this group and has made so many friends and wanted to say thank you to everyone she has served with. 8.3. Commissioner Bernal a. Commissioner Bernal reported that on April 21st at 6 pm, Awesome Autistic will be holding a community conversation on autism disability & law enforcement with Ogden OPD. This will be a zoom event. She also reported that Davis County will be doing their first pride event on April 23rd. 8.4. Commissioner Harbath a. Commissioner Harbath reported that on April 23rd from 11-4, Audrey will be hosting her “Yart” sale in her yard. There will be several local artists from Ogden. 8.5. Commissioner Szalay a. Commissioner Szalay will be staying on the Commission for another year and hopes to have more activities this year due to Covid slowing down. 9. Public comment: This is an opportunity to address the Commission regarding concerns or ideas on any topic. To be considerate of everyone at this meeting, public comments will need to be submitted electronically, diversity@ogdencity.com or by calling 801-629-8109. Participants are to state their first and last name for the record. Comments will then be submitted for the record. 10. Adjournment ________________________________ 14 July 2022 _________________________ Jeremy Shinoda, Chair Date ________________________________ 14 July 2022 __________________________ CJ Hernandez, Staff Date NEXT REGULAR OGDEN DIVERSITY COMMISSION MEETING WEDNESDAY, May 11, 2022 Virtual Meeting *** Public meetings will be held electronically in accordance with House Bill 5002, Open and Public Meetings Act Amendments, signed into law on June 25, 2020. 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