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. . . Mr. Obie said Mayor had asked him to request that neighborhood groups interested in this problem recommend representatives to the Committee. He had forwarded those names to the Mayor and those had been appointed. He felt that people who are just as concerned about the problem feel the Committee is very adequate, and asked if Mr. Bradley had had negative feedback from the community. Mr. Bradley replied no. Mayor said he felt it appropriate for Councilors to question the appointments, and noted the Committee had been structured pri- marily in the same manner as the last committee, and included basically the same interest groups, with the addition of citizen participants from neighborhood groups. Mr. Hamel noted that any time Mayor had the appointment power for a committee, Councilors had the opportunity to recommend names for Mayor1s appointments. L. Schedule for remainder of meeting--Mayor noted he would be leaving in five minutes. In pursuant discussion, it was determined that Items III, IV, VIII, and IX would be considered. Continuation of discussion of economic development would be scheduled for another meeting. Items V, VI, and VII would be held over to October 26. Mayor Keller left the meeting. President Haws presided for the remainder. III. Affirmative Action Report from Human Rights Council--Memo and report distributed. e Don Chalmers, Youth Commission, made the presentation in place of George Russell, President of the Human Rights Council. He said Council should note that the discussion was regarding the Affirmative Action Report for 1975-76, and there were some very important points to consider. He noted that the report was very much improved over other reports in its clarity, accuracy, and tone. It was a much better written report, with the format more readily understandable. However, he noted there was little or no progress in affirmative action made in the period considered. He cited minority employment in the city as backsliding, and noted this is a concern to the Human Rights Council. He said there were some pieces of information missing, noting Human Rights Council would like to see more information on employment of the aging or handicapped. He felt there should be a way of developing statistics that would allow comparisons in that area, even in the absence of national statistics for comparison. He felt those statistics would be available in the future and it would be prudent to start that process now. In regard to jOb applications, Mr. Chalmers said there was no method of establishing how the City recruits, in terms of drawing people into the recruitment pool. He said data on job applicants is of particular interest to the human rights commissions. It was suggested that a separate annonymous form be attached to the applications to allow the commissions to review who was hired and from what pool they were hired. Such forms could permit relatively easy data tabulation on protected classes each year, thus enabling the City to have a better idea of the success of affirmative action efforts and recruitment. e 10/19/77--5 -,8Cf