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UPI •rr C+ (i ! i P -4 (A to m El 0) R r~ G A K I+ r m ~ a -rtir N ~ (A P) a w a. c ro f°~+ t~.4 E rn 0 (o b y m i 7r G ~ NHqC3~ Qc f°ra+a(D a lr K ~ .°h' c(D eL ~C i ~ o cNtn•~r+ n r~~iln0 w C :M3 dYrY..a j f _E YOUR COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIOW BOARD 1 ANNUAL REPORT 1976 1 l I ~.`A'rr• J ,~cnu:L }$nJ~E nLsnt~ 1 l • J J~'IJ141% !~'pa'rl. I LN 7'~ Scptc:in bur 30 1 977 z i. 1,. Ci ty of Den on IISe fo11ol'I .,S of the end of the year: chOrrran ;'„~iit,. I D1.,•~r vice-chairwoman Dzra secretary I !.i'.' s 4411 lib-;Ll~r Sc1,:1 ton Pendarves Jtl.,,es Hach ray .,1 1 Jv• ,r S aware °atli J. !-1el JrA J s cf am;,1v/nor•t outside the city, Shelton Pendarvos o r:~la c:l sous ,to nave representation at the i ,,i.~ac•.r;s z ti;;rh of the Ci:it3. Ile was asked by mail to I ~.vr ;slr IL ;'ill lticn because of inability to participate. I f~•h.q, J' .'li •1 .1 N141JIe to ccr.t;Lct r,ira, th'a chairman advised the f rl,.,,' L; 'f 'c r. City -zo ruka unothor appointment effective OcLr 'i, 107, vihe.,t his appointment expired. <a ish a ro uciun of mumbers which woulu not leave groups with uneven representation, oV f,1 ca wc -r(; cnoserl by l0 Those with 'Germ of y ~dr'r';cr ordir;!r ir. %,07 uro; Frank Davila, Lillie Dr.il ,!1and Josoph Schumacher; 'in 1978, Shelton Pendarves, u e,:s '<amlror, :,(id Judy Stewart; in 1979, E1neita Dever, Li*;v Pickett, iun(i Dorothy 1-1elbern. r J'.%ci,/ Steuart tr,rid:.r:d her rosignation, effective October ,,;;r wol`, u:; her continuing education prohibited 1 n0 aarv',n(j o4~ it(r 'caul i f IS ,^y C barn a t ;n:.ici;lad to CERB }h or wi 11ii1gness to t ..erve, ~ &s •NJ'J`::sa Lc. vu Or tno black community, w h 0 n a vacancy 0 cc,.rr6d. C,. o; Av" t s t.nd Dr. G. J, Lucchel l i of San j Ai';,1;!';io) wrota 'Jaac Js of recoriofandation in her behalf. 1 v I' titr,r.c'ini cnrar,ittees c'I CC 12t> nacre ostrJlslislted in 1976 with r ,It~C, r re:;; onslblo for a particular area of concern a ' L : V , 1 l U a „i , 1 on of JUStiCo Dorothy 1-101 bui°n f. on •c•`••~' Jusepn Schumacher & Frank Davila t, "lneitr Dever Lillie' Dell Hm)ter & Lupo Pickett r. .i N, c We lvare James Ramirez & Shelton Pendarves FIShal'tol) Pond aI've y R James Ramirez 4b; :a,; or, Judy Stewart R;: p;rt on the I„o;Ak bona in, each area vi 11 form part of this report I . 7-7 ' 1aiHt~r \t 1, 0Rr~ 10-/ 1-/'76 9/30/77 2 h' :i):'t; 'ti;i,CtCd tI1C partt111C 'SCC1'Ctary 0f JYC;` i,'10'.. 1LGfitli to i,sc('.l'tain the lieed of vidi;,l/grain 1.ho bclicvecf disctiIII inuLion { hac oGCUrt"ocli ,?11 LG7.orS SharCd in this task oil a rotating basis, ell e The eoci;auni' y ecir is relations board was asked to revietl the incici:il't ou,!)L to tce City council on September 7, 1976 in 'rrhicl) the cp;,iplainants, Anita Maldonado. and Matilda 5otelo, rnainiaincc tha !)cn'on Ci'cy police officers in answering a burglary r call hwpt'ist Church on August 21, 1976 1, "forraad a bits, opinion thini:ing that since they wore j t'(:x'iGans they a,ero up to no good," and i 2,' the same police officers ti'rere "threatening, rude, and j. deliberately h;,rassing us." 01% the basis of the information provided CUB, it was found that tho incident did not involve racial or' ethnic prejudice, Als to the second point of complainants, CERB found the answering 01. icer did riot candle the situation as profossionally as he 1lunicated to his chief. ~'r.oulc, This was t. p Ill ' s lic: C:.3 recc;ur,.c,idaci to the -GOramuni ty and was to endeavor to information and direction to its leaders and public F .I. i'lays of pm,nozing bitter relation:, among all citizens, l :sp,.ci;.;ly as ti-1;)y Lf'cct racial and ethnic groups, This was not done +.;pecifically to the local police dopartment. Rul_Co ian 6rrL s '.'oscring the scope of CEEB vi er(,; conr'posadI dI, aOI) up, printed, n6 (lis ~r'iuut',r.:G. 'f ha "logo" on the front of tho brochure is the property of CGRL-.lontp I, showin;; lire (in the trpn) growling out of the tri-ethnic roots o'i black, white, and Mexican-American han(ls •7oinccd int-6 one tree trunk, Some of the brochures waro dIStrihul;c:d around tho city in aroas where the public gathors, such -is thj i'l Stomp U.1 fico, lnterraci'la Foliowship GathorIng, Citii the rest are in the office of CCRB in the Stone" # ,s Bldg. .lltl R Yl;rj.iCiI . lt,;;concel•n was to d~.terminc: the meaning and scope of this , co 11.1 6t; s0 it wac; d,: 411 nod that there was a need to better E 1 ,rn4 s' a.:d i1 a lo ~ chct pilblic schools wore pla,yinl} -in t he i S0,) -)oSluIva I,uIat',on9hi1) batwoaiI ethnic grollll9 in Dontori I{ 'io 0 in s O~3ictifcl, intorv'ietirs were scheduled w I L h pr. I rt c,';ca, l,(,,)a:'rintuli(i nt of sch. opls) followad by an intarviow ;,..on Szcc.; ; , 'eau only elected minority school board member, ~ ~r.:,o rrI r0 nu-C:rcoivcci *s presssing needs, they wore u ar'L•LS 0'i Concern and )Cormod part of the interview of the ,c yo•I considur 'to br, tho, major problems that minority th 7•lnipn r'Wbl is schools? 1,; 'j,)~' 4Chooi district doing to a(IdrOS5 t}te5(l concerns? l•';;t' lei i'iii,' i)i:VG `fol., 'Gi,(Cn since assunlin(l (a) the u' 1'lh,',.. li'G +b) schooI board Inelobor4hip with r i I.Uill •U y,l , Colt (lVI•I{... or prugl^ams doer, the school district iiru+l,Li; i;o a(i6'ruSs sU61(I of t1)0 SI)coial n o c d s of minority V k dYYi=,r ;iS\vak. n •r CCRfi Itf'Pl27' 10/1/76 - 9_3Q/!7 3 ii E :'k:J~oI'i':.~•~ a_, iil ingual llduc(tion, distributive education ill'J•:'..,; ii'tU o 1,,`i,) i:cep students ill ,.drool to g,- du,iti('n Cdll:t education progi4allls, and such like, , f. , , , 4 1'„i. S~ l,i..i1, ~S 1r 1^ Ui.CIrSS C{ ill she l ,l tel^Vi(.1 l+S, a 1'Qp0 1 t of the i IW,In9s was 1) ri~ parod rand distributed to boii rd members, Shortly A 1:eroafter It.)'I don Stoc+.cor bras invited to our board meeting for discussion of ties and to furthor onhanro our undarstandinc3 of the role. we might play in working with the school district, Pressing issuo that arose during the year; Incidents occurred in tho spring of 1977 at Strickland Junior High School indicating social unrest, discord, and some problems in the administrativo handling of the matter, { The occurrence of the incident,, wore brought to the attention of the CERS for discussion and for the purpose of detorminincd the levels of awarenoss of board members about the situation. It was then deterwined that one of tho major problems was the lack of accurato information about what was happening. A docision to become involved as a fact-finding team was r„wdc. , Etch C;in" mcm'oor pi.rticipated in identifying key people who needed' to be itto ervie;red if a comprehensive picture was to be obtained about the situation. 4ach board mnilu-ar uccc,ptcld responsibility for Intervievring one or irtor: of che key people concerning the incidents, The chairwoman o•,~ t'nis committee a~,ireed to compile the findings of the intcrvievrs, tie do some background reaearch about the issues, and to write up report for presentation to tho CUB. It was decidod by iiiw bcrship that 'che report be submitted to the city council, to lrhich CER13 is answerable. The city council received and appi^ovod tha report as being within the competency of CERB, CERB a:kod the council for permission to present it to QISO Board so ' j as center into a working acJrocine.nt with that group and its coworkers aS to a solution of those problems reflected. i'n addi'cioil to the level cl' -1 nvolvemont already indicated, 'the ` chz.irioru,n of the;, co„llrittae considers it an important function ,j ! t^ol;l c'i the committee to stay informed about current issues s in %r ,c;, rLIatod to educ;:°cion, to bring these to the attention Cf f.: find 'io prov',da encourngomont to the press - oh;iac .;;1;/ tho cducittion writer in providing good informational an4 invcs2irytive reporting, WI:C )nvostin,~t'-;, and sported to CER13. Mr. Luis Gonzalez r, iss c: fr t,'.) C•i'U S ''acts a'n'd Parks Ucpartment. The ~ c ,;zr;,: 4 0. ;ci J ,-crt gene, t;13 imradiate. supervisor, and Der, co,';,,tr•tod by the chr,irlromrin of this committee, The 7,a ~4 ~.;C.1; ',r;.6 tnc, ry or . .4, CO,n?.aIoz in another department • 1i. l cGf.Cl:V^iied SrJI^e' :UGI)L•'1^atiVO~ 'it was i1S'Certrlllled that } ~.r, r.; G~s,a-1 1 from Stroets/Ilarks'Do pa rtment was not :i::tf'i'iC~ id:19, 61,10 of portonalitics, lar.w,:,. ars(ayr jf l j Y ;l if 1 - I ;F. , a0`tT 10/1/76C;ft3 X9/30/77 y +0 lI t;,)c,l:c o ty crllnl e 6 S ''e ^ that it bii iltg ual G oalmi Ss on offs e I'J a, tJ a l noit a ge 1)a i,r er as t h e `'°C ;iwr is i:lso a Its?ed y a. i,a Ilt'I'JI••, for a blllnctual )hrs~ ?,.•,ocliI,IkXJ•`11 Office of OCCC to help .a,a(' i + ~ Itti V•J7 1•11 i• 1'.'lr UalC tii: it !)l is"Ihl?(! it. il~ 114,40 fu to l•e 11i ha sli been Isa 1d TItase rr;lo ! to com;a,:Jvlll:niSpanish cate with itah s a thficJn first t 1 an a unfnudr:egrestnaeneddinag way, bilingual ng nuoalt jpuest a it rson tt'a+nslatorl j Rel _e a_; ,•h and 'col!'; r o locTar paople `have a noisconce.pt'Ion of what this comntitteoIs services LI"O or ought to be, as well as services provided pthis general hoading. For this reason welfare pamentsunder food stamps, and such can be abused. This leads to those who } nov,c the services the most not having them available, I It is hoped that more socii.i 'workers be employed to ascertain re•r,l n,>ods and sea that they are mot, The laws ! taese t:r„nc1os o:: written in such a governing h~ s ca„ esc ;oll,e ci;sr.'^etion in i:hei ca that adepar nd htmont t;il o'r 101 (1 1' J wi cn,ut having their hands so tied U that triey must refuse individuals ,YG a r c & I r, to n ~L. it icr; sari. was oade to Cn on discrimination in the field of hou^inil this past year, Invo,Moative•work should be under- ta,!(c'n to 'rnakc suro none is t' kirl!~ placol I ~I la~u ILLfli:ti0ns ilr(:re mcic!n to the.! 'arks '.find Recreation De a 0 : L J1 C: C l is I J and to the City Council tiro ( par,,men,t -1 ~'c'Iteiitu s'~cLion of the Denton (arks Developmenrtyprogram.be i llcntr:(I before sl.mt: cr, 107 , nanlaly ilirprovctutents and %d ,lk;oort; Park. All those were . ~I•,( latuu'. of sci:+lrcrt'iraci. This is 't!)kon tarn. of by n i r(?a trir'L' a case of 1)r-1oritizill: in u al gas could s unru'Ine cl;,~ I I. o{rrce of'rar.ial/ethnic J cao;JC)at d in OIL issue) 3,? {r,oOnleltt: for stpaco and facilities in the first floor of '7; ulilILi I/L •I ~:1 r'S FI J') liar.: 1.1 ,a the Li I ~I ii l: I a! r'OIBU "iliatih. k, Iros di 1'in , Ia sra not signed by by the landlord ~i'"• 0,.r0 „st,1i, y the contractual parties i l' rlanagcr^, and CERD I10wever 4 u ul II 1. a. i Q StlpUI --6 it(;roement and + it is sns drted 'I! 'ch payment is being ,cr 1, 1771 C;:d?; and • c aA')ravc(1 by the City ,.i;l'Ir'I.'i ilU'ip 'S 4,0 Council for the pit st o; ona hour ))reek) C 11I y,l I,I 4,r.i 4 }I iLe \ , I. , the use of 74GL L t ,lei rl ' aj~d 'iq n i l I a'ly'spaco was not used to fill) Tn:. answering of tho CCRC phone line and ' tl'ct ccosa,l^;,t•,an o'r ci)a socroi.ary with CERa members was done wall, Respectfully submitted by'CRRB III efit bars, -October 23, 1977, w.4ur~. • ,...u.ru.u1.r~ u ' I i 51.4 #i n.},.y. ail k May 25, 1974 TO. Mayor Bill Neu City of Denton Denton, Texas 76201 FRO M Families Unidas de Denton 216 V(. 0ollins Denton, Texas 76201 airs We extend our gratitude for your request of the investigation, I oonduated by Oity Manager Jim White, in response to our oom- plaint concerning Police Officers Moore and Waddill, We also thank rvir. White for the report of his findings, given in council chambers Tueciday last, September 17, 1974. We fully appreciate hie efforts during the investigation for we realize that his position allows little time in his daily schedule for matters of this kind. We believe it was hie best effort as afforded in }11.8 ' day to day activities that are so important in keeping abreast of city matters. b As to his .findings. Although we thoroughly agree with Mr. White that racial disoriminati,on is not, nor can be, poliue department 1 policy, we respectfully take exoeption to any blanket statement i that even implies that there is no racial discrimination to be found in actions by our police department as concerns the MexioaA- t` American community. Pertaining to the formulation of a committee to study the com- munioati've ehortouminga between the Mexioan-Amerioan community j and our police department and thus better those lines of oommuni. ontione between both groups, we offer our applause and ainoe'rest appreciation. We shall remain in close contact with Mr. White in order that this proposition takes form at the earliest possible date. Again, our 8inoers Thanks, l+'ami as Unidas/ddo ,Denton B. L. (Popo) Gonzalez Preaident E10/ jer 3Y? s l ?v cos 'Tim White w `'App'r ix f j t J MEMORANDUM T0: Jim White, City Manager FROM: Karen Anderson, Administrative Secretary SUBJECT: Meeting of August 20, 1974 - Noon DATE: August 21, 1974 Presents Jim White, Karen Anderson, Popo Gonzalez, Jesus j Noriega, and Julian Rodriguez i Discussions (Jim to Popo) I am going to ask some of the things again that might be part of the problem. if I am repetitious, it is for the record., j Questions (Jim to Popo) Tell me how the Police Department is harassing the Latin American people. Popo: Prior to the dance, they (Police Department) had picked up at least 25 aliens two weeks before the dance. Fifteen were picked up a week before the dance - 10 were picked up the week before that. I believe this is why they (Police) were at the j dance. Questions (Jim to Popo) Do you feel that people were being harassed prior to that incident? 1 Popo: Yes. The first one was some construction workers from Fort Wnrf h wrnr^ stopped on I-35 by the Denton Polio: Dep.irtment, ThFy werai asked "...are you wotbacks?" "no".... police lined thew. up along the car, one man slipped - they said he was trying to run so they kicked him in the butt. REFERENCES Juan Magana - Briarcliff address J Jesuss If, for example, we were actually to look into incidents of this nature, I am positive we could come up with many. I have not been in Denton that long. r Conversations If we talk3d with others and said ...have incidents r of harassement and brutality occurred? Answer would be yes. t JuliEans I would like to qualify the question of this Police De i partment... not trying to indict whole department.... there are a t few good Policemen - some are profe4.,ional and nice. same P names keep coming up, complaint is against certain individuals. Proof is difficult as names are hard to obtain. j k9Yi>nu ; fSi9Yt4' j Page 2 Aug. 20, 1974 meeting 'i Jima This may be taking on a different tone. We might need to E redirect our ideas and approach. (Explanation of Police Depart- ment as under Civil Service)...we have to document (incidents).. and take to Civil Service Commission - then action is taken. Popo; (,Incident of Ramon Guerra) Employed at Jay's Upholstery ...he was stopped on McKinney Street two blocks from his house. 1 ...asked for Driver's License... Police asked "Weren't you picked s up before on DWI?.." Answer: "yes...." "you just shut-up and come along with us..." Sammie Smith pulled his gun on the man. f They took him in and inside the cell he was held and hit 2 times in the face and 2 times on the body. He was handcuffed to leg c, of bench and left all night long. Jim: Was it ever determined why he. was taken in? i Popo: No... he was hit because they said he was being smart. 1 Jim: Do you know who the officers were who hit him? Popo: No, but he said he could recognize their faces. Juliano (Subject - dance) I have never been so angry in my life. had a hard time controlling myself. I come from corpus Christi where half of the force is Mexican - no trouble like this. Jim: (to Popo) Do you feel that you have been harassed your- self* Popos Yes, two times. (first incident mentioned) When the plastic bags system was started...I put all the trash out by the j curb.. tl:is was Sunday. Next day Uland came up and said did you have N U-Hall truck yesterday?..." "I said yes...I got it across the street from the U;Hall place..." Uland said,".. aren't they c-osed on Sunday.." Popo said, "yes, but I got it on Friday or Saturday - I realized what he meant..." Uland said, "did you take some trash on Sunday and put it near Ft. Worth Drive?" Popo said, "yes..." he said trash was too close to the curb. - can you imagine? ...he made me move the whole trash about five feet from original place. Incident - Jessie Los. I was going to Barber School at the time. (Jessie Lee worked for me) He bought a rape machine. The guy that he bought the i tape deck from was arrested. They asked him where was the tape deck. He told thern that Jessie Lee who works for Popo bought it. They come ask me if S bought a hot tape deck. I said no. Jessie Lee gives them a reoaipt. The next day I was driving down Carroll Boulevard and three detectives started following me. Sgt. West was among them. He hit me with his finger on my chest.. "...You lied to me..." he said. I talked to Chief Autrey...he said officer was doing his duty, West was there when Ramon was being hit - Anglo policemen did the hitting. 1!!!! Jim: Have you over been arrested? j Popo: No...well, maybe yes - I don't know. About 10 years ago u'% P!AiiFr~ ~ Y, ~p• j i% Page 3 Aug. 20, 1974 meeting Prrn°.rr there was a hassle where I worked before - Joe Medina was kicked x out... the owner of the shop asked me to take over. Medina came over to the shop and said that I threw him out of the shop. I carried him bearhug kind of out of the shop. Medina goes to Lawhon... I paid $25 for taking the law into my own hands. 1 Jim; IL was no(i th!,, Police Department then but 2 or 3 indivi- duals in the Department? ' Popo: Yes West: and Moore. i Jim: Is Uland txying to harass Mexican Americans because of race? Would you consider him one who harasses? Popo: No, I do not think that I would say that about Uland. i He's picked on others besides Mexican-Americans. 4 Martinez Xncidentt (motorcycle involved) 1105 Sierra. 4 UlanU came over and talked to Martinez boy - searched him and manhandled him. Mrs. Martinez has talked to lawyer.. 5 .rim: (to Popo) You made the statement at the City Council t meeting the other night that you read of a Policeman being shot q and that it made you feel good. no you still condemn the entire Department for the actions of one o ortwo? Popot No, that particular time it was the way I felt. I was going to resign from everything... the Traffic Safety Committee Familias Unidas, Hairdresser's Assooiation....everything because of this incident. Jesusi I think that we have found that this is 2 or 3 officers - it shows that you, the City Council, and Chief Autrey are the responsible people...I do not think that you can accept harassement one or two times a year. Jesusi There is no doubt in my mind - we do abide by the law, but it does not mean that we are 100% behind City Hall, Julian: .,.There is a lack of a system of grievance. If a citizen has a legitimate complaint - he deserves more than p "well, };e just must have had a reason..." j Jesust This is one of the things we are trying to eliminate... this is purpose of looking out for Mexican-Americans and others who need help, Denton is growing. This can stop its growth. ' y If we can get out of harassement - we will have the best town. 4 Juliani We want a fine Police Department we can be proud of, Jimi (to Julian) Have you been harassed by the Police Dept.? Have you been give:► a traffic ticket? Ju.liant No, I have not been stopped by the officers here ra- ' port has been good. Y ~.QLii9+:f y i i' r,;,... Page 4 Aug. 20, 1974 meeting it I j Jesus: No harras*ment. I was given a DWI 2 years ago. T was kept ove'night. 3verything was fine...they were nice... 'J Jim: were you abused physically or verbally? Jesust No, I wa:; not. 1 Jim: Let me ask you siomethinq. If you looked into it, you said you would find situations of harassement. Do you think that these incidents would lead you to the 2 or 3 individuals? Popo: I think that it would fall back to three or four. Jim: We had, up to a few years ago, ,d Latin American families. According to Border Patrol - this area is a central place for aliens ...lots of heat on local Police Departments. With this l new type of influence on Denton... you can't help but cause com- munication problems. t is Julian: We can understand the problem - T do not mind being asked for identification. I do not like to be asked for a birth certificate...I do not like being asked if T am a wetback. E Jim: In the people that you know who are relative newcomers (four - five years) there seems to be a good number who do not i speak ,English. Is that right? Popot yea Jesuav There should be some kind of training for officers.,. everything falls back to you. Training would solve the pro- blem. Popos My people do not understand the law - they do not know what the Police can and cannot do. Commentst Communications seems to be a problem...Language is important.... nobody understands the law fully. f Jimt What would be the reaction to periodically if the Police Department and Piro Department put on programs with Familias Unidas to help the Mexican Americans to understand City govern- ment, Juli;ant We do want to feel that the Police Department is our I friend. Popos We do not Kato Policemen. I have a brother on a Police foroe..., also a nophew. Jesust It seems to me that Autrey saying "...the Mexicans were al.1 drunk..." it just comes back to your probing of Popo's i remark... we do not like the fact that reVereneo was made to all Mexican-Americans at the dance as being drunk and disorderly. Popot Was Moore violating his duty when his girlfriend came by and talked with him? ~ i aA9-RrrY t ~(lt tcv~n:* p~Yi.. wane IM6y1 ' 7 Page 5 Aug. 20, 1979 meeting 4 Jimt Probably had we not hart this occurvance - nothing would have come of it. a Pope: He was there with his girlfriend so it could not have be9n a disorderly dance. Julian: (dance) it got to the point where we must get in touch with somebody... could not get in touch with first person...l called Judge scoffield. T believe the Judge told him to stop harassing us. lie (Judge Scoffield) took our word for it. Moore and Waddill tried to qualify (situation)... said they were doing duty... we cut it short... they were leaving the parking lot +yt r when the shooting oocurred. They didn't even stop. What a better report to "get back at the Judge". The shooting hid no- thing to do with the trouble earlier... Shooters would have done 1! what they did anyway... } End of meeting. 1 I ( ~ ~J M~?rte, `i~ i MVI W;h x`17' 1 Y rr ii !I i~ MINUTES OF COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD Special Meeting July 3, 1975 1 ti m Special Meeting of the Community Ethnic Relations Board at 12;00 noon in the Conference Room of the City Manager's Office. Leo Estrada, PRESENT; Members Julian Rodriguez, Gloria Pruett, k Bertrand Bailey, Mrs. R.M. Hunter, Shelton Pendarves, Bruce Sweatman. STAFF; Jim White, City Manager; King Cole, Administrative Assistant i ALSO PRESENT: Tracy Mesler, Denton Enterprise; Kerry Gunnels, j Denton Record Chronicle Jim White, acting as temporary Chairman, called the meeting to order and briefed the Board.on the contents of the ordinance creating the Board. j After this briefing, Jim White called for nominations for the position of Chairman of the Board. Leo Estrada nominated Julian Rodriguez. Shelton Penda;~ nominated Mrs. R,M. Hunter. Motion was made by Gloria Pruett to cease nominations. On the vote, Julian Rodriguez received. four (4) votes and Mrs. R.M. Hunter received two (2) votes. Julian Rodriguez was elected Chairman. Julian Rodriguez then called for nominations for the posi- tion of dice-Chairman: Shelton Pendarves was nominated by Bertrand Bailey and seconded bqq Leo Estrada. Gloria Pruett then moved that Pendarveo be elected by acclamation. The motion was seconded by Bailey; all voted aye, Shelton Pendarves was elected Vice-Chairman. Julian Rodriguez then called for nominations for the position nominated by Leo Estrada was of secretary, Gloria Pruett to be elcted by acclamation, seconded by Bailey. All voted aye. Gloria Pruett was elected secretary. The Hoard then had an oven discussion to select a meeting time, It was.decided bytihe Board that they would meet the second Tuesday of each month at 7;00 p,m. With no further business to discuss, there was a motion by Pruett, seconded by Bailey that the meeting be adjourned. All voted aye. MINUTES COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD July 7, 1975 i } Regular meeting of the CERB, Tuesday, July 8, 1975, at 7;00 p.m. PRESENT; Members Rodriguez, Pendarves, Hunter, Schumacher, Pruett, Estrada, Sweatmon, Bailey, ABSENT: Member Stewart y f ALSO ATTENDING; Jim White, King Cole, Kerry runnels, Tracy Mesler, Elisa Conzales from Las Familias Unidas The minutes from the previous meeting required the following corrections: The spelling of Bruce Sweatman should have been Sweatmon. The nomination for Chairman should have read that Shelton Pendarves was nominated by Mrs, R.M. Hunter and that Shelton Pendarves received two votes, After these corrections, Julian Rodriguez moved that the minutes be approved; Gloria Pruett seconded, all voted aye. Julian Rodriguez presented the Board a copy of the Jaycee Community Survey and explained that he felt it was not pertinent to their needs. The Board then discussed the possibility of devel- oping their own questionnaire, but agreed that it was premature at this point. The hoard then went from member to member asking for personal opinions as to how each member perceived the purpose of the Board. During the course of this discussion, Jim White was asked to give a short history of the origin of the Board. After further discussion it was suggested by Leo Estrada that a short course in Denton ~a local government would be appropriate: Next Bertrand Bailey asked about some specific areas of the ordi- nance, Jim White responded to these questions, With no further business to conduct, there was a motion by Estrada, seconded by Schumacher, that the meeting be adjourned. 1 All voted aye 'A y.'-7Nrk IIA5421 Notes on Meeting July 8, 1975 Board members attending; r I Julian Rodriguez, Gloria Pruett r Lillie Hunter, Father Schumacher, Shelton Pendarves, Bruce Sweatman, and Leo Estrada, Jim White and King Cole of the City of Denton, + This meeting was designed to determine the goals of the CERB members and to discuss ways to reach the minority members in the s community, 1 It was recommended that Jim White, City Manager, give the .4 CERB members an informative talk at the next meeting, Monday, July 14, 1975 on the structure of the City of Denton and how it operates, Board members were asked to give their ideas of the goals of the CERB , s ; r ! 01-6ria Pruett, We must go to the people, We must seek Citizen Input to determine where the racial problems are in Denton and see what the people perceive the problems to be, We cannot sit back and wait for the people, we must go to them, Father Schumachers He suggested that we get speakers from schools, churches, ethnic groups Co get citizen input, also, Leo Estrada; He suggested that we have a working knowledge of the City Government, He suggested that we be more knowledgeable about City Planning and that planning be made with more input from the minority factions before important decisions are made, [1 IJ:ES 1 l,Ir Y4 ~.l1 2 3 d He also said If this committee is to have any credibility, we ' must go out into the community". "lie must show them we are con. F` cerned enough,-,and move our meetings into the various segments of the City," He suggested a method whereby citizens could call the CEEB directly when they felt they had a problem, The complaints could then be forwarded to the proper authorities with a follow up by E 1~ the Board to see if any remedial action was taken, CERB should work closely with the media. Estrada folt that the problem of the police and minorities was partly real and partly perceived, It was suggested that the police dept. might take a closer look at j its attitudes, they might' learn simple commands in Spanish and be more aware of cultural differences, Shelton Pendarves: He agreed that the CERB needed 'to go into the' community, to the neighborhoods, churches, organizations for Citizen 1 Input, There is a definite need for more minority representation on'the various City Boardsand Comma l saiens, as well as in employment / by the city, I He rtr an B ai le Ys suggested a Community Survey, identification of the problems, and additional Citizen Input, Julian Rodriguezs lie reiterated the fact that we cannot become involved in judgment cases, It is our responsibility to the City of Denton to advise them of the problems involving minorities and make recommendations to the City Council, i` Survey: to include questions about election and representation in i~ City elections, Ii 1 Tentative meetings by CERB: s' July 14 - Curios Lesson, Jim Waite, City Manag6j August 12- Meeting in S.E. Denton t~ a August--- Meeting with Denton Police Chief Sept. Meeting with Father Schumacher Mexican American Community r' Oct. Meeting in North Denton Nov, Meeting with Church Lenders Study of Hiring Practices in the City of Denton. ; a I~ arm:~,~ k ,l jr 1I s ~i p,,af~t, nI MINUTES COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD July 14, 1975 Regular meeting of the Community Ethnic Relations Board, City of Denton, Texas, July 14, 1975: PRESENT: All members t ABSENT: None ALSO PRESENT; King Cole, Jim White Julian Rodriguez called the meeting to order and asked City Manager, Jim White, to give the Boord a short civics lesson on the or anization of Denton city government and the'Council/Mgr, form or governmentf After Mr. White's presentation, the Board was given an opportunity to ask questions, i With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned. i y yyy`R.6eflF 1 11 z R , f MINUTES OF THE COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD IIEETING AMERICAN LEGION HALL, SOUTHEAST DENTON August. 12, 1975 $ 7030 p.m. 4110 } Members Present: Judy Stewart, Shelton Pendarves, Lilly Hunter, Ju_Mnn Ro'criguez, Bruce Sweatmon, Gloria Pruett, Leo Estrada 1 Others Present: Jack Owen, Asst. City Manager; King Cole, Ad- ministrative Assistant The meeting convened at 8:15 p.m. a The Board conducted a public hearing regarding certain incidents in Fred Moore Park, After numerous people were given the opportunity to speak, it , was announced that the Board would begin to develop their findingA and that these findings would be announced to the City of Denton f City Council and the public, i With no further buniness to conduct, the meeting was adjourned ' at 9;45 p.m. F ' yy f Fr v~ I t11SWM rnY.. S 1 y kv 11 y ~ d Notes on first neighborhood meeting held at American Legion Ball tn, SOuthE,ast `%~7-nton; ,Mwltl,*~t '12i 1975, i• Board members attending; Julian Rodriguez, Bruce Sweatmon, Shelton j Pendarves, Lillie Hunter., Judy Stewart, Leo Estrada, and Gloria Pruett, Shelton Pendarves acted as moderator, There were approximately 25 E to 30 persons, including Pat Cheek on the'Parks and Recreation Board and Tom Jester, Mayor of Denton, II The speakers included Rev, Jamison, Carl Young, Fred Washington, 1 Noble Holland, Mr, Johnson, post office worker, Louise Mitchell, Jack Owen, Brother Bowens, Mrs, Johnny Cole, Arthur Page, Joann Love, William Goodnex, Rev. Jamison charged that there was a general lack of communication between the whites and blacks in the community, He believes that dir. Houston was the scapegoat for the Fred Moore incident, and that he was no more to blame for what happened than others there but he was the,only one charged.and that these charges should be dropped, Carl Young charged that the City know that this incident could happen, i He felt that more activities involving the whole community should be organized, He suggested tht:c tna City finance $200 needed to sponsor }1 a concert after a City Wide baseball game, with policemen and firemen 7`s playing, He suggested a pamphlet on the Board members to introduce them to the Citizens of bentori, 1' 1 Fred-Waghington suggested historical markers for SouthFast Denton commommorating those Black Leaders in Denton and sites in Denton of importance to SE Denton residents, a , i I F11 Noble Holland he said that the baseball field was really in the wrong location because of the churches and cemetery. He had noted beer bottles on graves and disrespect shown to the graves 1 and churches, He said a new location for a baseball field had been i „ f promised to residents of SE Denton 3 years ago but it had riot been seen yet, Loui M• trhe.ll and ',1r, Johnson also agreed that the baseball field caused extra cars, etc, to come to the park, She mentioned that Shepherd Park had no recreation equipment on it and could help take some of the traffic away from Fred Moore if it had recreational ;k material on it, Carl Young, suggested a fence to be erected around the cemetery and that no parking signs be placed around the park where needed, Jack Owen said that Mack Park was City Owned, Shepherd Park was on ? a short term lease agreement, however monies are appropriated in the 2,8 million Bond Proposal to purchase the Shepherd Park area, ¢ Fencing is also included in the recommendations, Brother Bowens said that "No Respect" is the problem, not the location of the park, He said Whites or Blacks have not been taught their history correctly, He resented that i:edern.l. money was coming into 3 r ~ the community and that none of it was being spent in SE Denton, Mrs, Cole recommended that there be more Black representation when decisions are being made about SE Denton such as Parks, Streets, etc, The needs of SE Denton are being determined by people who do not c live there, The question of why there are not any Black policemen or fireman 4. .{jQ(7aRVW: I 1 I! t • 1 I y 3 f hired by the City of Denton was r ~ a;lsed by Rey Jamison, aoAnn hove, TIM student recommended] creation. of new office c Assistant to P&,R Dept from an 'ethnic roue 2. Police Officer - Black to be assigned to the g l~ he Fred Moore Park ~ area, 3. Fencing, r.estrooma, waterfaucet, and more f equipment for the Fred Moore Park, j Noble Holland asked if bond issue r passes can permanent restrooms be assured for Fred Moore park? Police Officers should be Peace Officers not Harrassment Officers, Police Officers don't have to be members of ethnic group, just be i a.Human Being, Mrs, Cole asked that a SLOW CHTLDRBN sign was needed for this area, fi ~II Major problems in SE Dentont Parka, Police Relations, Pair Share of City Maintenance 4=, j d hL~ v AiQS.YX Y k .la ♦ Slz r) MINUTES i COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD b November 17, 1975 7:30 p.m. PRESENT: Members Sweatmon, Stewart, Pruetc, Pendarves, Rodriguez, Hunter, Davila s MEMBERS ABSENT: Schumacher, Bailey ALSO PRESENT: Jim White, King Cole The meeting was opened and Bruce Sweatmon suggested that all public hearings be postponed until such time as the Board was prepared with more accurate facts. Sweatmon then suggested that the next meeting be held on December 1. He further suggested that the purpose of this meeting should be to educate the Board, It was then suggested by City Manager, Jim White, that there was a need for outside professional help such as someone working in social programs in one of the federal agencies. It was further suggested that a member of the Trt-Ethnic Committee of the City of Dallas might be appropriate. Judy Stewart stated that Dr. Devers of NTSU, who has worked wi:,'1 the Dallas Police Department on social problems, might be willing to talk to members of our police department. The Board then asked City Manager Jim White to trq and get an individual, from one of the above sources to attend the December 1 meeting, With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p,m. i ~ 1 . A, s ddµ'V-✓ A+t6*ac i r s el` '~s rr,v iYr?a •,'1 MINUTES F~ COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD December 1, 1975 PRESENT; Members Rodriguez, Pruett, Sweatmon, Davila, Pendarves, Schummacher ABSENT: Members Hunter, Stewart, Bailey OTHERS PRESENT, Richard Tankerson, Equal Employment Opportunity, Corps of Engineers; King Cole, Asst, tothe City Manager y 14r, Richard Tankerson, at our request, appeared before the Board to discuss directions for human relations commissions. Mr. Tankerson indicated that the first atep should be for the Board to define itself or establish its parameters and then put this on paper and stick to the definition and parameters, i Mr. Tankerson, next stated that the Board needed a financial allocation so that they could hire their own investigatory staff. He said that this was essential even if it was only one person. ` Next Mr, Tankerson recommended that the Board correspond with their sister organizations in Dallas and Ft.. Worth, and especially Beaumont and Port Arthur, as they have done excellent work in human relations. F With no further business to conduct, the Board set their next meeting for Tuesday, December 16th; then adjourned, i I, i r i (9 1 I~, J I f 1 L COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD MINUTES i r MAY 110 1976 Regular meeting of the Community Ethnic Relations Board on Tuesday, May 11, 1976 at 7:30 p.m, in the City Manager's Conference Room. MEMBERS PRESENT: Julian Rodriquez, Judy Stewart, Elneita Dever, Frank Davila E MEMBERS ABSENT: Joe Schumacher, Gloria Pruett, Shelton Penaarves, Bruce Sweatmon, L'11y Hunter 1 The Board considered a draft annual report written by Julian Rodriguez. The report contaloed several goals: "s 1. Removal of the self-destruct clause 2. Have an operating budget to provide for office supplies and permanent staff ; 3. Communication with the citizenry via pamphlets, brochure, bank statements, etc, 4. Set up proper channels for routing complaints. Permanent staff - one person of secretary/receptionist stature with the necessary office supplies and equipment., j E r } s , r t# 04 n.... COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD MINUTES MAY 26, 1976 MEMBERS PRESENT: Julian Rodriguez, Elneita Dever, Frank Davila, Judy Stewart, Shelton Pendarves OTHERS PRESENT: King Cole, Assistant to the City Manager, Tom Hart, Administrative Aide Judy Stewart reported that DCCC was willing to work with the Community Ethnic Relations Board in providing full time coverage at their office at a full cost of $3600 per year Julian Rodriguez goes before the City Council on June 16 to present the budget and annual report. r 1 t I~ J i . 1 R , K if S, a COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD MINUTES JULY 13, 1976 Members present: Frank Davila, Gloria Pruett, Shelton Pendarves, Julian Rodriguez, Father Joe Schumacher Others present: Tom Hart Members absent:. Elneita Dever, Lillie Hunter, Mrs. Judy Stewart, Brucr, Sweatmon 1 is The meeting opened with a discussion of election of officers for the coming year. Julian Rodriguez tLen opened the floor for nominations. Frank Davila was nominated, but declined for reasons of time and prior commit- ments, Gloria Pruett than nominated Judy Stewart. Father Schumacher and Julian Rodriguez d seconded, Judy Stewart was elected by acclamation. Shelton Pendarves then nominated Elneita Dever for Vice President. Julian Rodriguez f seconded. Elneita Dever was elected by acclamation. • Discussion of the coming budget year consisted of bringng Father Schumacher up to date on the Board's budget request and in discussing Board replacements. Four Board Members: Bruce Sweatmon, Julian Rodriguez, Shelton Pendarves and Gloria Pruett wished to be replaced for the coming year for various reasons. The t Board decided to prepare a list of names to submit to the Council as recommendations i for replacement of Board Members. With business completed, the meeting adjourned at 6:45 p,m. ecretary t a rman n I d COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD MINUTES AUGUST 11, 1976 j Members present: Stewart, Dever, Ramirez, Hunter, Welborn, Pendarves, Pickett, Schumacher Members absent: Davila Others present: Tom Hart _ i'. The meeting opened with the introduction of all members. The Board then discussed the purpose of the Board, its past history and plans for the future. A discussion then followed with members deciding on which subcommittee they would like to serve. They are as follows: Recreation Judy Stewart Q. Education Elneita Dever Health & Welfare Shelton Pendarves, James Ramirez Housing Shelton Pendarves, James Ramirez Employment Lupe Pickett, Lillie Hunter Communications Father Joe Shumacher, Judy Stewart > Admin.of Justice Dorothy Welborn Father Schumacher asked fora report from several of the subcommittees at = the next meeting, Those to be reported on will be Recreation, Employment, Adminis- i tration of Justice and Communications, v The Board discussed and approved changing their meeting time to the fourth , Wednesday of the month. Judy Stewart next discussed the Bylaws and opened the meeting up for dis- cussion of a set of skeleton Bylaws she had prepared. ;r The Board then discussed and decided when their terms would expire, being contingent on Council approval. The following terms were chosen; Judy Stewart September 30, 1978 Lupo Pickett " " 1979 i Elneita Dever " it 1979 t, Shelton Pendarves " " 1978 Dorothy Welborn " It 1979 Lillie Hunter 1977 Father Shumacher 1977 James Ramirez 1978 Frank Davila 1977 With business completed, the meeting adjourned at 9,00 p.m. acre ary P - „ Chairman s COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD MINUTES SEPTEMBER 22, 1976 } MEMBERS PRESENT: Stewart, Schumacher, Davila, Dever, Pickett, Hunter, Welborn, Ramirez MEMBERS ABSENT: Pendarves OTHERS PRESENT: King Cole, Assistant to the City Manager; Tom Hart, Administrative Aide ~i The meeting opened with a discussion of the Maldonado and Sotelo P incident that was referred to the Board by the City Council. The Board then heard from the complaintants and asked them questions concerning the incident. Stewart then moved the minutes be approved as written. 'Dever seconded and the Board voted 8-0 in favor. 3 Next, the brochure was discussed and how it could best be publicized. Next, it was decided that Davila would replace Stewart on the Communications Subcommittee. The Board then closed the meeting after deciding to meet the following Monday, September 270 1976, to continue discussion of the Maldonado and Sotelo incident. i WRETARY CHAIRMAN N i , A ;l COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD MINUTESC i .i I ,I y 1 j 1 ~~maMd 1 TWO If COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD MINUTES SEPTEMBER 27, 1976 j~ j Due to the agenda not being known until after the 72 hour limit was past for posting notice, this was an Emergency Called Meeting. MEMBERS PRESENT: Stewart, Dever, Ramirez, Hunter, Welborn, Pickett, Schumacher, Davila MEMBERS ABSENT: Pendarves OTHERS PRESENT: Jim White, City Manager; King Cole, Assistant to the City Manager; Tow Harts Administrative Aide i r The meeting consisted of a discussion between the Board and the City Manager, Jim White, on the Maldonado and Sotelo incident. After discussion with Mr. White, the Board prepared a statement and decided to present its findings to the City Council at their regular meeting on October 5, 1976. The statement is as follows: "The Community Ethnic Relations Board was asked to review the incident brought to the City Council on September 7, 1976 In which the complainants, Anita Maldonado and Matilda Sotelo,' main- tained the Denton City police officers in answering a burglary { tali at Northside Baptist Church on August 21, 1976 j I . "formed a bias opinion thinking that since they were Mexicans, they were up to no good," and 2, the same police officers were "threatening, rude, and deliberately harassing us." On the basis of the information provided CERB, we do not find' that the incident involved racial or ethnic prejudice. As to the second point of complainants, CERB finds the answer- ing officer did not handle the situation as professionally as he r should, The Community Ethnic Relations Board will recommend to the community and seek to provide information and direction to its leaders and public employees ways of promoting better relations among all citizens, especially as they affect racial and ethnic groups. With no further business, the meeting adjourned, SECRETARY i I CHAIRMAN I i -h v CMINUTES COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD s OCTOBER 27, 1976 1 la, Schumacher, Welbarn> Pickett, t MEMBERS PRESENT: StewartRamire Deverp MEMBERS ABSENT: Hunter, Pendarves OTHERS PRESENT: Hart, Kutsky The meeting opened with a review of the minutes of the September 22nd that these ! and 7th hbemeeting accepted. The nmotio was approved by accdlamation. moved and Ramirez ` minu i the of are toabesput one theaNovemberh9theCounc~ldagenda. Hart then h reported o 75-13. changes The 1976-77 CERB Budget was discussed. It was decided that the Board sec in han would have thItrwasnfuphone rtherinstalled discussedfhaving therCityybilledefor thed1ing CERB cal Is. l employee cost and telephone cost. Davila then reported that there had not been any calls to the CERB for this month. Schumacher then asked for ea'forhiserrds,out his name, address and ~ff occupation on a piece of paper ce1ved o Reports were then ro a ion ofJusticeo1and following Recreation, Employment, Administr Schumacher asked the Education Committee to prepare a report for Next, meeting would be held on its.next meeting. It was decided that the next , Novmeber 17th due to Thanksgiving the following week. ' With business completed the meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. { 44 E R j i I R ~l fV ' J\TJ t4rf 1d19A>'Fl 1 i~ RV r it ll l 00.)WNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD MINUTPS j OCTOBER 27, 1976 MEMBERS PRESENT: Davila, Dever, Pickett, Ramirez, Stewart, ~ 30humacher, Welborn. MEIZERS ABSENT: Hunter, Pendarves i ' OTHERS PRESENT: Tom Hart - Administrative Aide r, } Diana Kutsky - Reporter, Denton Record Chroat, The regular monthly meeting of the Community EtImio Relations Board was called to order by the Seoretary, Frank Davila, at k 7:45 P.M. The minutes of the previous meetings were read and J approved. At thin point, Joc.Sohumaoher, oha,irporsonx, took over the meeting. i With regard to the status of Ordinance 75-13, Tom Hurt suggested f that request for amendment of said ordnance bo placed on the I November 9, 1976,,:.City Oounoil agenda. The Board concurred r,nd some members agreed to be present at that council meeting at 7:00 P. AI, Father Joe Schumacher reeormaended that Board ask City Council that Bi-lingual g oloricn.l. sup r t Diana po~ Garcia) be sent directly # to Community Sorvioes, Ino, rather than to Diana Garcia. Also that Diana Garcia receive minutes to maintain bettor communications. ~ The services provided by the Interagency Center and the monies provided for those services were futhor discussed. Decision was made to establish a phone line designated for O)13, mom Hart to take care of installation. Personal data of Board members was updated. Reoroation~Report: Judy Stewart. Gave Board Park &Rcoroation t Bond Fund Ilan usa€e as approved by City Council on OCT 12, 1976, # Informed CERD about the re-ourfaoin& of tonttio eourtn, and headod disououion pertaining to P & R plans and conctruotion iteme. F E Employment Report: Lupo Piokott. Precontod to CI3RI3 findittrs on employment problems onoountered by Lain Gouzo,lcz, employed by Stroot & Brid,eo Dep't.:, City of Denton. Lupo wan to talk to 1 dept, sup't. and pursue fdr, Gonzalozt s qualifications and chances of row-hiring. I Administration of J'usticot Dorothy Volborn, Yentioned Civil Sorvico examo and need for iainorit~o,s -to apply, aut;gcsto0 that' Robbie Robinson pronant to CE WD police trnininp prooodurea in crisis oituations. Discussed follow-up 'aotions on Haldonado 8otelo and other oommunity actions rolatcd to 0};RI3. To check with Chief Autry on of1ioerI s por 'onim,noc. i y, rM/eat ,If } ,x II 1 Communications: ~ehumaoher. Suc~(;ested that Board members a names be left 4 brochure; print between 10,000 & r -Davila and Schtunacher to worlc on lay 15,000. ..out and distribution. i MOTIONS Elneita moved that by-laws be Presented to City Council for approval. j SECONDED DY: James Ramirez. With no futher buoineme, the mooting adjourned. Ala rme~. J L 1 { - 1 V+ a~ MINUTES COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD DECEMBER 15, 1976 I MEMBERS PRESENT; Stewart, Davila, Schumacher, Welborn, Pickett, Dever, Hunter j MEMBERS ABSENT: Pendarves, Ramirez OTHERS PRESENT: Hart, Kutsky The meeting opened with the approval of the minutes from the October 270 1976 meeting, Father Schumacher then reported on the installation of the j CERB telephone. The number is 382-7777 _ Next, Robby Robinson, the Chief of Police for NTsu spoke to the Board about "Crisis Interventinn Training" at the Police Academy. He also discussed the "human relations" instructions given the officers in regard to cultural differences, value conflicts, e'.c. Accordingg to Mr, Robinson, the Academy is meeting State requirements as to this type training, but he would like to see even more in the future. t The Board next considered recommendations as to capital improve- ments to present to the Planning Commission, It was decided to recommend that the planned improvements at Fred Moore Park be made as soon as possible. 'i The Board next heard a report concerning the approval of Ordinance 75-13 and then discussed the budget, Reports were then received on Employment and Communication. With business completed, the meeting was adjourned. SECRETARY r MRMAN , ~i { 1 b L MINUTES COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD JANUARY 269 1977 MEMBERS PRESENT: Schumacher, Pickett, Hunter, Devers, Ram' irez eau MEMBERS ASSENT: Pendarves, Welborn, Stewart OTHERS PRESENT: Tom Hart, Administrative Aide, City of Denton j The meeting opened with the approval of the minutes from the December 15, 1976 meeting, Father Schumacher next reported on the recommendations that were made to the Planning Commission at the Capital Improvements Planning Meeting. The Board next considered ways to improve the rough draft of the CERB Brochure, , The Board next agreed on having the February and April meetings at 12:00 noon. f The Board also discussed asking the council to reappoint someone to take Shelton Pendarves' place due to the fact he had been transferred to Houston, Hope fully, the appointment would be made at the second meeting in February. 1 Next the Board discussed a complaint dealing with an alleged employment dis orimination case that a black man named Adam Smith presented to the Board for their consideration. The Board decided that Lillie Hunter should pursue the 3 situation, Next, the Board heard a report from Elneita Dever on ethnic relations in the Denton schools, Tnen, Welton Stoker, a member of the DISO School Board, came in and talkrd with the Board about thds subject. With business concluded, the meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. { ' r: u , ~dTADt--! i i, a. i MINUTES COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD FEBRUARY 23, 1977 3 i i I Regular meeting of the Community Ethnic Relations Board, Wednesday, February 23, 1977 at 12:00 noon at the Ramada Inn. MEMBERS PRESENT: Davila,, Dever, Pickett, Ramirez, Stewart, i Schumacher, Welborn MEMBERS ABSENT: Hunter, Pendarves OTHERS PRESENT: King Cole, Assistant to the City Manager; i Tom Hart, Administrative Aide; Diana Kutsky, Denton Record-Chronicle. j The meeting was called to order by Joe Schumacher, Chairman, Minutes from previous meeting were not available. Information concerning the CERR bruchure was given by Schumacher. Brochure should be ready within the month. Concerning employment, Dever and Stewart presented an employment problem involvingg Ada;; Smith and NTSU. Mr. Smith claimed discrimi- nation in his being discharged from NTSU. Schumacher and Hunter are to check on matter. Dever presenul copies and gave some remarks concerning the educa- tional interviews with Dr. McGee and Welton Stoker. Davila raised i subject of hav)ng bilingual capabilities at both Newton Rayzor and Jefferson Davis elementary schools. Jefferson Davis is only one in the district with capability, Joe Schumacher is to talk with Shelton Pendarves regarding his availability to serve on the CERB. Dever is to present Schumacher with a recommendation to replace Pendarves. - If J Brief discussion followed on possible dates for neignborhood meet ings with community. ` With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:20 p.m, r 3 , i r a ' i ftlSO1F MINUTES { COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD APRIL 27, 1977 r Regular meeting of the Community Ethnic Relations'Board, Wednesday, April 27, 1977 at 1'1.:00 noon at the Holiday Inn. MEMBERS PRESENT: Schumacher, Dever, Stewart, Hunter, Ramirez, Welborn, Pickett MEMBERS ABSENT: Pendarves, Davila OTHERS PRESENT: Toni Hart, Administ-ative Assistant i E,E i The meeting was called to order by Eln'eita Dever shortly after 12:00 noon. Dever started the meeting by stating her concern about the role she felt the CERB should be pursuing. This led the Board into a discussion of .item,no. 4 on the agenda, After much discussion of this item, the Board decided to pursue an active role over the next three (3) months in trying to determine what the problems were at Strick- land Junior High School in regards to racial relations. In'order to do this, the Board decided that the following Board members contact the following staff persons at Strickland Junior High. These assignments were.as follows: Elneita Dever Mr. Carrico James Ramirez - Mr, Wall Judy Stewart Mrs. Jackson Lillie Hunter - Miss Litton Dorothy Welborn - The other counselor Father Schumacher - Dr. McGee Next the Board reviewed the final copy of the Brochure that Father Schumacher had printed. It was reported that 10,000 brochures were 'now ready for distribution. As to item no. i on the agenda, which was the discussion of the procedure for acceptance and investigation of complaints, it was stated that this would be ready sometime in the near future and will then be presented to the Board. R6 the replacement of Pendarves, item no. 3 on the agenda, it was decided that Father Schumacher would write an official letter to Mr. Pendarves asking for his resignation J so that the City Council can appoint a replacement member. With business concluded, the meeting adjourned shortly after 1:00 p,m.. , f i F f . p i is MINUTES l COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD t MAY 18, 1977 j Special called meeting of the City of Denton Community Ethnic Relations Board, Wednesday, May 18, 1977 at 700 p.m. in the Council. Chambers of 1 the Municipal Building, MEMBERS PRESENTi Davila, Dever, Pickett, Ramirez, Stewart r MEMBERS ABSENT, Schumacher, Hunter ( ? OTHERS PRESENTt Tom Hart, Administrative Assistant { The meeting opened with a discussion as to the time and place of the summer meetings. It was decided that the meetings would continue to be held on the fourth (4th) Wednesday of the month at 7130 p.m. at the Municipal Building. The next item on the agenda was a I land Junior High, review of the reports regarding Strick- land followed and it was decided to continue to study the report in greater detail and mail comments to Elneita Dever as soon as possible, In regard to Board member Shelton Pendarvea, it was reported that Father Schumacher was to try to communicate with him b resignation. Y phone to receive his With business Concluded, the meeting adjourned at 9010 p.m, , SECRETARY { CHAIRMAN { k ~ r F I ( i~ T lip ri1N:r.' } Notes of Public Nearing - City Council'Chambers held by request from citizens as a result of incident ~ at Fred Moore Park. Date: July 17, 1975 Place: City Council Chambers Menbers Present: Bruce Sweatman Julian Rodriguez Gloria Pruett Shelton Pendarves Father Schumacher Judy Stewart Also: Jim White, King Cole, Paul Isham, Karen Anderson two reporters, 1 from Denton Record Chronicle, 1 from Denton Enterprise Julian Rodriguez, chairman of CERB opened the public { hearing at 7:24 pm, and recognized the first speaker: Sandra Phillips: ' "Last night in Fred Moore Park at approximately 9:90 p.m., there was a disturbance provoked'by a White male calling a Black male a nigger while the black male, Lonnie ► Jordan was walking through the park on his way home, After insulting Lonnie, the white male started talking about Lonnie's mother. As a result, player no. 8 on the blue and white team threw a rock and someone cut off the lights in the park further provoking a racial disturbance Policemen were called and came, And now, we the Black Community are protesting the conduct of the policemen and visitors in the park. The policemen came and tried to run all of the Black people out of the park. In fact they ordered the Black people out of their park but allowing their white visitors to stay. The Blacks protested against being run out of the park and as a result, policemen and the resident Black youth got into a tussle. + Several Black youth watched the policemen in the park g from the yard of Mrs.. Ruthie Mae Bishop, on private property. Although there was no need, policemen invaded the private prop- arty of Mrs. Ruthie. Mae Bishop in an attempt to arrest her son, Richard Evans, who was sitting on his car, Richard broke and'van around the house while being, pursued by two police officers. The gathered crowd saw the officers then arrest Glenn S, Houston, who was standing in the front of the house laughing at the spectacle. Upon being; pushed on the ground and man-handled by Officer Robert Summers, Glenn was attempting to break his fall whet) the police officers proceeded to drug Glenn by his hair and both arms to ;he patrol car. r _ i i II` ~ay/EV-i OIV:ApY~y r' AAN J~ 2 ; Glenn Stewart Houston was then taken down to the police station where he was verbally abused and threatened by s Officers, West, Crawford and Company. We are here tonight to protest what happened last night in our community. First, we protest the racial bias 1 shown by the officers as they attempted to segregate Fred Moore Park by running the Black people home and allowing the white people to stay. We remember when Blacks were not even allowed in the white parks, but'now the City is attempting to take over what has always been the Black Community s park. Secondly, we protest the invasion of private property and the violation of the Bishop family's constitutional rights, Amendment 4 of the Constitution clearly states that the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, " papers and effects," arinst unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated. Surely this includes a person sitting on his car, looking across the street as was Richard Evans i when he was attacked by the police and his shirt torn off his back. Thirdly, we protest the arrest of an innocent man whose only crime was to laugh at the spectacle created by the i Denton keystone cops as they failed in their attempt to arrest a man for sitting on his own car. Many witnesses sack Glenn Houston being pushed on the ground by policemen although he offered no resistance and assaulted-no one, although given just provocation. Fourth, we protest the abusive language which has become characteristic of the Denton police force when talking to blacks and which emphasizes the low grade mentality which • exists on the police force, We are Black people and not ` r iziggers nor are we s.o.B,'s. We resent this and will not tol- erate it for this exemplifies racist and negative attitudes about Blacks which exist on our police force, ? Furthermore, we demand that; 1. All charges be dropped against Glenn S, Houston, and 2. Apologies be issued by the police department to Mrs. Ruthie Mae Bishop and her son for invasion of her private property and the violation of her constitutional 3 rights and for disturbing the 34 Once again we demand theremoval~of Officer; Westty and Crawford for threatening the life an8 person of j Glenn Houston while behind bars. • 4. We demand a.Grand Jury investigation of the mutter, t "Wpm . (ihr I F,~ eat tttlll tr Y~ . r in addition to the comments submitted on paper above, the following „ i remarks were made by Sandra Phillips; She contended that the Denton Record Chronicle printed a slanted story of the incident at Fred , Moore Park, She also stated that the Black Community was resentful of the attitude of KDNT, the local radio station, She also'contended that apologies needed to be made to the Black Community for the disturbance caused by the City of Denton Police Dept, s' The second sneaker was Rev, Jamison, Minister; Y: 1. He asked that all,charges be dropped against Glenn S, Houston 2, He asked that respect be shown for the cemetery next to Fred Moore Park, The people who use the ballpark throw bottles s and trash in the cemetery end sit on the gravestones and walk on the graves. " 3. Y,.;. asked for an apology fromthe Chief 4f Polio: for the aepar,t- ment'e actions. The third speaker was Carl Young; (Ci+;y of Denton employee) 1. He asked that restroom facilities be left at the park even when , whites are not using the park, He said after softball season the portable restrooms are removed. 2. He.asked that the Recreation Department plan more activities for.the people in Southeast Denton. 3. Keep Parks clean and picked up, 4. Talk to the people in Denton and'get to know them. He suggested 4 that Board members especially talk to the people in SR Denton, 5, He suggested concerts in the Park, with music, etc, Could City j finance? i t fop wan" S f vmasn, ~ I essevice~q y i j Fi~ 4 The 4th speaker was Modesta Mohair, who brought a written message froth Rev, Bertran Bailey, CERB member: "On the agenda for the August schedule at the American Legion Hall it is set up that the CERB Committee will hear information relating to the operation of the Fred Moore Park, especially the baseball field. The Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Denton t should be at this meeting to discuss why so many white teams are playing in that Park and the probability of hiring an ethine assis- tant parks director, If the White folk think that the Black folk are afraid of them with their baseball bats, and guns, because they are over in the park with ut%eles and daddy's on the police force, who will come down at the drop of a tear from some white face, then this is in for history i making, for riots and violence is not immune to this City, This City, ain't no big bad wolf and wolves are dying," THis committee must J move beyond the symptoms and get io the cause, why there is so much Ili strife between Southeast Denton and the police, Surely, everybody's not lying about the police, Surely there are some on the Police force that lie too, The Denton Record Chronicle Newspaper, in my E3 estimation, is not reporting the content of the CERB meetings accurate- j w, lya They are getting soeakers mixed up as well as results," ; The 5th Speaker was Mark Hannah, He was a member of, the softball team which was involved ill the incident at Bred Moore Park, He stated that the softball Association was open to all in the City, Black or Whits,. He pointed out that Denla Park and Fred Moore Park were the only parks designated and kept op as Softball Pnrl~s, ' g i a Y2Lr'8l 5 He further stated that the Park should be considered a public park, not just as a Black Park, He agreed that rocks were thrown, but only after rocks were thrown at him, He was player No, 8, He stated that a few people made the trouble for all the rest, i t:. The 6th speaker was Fred Washington: t He further asked that charges against Glenn Houston be dropped, He asked that a solution be found to the Parks problem, Fred Moore park is aneighborhood park and should not be used by the softball associatiou,' The last speaker was Gus Seligmans He said, games are scheduled at Fred Moore Park because it is only .E one of two we can use, also because it is lighted and can be used for night games, Seligman said that softball officials would rather 4 not use neighborhood parks; but have no choice since Denton has only two softball fields, He agreed that proper respect should be shown for the cemetery, He did not like the expression "our parks i! c ! and ypur parks" because the teams are integrated and the parks should be integrated, too, ~I ( ,a E v ' f f l~ MEMORANDUM TO: Jim White, City Manager FROMt Karen .idersont Administrative Secretary i SUBJECT: Meeti,,c, )f August 22, 1974 DAT2: August 26, 1974 Present: Jim White, Karen Anderson, and Gabino Sotello j 3 Jim: Have you ever been arrested by the Denton Police Dept.? ti Gabino: No, J: You have never personally been handled by them? G: No. J: Dn you think that there is harassment of the Latin American community? j G: Yes, there iii. - 1' f Ji Before we get that far, do you think that there was some before the dance? t G: I know of poople who have bsen harassed. There was one guy, I don't remember his name... he was picked up and taken in and handcuffed hand to a leg of a bench all night. Another lady's kids have been picked up and harassed. Five or six years ago after I game to Denton (I used to live on Denison Street), we (Gabino and others) were parked outside my house drinking beer in the ca;^. The police drove up. They knew Joe Favela (one mane in the car). He was arrested and taken in. I do not know why. REFERENCE: Joe Favela Jt Did you ever determine why he was arrested? G: For drinking in public. He was the only one picked up. I wonder why we were not. J: Can you give me the date of that? G1 5-6 years ago. E i V F We Page 2 t~ Meeting of Aug. 22 t ~'a Gabino Sotello 7 J: Can you give me any other accounts or instances of harassment? ' G: No, t always hear people talking, but I do not know the names. I have heard of people, of course, when they are picked up that they did not do anything. People driving around town are stopped and asked for D'river's License and Identification. I do not think the Police Dept. or anyone should stop someone because they are dark-skinned. J: Do they (police) ask for ID after seeing Driver's License? G: Yes, it is not hard to curity card. get a Driver's License or Social 5e- I J: On the old style Driver's License it showed where you were born. Can you tell me of any other specific instances? G: No, I am sorry. y of. Those you have told me about are the ones we have heard E G: This is something we have grown up with. You (Mexican Americans) expect anyone in uniform to stop you for zio reason at all. r J: But you have not been stopped here in Denton? Where are you from? G: Vest Texas. I grew up in Haskell. One time I was stopped because I had a white girl in the car with me. took me to jail. Other times I have been taken toetheppark ~and threatened by the Sheriff. This happened periodically. J: How old are you? G: 31. J: Did 1 you leave Haskell when you started college? G: I left at 19 when I went into the Army, i J: Did you marry a white girl? G: No, she is Korean. { f! is While you have been working with the city of McKinney, have i you had any dealing with the Police Department? Gs Bvery day. We are in the same building and have coffee every morning. I am sort of the building care-taker. When I have a problem, I talk to them and they take care of it, J: Do you sometimes get accounts of harassing people? . ~I j Page 3 ~tnl Meeting of Aug. 22 Gabino Sotello { G: Since I have been there, we have only had one incident that involved taking a person to court. He is now out-of-town.' J: Do you have many Latin Americans in McKinney? G: Yes, I would say about 15-20%. It is in a concentrated area. J: If it is that high, they have been there a long time. Do ' you think any of the problems you have some kind of idea or attitude?ave are justified? You must G: Every Police Department has some people who get big when they put on a uniform or a gun. I do not hear of it except when I go out. I did talk to the Chief about one man. (Incident- McKinney) We have a water/sewer project in one area that has needed it for 20 years. They never had a sewer system. In this case the contractor and crew are all Mexican Americans. There was an acci- dent at the site. Two Police officers came out and walked around. One started banging his stick against his hand asking if there ' were any wetbacks. i r it What was his (Chief's) reply to you? Gt He said he knows some things like that happen. J: What do you think you will do when you are a City Manager of Asst. City Manager? Gt A City Manager is only as good as his staff. I have been an the other side longer than I have been on your side. I do not know how I would do it. J: How would you keep your Police force working for you if you do not support it? Gt I don't know. I do think that the Police Department needs to be upgraded as a department. 3 at Have you had any relationship with Chief Autrey? Gt No, I have not. J as Have you had conversations with any of the officers? G: Yes, I know Robert Garza and Another officer called "Red". r it What: is your opinion of them? ! Gs I know Robert Garza very well. He and a Black used to be at dances all the time. The officers (officer} (at the dance). have said everyone was drunk. They have never been to a Mexican American dance where music is loud and there are people clapping. in their (Anglo) culture this is done only if people are drunk, This never happened before when Robert Garza and Black officer worked the dance, J yyy ri7.1HY 1 i i~ Page 4 c, Meeting of Aug. 22 t' Gabino Sotello } J: Tell me in your own words when and where harassment occurred ) t ° at the dance. G: When I first got there it was after the dance had started. At the dances 3-4 of us walk around to stop trouble before it starts. I walked in with my little boy...I was told there was a fight - Police were taking everyone out. I walked over to Police car, Moore tried to stop me.... called "hey you"; I kept on walking. I did not stop. I do not like Police officers because I have had some bad experiences. They (Police) were shoving everyone around. ' I told Julian and Popo what was going on. I saw them (Police) grab another man and take him out. I had to leave then. J: There are two things you said that I want to elaborate on. You said you do not like Police officers. G: One you have been picked up for no reason and scared I do not trust them after I leave work even though I work with them. i J: When you are out in your car, you expect to be treated differently than at work? You have told me that you have not been treated badly by the Police Department in Denton or McKinney. i G: Where are you from? J: T was born and raised around Tahoka - Tell me something. DO you still dislike the Police Departments f G: After what I have experienced in Denton, I do. J: You tell me that you know the Police Department harasses Latin Americans, that you do not trust them, that you dislike them, and [ yet you can refer me to only two personal experiences you know ? directly - the man that was picked up in the car outside your house, and the situation of the other night. Do you have a chip on your shouldor? G: Yes, it could be. The only Police I have been around are the 1 ones in McKinney. I was surprised that it happened in Denton. There is a saying among the Texas Highway Patrol and the Department of Public Safety, "...they have Mexican blood ...on their boots." You have few Black or Brown officers on the force. J: Let me comment on something. What maybe is that something was happening you did not know of. There are a lot of people that may ` have had a traffic warrant on them that the Police are looking for. There is something I must mention to you. There was something going on at the dance, yet you proceeded to get involved when you didn't know what it was about. 1 G: They were shoving the man they had against the car. The man could not speak English. Lots of people do not speak English. J: You did not stop when officer called just because he did nol•. call your name? &VAX i Page 5 t Meeting of Aug. 22 Gabino Sotello G: Yes. Phillip Maldonado (Brother-in-law) was with me. I do not know who else. I was not the only one out... four-five officers s { and some of the people from the dance were there when I got thLra. They (Police) were manhandling the man. I never heard of it if there was an argument. Three-four of us tried to calm him down. There have been instances where Julian, I and Popo would take some people home. I had never seen them push a man before, Jt And you assumed the responsibility to see why? Gabino, as a City Manager, do you want the citizens to take the law into tht+ir f? own hands or do you want the Police Department to do it? G: Well, let's say that I would want some good officers. Had there been a Mexican American officer present, he would have handled the situation better. J: We have had a terrible time trying to get qualified Mexican Americans or Blacks on the force. (There follcwed synopsis of man- power crunch.) G: One man I know of wanted to be a policeman. He is now in Dallas. He said that he did not stand a chance in Denton. 5 J: Have you heard of 1269-N? II i Gt No. Js You will. By Civil service rules you do not hire or promote ' who you want. They, must past; longevity requirements and take the civil service exam. You take the top three grades and choose. And tha thing that happens to us here amain is a Mexican American I going into Police work - they go tc Dallas where there is more J money and opportunities for advancement. I am going to ask you a- bout 11 3 another question. Do you expect your officers to know every- one by name? a Gt No, but I do expect people not to call me "hey you" in a bad tone of voice. 'r J: Do you think that it is a few officers? F 3 Gt Yes, you have a few that you give a gun to and they think that they are king of the hill. I realize your problem. it is difficult to recognize this. I would certainly try -to find out f who the bad officers are. They do not only harass Mexican-Ameri- cans and Blacks but also students. When 7 was in college, I r caught it from both sides. T have been stopped two times, but r I was treated nicely both times. Jt The'reaaon : said that is because there are a lot of people who have moved in here who do not speak English. Neither side under- stands the other. Ot There are a lot of illegal aliens - I do not know how you stop it r y Page 6 r Meeting of Aug. 22 qq Gabino Sotello Y is Can you name people that you think are part of the trouble? i ~ ? G: Yes - Moore and Waddill. Waddill was not doing anything until Muore started harassing. Waddill asked me as I was leaving, "Hey, you leaving so early?" Moore grabbed me outside and once inside to keep talking to me. I felt that they might try to take me outside. I know that if I tried to stay - they might have. J: Did you bother at any time to tell the officers that you were trying to work with them? i G: No, I did not. We never had to before - Robert knew us. : J: What is your approach and your attitude between you and your segment of the community toward the illegal entrance of Mexican- Americans? i~ a G: You mean aliens? We have a lot to attract them. I am torn be- tween two ideas. Older people react as if Texasis still part of s Mexico. Angl.os are the foreigners. These people have a right to a come and go across the river. Morally, since Mexico is so poor, people should be given jobs if they want.. Yet, it is probably keeping others (Mexican Americans) from getting jobs, so -I really have seen a lot of cases where this has happened. Places who supposedly hire aliens: Acme Brick, Rex Cauble G: I believe that we (Mexican Americans) have a right to this country and yet these people (Aliens) are keeping others here from getting jobs. I would really like to see a law that punishes those who hire aliens and do not pay minimum wage. I always said I was biased against Police Departments because of things that have happened ! in the past. it Are you saying that you really do not feel that the entire Police ; Force is to blame but just a few--Moore and Waddill. Is it a ; misunderstanding and bad communication and the way we react? All of these things you mentioned lead back to a misunderstanding. Do i you sometimes think reaction and interreaetion between Mexican' E Americans and officers causes resistance? ( G: Year I think so. it Isn't that your problem with the Police Department? } G: Yes, it contributed to it. J: You add all these things together: and you can find the problems. G: The Police Department here is not aware of cultural differences. iii Burden is on you and the city council to sop the commun..cations J: Do you think that there were some people who acted out of line gap. any time during the evening? ( 0: I was there less than an hour..,I took my litti-_ boy home. X i 1 f , , J Pon" f~gp6f II Page ? t Meeting of Aug. 22 a 7! Gabino Sotello.. ? came back and that is when it happened. I did not stay longer than one hour. I did not 'see anything wrong, z; ~ Jt You left right after that incident occurred? i Qz Yesr I was there about one hour. J= Do you suppose there was an argument that you did not see? { G3 There was one argument that i know of. Could not the actions by officers asking for papers all the time caused tempers to flare and trouble to start? i s1 4: No. 1~ I I I I Gs You are wrong. I take it (anger) out on whomever is near. f fit End of meeting. i f ~ , I r i } i s k ` .~C1.W4 i 4 1 i I May 250 1974 To l Mayor Bill Neu Oity of Denton Denton, Texap 76201 YHOMt yamiliau Unidae de Denton 216 ;V. Collinu Denton, Texaa 76201 dirt we extend our gratitude for your request of the investigation, oonOuoted by Oity Manager Jim White, in response to our oom- plaint ooncerni,ng Polio* Offiaers Moore and, waddill. We also thank Mr, White for the report of his findings, given in oounoil j± ohambers Tuesday lout, September 170 1974. We fully appreoists E his efforts during the investigation for we realize that his position allows little time in his daily sohedule for matters of this kind, We believe it was his beat effort as afforded in his day to day aativitiea that are so important in keeping abrmast of oity matters. As to his findings. Although we thoroughly agree with Mr. White that, radial diaorimination is not, nor oan be, polioe department polipy, we respectfully take exoeption to any blanket statement E that e1yon impliso that there is no radial disorimination to be found, in notions by our polioe department as ooncorns the tdsxiaany Aaeri.oar, community. Pertaining to the formulation of a oommittee to study the don" d muni,oative shortoomings between the Mexioan.-American oommunity and our polio* department and thus better those lines of aommuni» j aationn between both groups, we offer our applause and sinoereat appreoiation* we shall remain in olose contact with h1ra thite a in order that this proposition taken form at the earliest possible date.. Again, our Sincere Thanku, Familial Unidas a Penton N. L (2090) Gonzales President iELG/ j er oar 'aim White -i werfi»! l 11 i F11 PAN 41, C2tY of Denton* Municipal Building, Denton, Texas 76201 nllicr of Ciw Afimager July 10, 1978 t / i i j Dear i As you are aware, a Regular Meeting of the CERB Board was scheduled ' for July 6, 1978 at 5:30 p.m. in the Conference Room of the City Manager's Office, The members present were Elneita Dever, Trudy Foster and Art , Jauhson. Also present was Helen Browning of the City Staff who will be staff advisor to the CERB Board now that Tom Hart has accepted a positron j as city Administrator in The rolony. Althougit there were not enough members present to constitute a quorum at t1m meeting, those present discussed several items and requested that T pass on the information to you. Foremost among these items was the ongoing difficulty that the CERB Board has had in recent months finding a meeting time conducive with ' the schedules of all, or most, CERB Board members. The members present i said they believed that difficulties in meeting and the distance set bet- ween meetings are resulting in lack of continuity in carrying out CERB i I Board objectives. The incumbency of having the CERB Board members govern and demonstrate leadership amonj themselves was also discussed. e Secondly, a subcommittee meeting date was set for auly 17th for members on the Research Subcommittee', including Pickett, Dever, Rodriguez, and McCoy. The purpose of this meeting is to finalize planning of the City- wide Forum planned for this Fall. All subcommittee members are urged to, attend. The time and place set for this subcommittee is 5:30 p.m. in the Conference Room of the City Manager's Office. If you have any questions, I or will be unable to attend, please cl.,ntact Helen Browning in the City Manager's office at 382-9601, ext. 214, or Elneita Dever at 3A7-7236, i Third, publicity for the CERB Board was discussed, Enclosed you t will find a letter from the Denton City-County Health Department request- ing CERB brochures for consumers. Father Shumaker, who is on vacation, has in h_.i, possession several hundred copies of theso brochures and I will deliver them to the Denton City-County Health Department as soon as I am able. j l F r a u _ ~ f °r F 9 C~ 'I July 10( 1978 Page. two Another meeting of the CHRB Board will be scheduled for the latter part of this month or early Augusta If you have any sugges- tions on how we might boost CERB attendance at meetings, feel free to give me a call at the above number, sincerely, I j i Helen Browning I Administrative zntern HB/i a 3 Attachment i I i II I r I i t t 1 1- 11, h U1Llbf I l .e f FN. i DENjON CITY-CowrY HEALTH Dr3PARTMENT 19 5~ All N9kTN ELM 67RCE1 iii DENTON, TEXAS 78201. f 017/JBT•860♦ ~ i i I Dune 2r, 1979 ulor PJ?OMI DENTON CITY-COUNTY NGALT11 DV PAR'2W iNT 221 North Elm I Donton, Texas 76201 ( '817-387-8553 LEWrSVxtLE SUB-UNXT 1318 South Stemmons Lelrisville, Toxas 75667 p 214-436-6722 Metro 214-222^2911 fir. U4, J~C4.ph e' X have found our "Green Book", the XNPONIATXON AND REPERRAt, D1 X2'01?r POR DENTON COUNTY TEXAS Invaluable as a guide to referring 1 i our consvuners. X feel that it woulfi be more complete and a faster 3 referral if we had any brochure of your agency and any general forams that need to be filled out before the aonsw4er might receive help from your agency. We could be of assistance in helping to fill nut forms or, It would save ,you time and money mailing them a form to be completed. Plouse send several copies of each. l r Xf your agency hay a referral form you like to have filled out by interagency referrals, please include that with the above requested, Information. Please feel free to call if you have any questions or problems that X may be of help to yott or your clients. . Oinaerely, ' M Kay 21petsch RN BSN 'Public Health Nurse t i j M flY11b9 f tul V CITY OF DENTON l MEMORANDUM TO: Members of Community Ethnic Relations Board FROM: Subcommittee for Planning Community Ethnic Relations Forum 1 DATE: March 9, 1978 z MEMBERS: McCoy, Dever, Pickett and Rodriguez PLANNING ktir - S MEETINGS: February 13 and February 27, 1978 i m Proposal: We are proposing, what we hone will be a very successful, city-wide event designed to promote the following goals: Educational Role: 1. To provide an educational forum for citizens of Denton. 2. To design and provide an information gathering forum. Advisory Role: 3. To acquire information that will serve as a feed back and input into our community governing structure. 4. To bring together qualified citizen opinion and factual data concerning the current status of Ethnic Relations in Denton. Discussion: There were two major outcomes of the two preliminary planning meetings. They were as follows:` 1. Many creative and innovative ideas were expressed relative to the how.and_why of putting together an event such as the Community Ethnic Forum, 2, There were different opinions and ideas expressed about j the most appropriate and expedient strategy(s) for achiev- ing the goals and objectives of such an event. There were two major kinds of strategies presented as sugges- tions for such an event, They were: 1. Invite key people from the community to address specific areas of community concern (i.e. . Housing, Employment, Education, etc,), a. Request that each speaker address a specific area of concern from a "Black, Brown or White" perspective. b. Request that each speaker express his/her opinion about the state of Ethnic Relations in the previously identified area. >,I i erc+v. QW0 i MOMP Members of Community Ethnic Relations Board Page two _o- March 9, 1978 c. That each presenter be requested to provide some factual data i'n support of their particular position. d. That each presenter provide suggestions/recommenda- tions about what can be done to enhance effective- Hess of Ethnic Relations in that particular area to which they are apeaking. i 2. Conduct small group sessions for target groups, i.e. special interest areas such as Housing,.,.. Invite se- lected people to speak out on the issues and design it I so as to encourage citizen input. a j WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU 1. Discussion and sharing of your ideas. 2. Approval to proceed'with the planning. r 3. Support from Research Committee, i 3 a. Devise a survey instrument b. Assistant in publicity. I I 4. Assistance in determining a time for the event(s) to be held. E 6, Assistance in determining target(s) populations. j I j i { l n F%W F11' b MEMBERSHIP ROSTER CITY OF DENTON COMMUNITY EHTNIC RELATIONS BOARD FEBRUARY 1, 1978 ' Dr. Flneita Dever Dr. John McCoy, Jr. 1914 Emerson St. Andrew Presbyterian Church Denton, Tx. 76201 300 West Oak Phones 387-7236 Home Denton, Tx. 76201 788-2741 office Phones 387-3897 Office f AlWid i Mrs. Lupe Pickett Col. Fred L. Hill i 3407 Cactus Circle 2129 Woodbrook Denton, Tx. 76201 Denton, Ix. 76201 Phones 387-4361 Office Phones 382-6028 Home 387-7997 Home Mrs. Bruce P. (Trudy) Foster James Ramirez 1106 Hillerest 2415 McCormick Denton, Tx. 76201 Denton, Tx. 76201 Phones 382-6,337 Howe Phones 382-8069 Rudy Rodriguez Mrs. Lillie B. Hunter 2308 Salado 1002 East Oak Denton, Tx. 76201 Denton, Tx. 76201 Phones 382-7326 Home Phones 387-2240 Home 382-5478 Office i I I + li i i i i r. , ~ ~ ICI CiIY Of Denton Al"),I'c ij)(d Bit.ilding, 1)entfm,71,xas i(;201 t i 1 v ,a August 29, 1977 { { The Honorable Elinor Hughes ! Mayor of Denton Dentons Texas 76201 Dear Mayor Hughest The attached report on racial/ethnic relationships at Strick- land Junior High School was undertaken by the Community Ethnic J Relations Board to work toward fulfilling the objectives of our Board, approved by the City; viz., "to provide a better avenue of communication between the Cityof Denton and individual community members and the community as a whole, and to help provide a cooper- ative effort to improve the quality of racial relations in the city of Denton." i ~ With the permission of the City C;ouncilsthe Board wants to present the report and recommendations, also attached, to the Denton Independent School Board for 'their consideration, We respectfully request your help in this matter. Sincerely Yours, I Joseph A. Schwsacher Chairman C.E.R.B, j JAS/js { j Attachments, f i 1 ! i i 1 d ~ i CITY OF DENTON MEMORANDUM .1 ' TOs Members of the Denton City Council and other Interested Citizens ti FROMi City of Denton Community Ethnic Relations Board DATES August 29, 1977 f SUBJECTe Report on Racial/Ethnio Relationships at Strickland r Junior High School ,j i i t With regard to the attached report, it has been over five years sihee the publication of a study conducted by the League of Women Voters in Denton concerning the Denton Public Schools. of pertiou- lar note is the section on race relations. It appears from the investigation conducted by the C.E.R.B. of the situation at Strickland Junior High School last year that: 1. Some of the same problems exist today, 2. Somp of the solutions that seemed to have been effective then are no longer being utilized, and 3. The School Board does not presently have an advisory committee in this area. ; ! The Community Ethnic Relations Board recommends that the City Council take a stand of support and encouragement with the Denton' Independent School Board to seriously consider and implement some of the recommen- dations within this report. It is the belief of this Board teat such an initiative can help build the bridge of cooperation and mutual support expressed by and earnestly desires' by the City and School system. V The Schools are an integral and vital segment of our city. The Community Ethnic Relations Board is seeking to utilize this report as + a vehicle to expross concern about a presently oxistiuq problem and to show support an well as to gonerate ideas and .leadership directad toward 'ielping improve this aspect of the educational process. Many parents are eager to work with a program so that the education I of our children and young adults can be continued within the home, F Respectfully submittedi Community Ethnic Relations board N F.` I i1t\r!&i4 ~ I ~I 3 D R A F T O N L Y t The Board established the following list of questions to ask some members of the staff at Strickland Junior High School and other individuals closely connected with or thought to be knowledgable about the problems. The questions included the following: 1. Are you doing anything to identify the cause of the vandalism pro- ~I blems and the racial strife at Strickland? 2. Are you doing anything to solve the problems? .i. What do you-think can be done to solve the problems? z 4. What is being done to hire minority teachers and counselors at l r Strickland? i { The Board members decided to talk with the following individuals: a r BOARD MEMBER PERSONS INTERVIEWED A. Father Schumacher Dr. McGee, Superintendent, p, I.S.D. b. Mr. James Ramirez Mr. Wall, Principal, Strickland Jr. High C. Or. Elneita Dever Mr. Bill Carrico, Assistant Principal;Strickland j Mrs. Higgins, Pres., C.P.O. (Concerned Parents' organization) j t d. Mrs. Judy Stewart Mr. Reed Jackson and M,-e. Bruce Sweatmon, Teachers at StHekland I e. Mrs. Lillie B. Bunter Ms. Wilma Litton, Counselor at Strickland f. Mr. Frank Dvila ? Bohbye Richards, Teacher at Strickland Mr. Don Beck, Jr., President, student council ~ G 'g. Mrs, Lupo Pickett Mr. Steve Johnson and Ms. Nancy bray Teachers at: Strickland Question 1, ARP: YOU DOING ANYTHING TO IDhNTIFY THE, CAUSE OF THE VANDALISM 'r+ PROBLEM AND THE RACIAL STRIFL AT YOUR SCIIOOL? i Responses: a as Superintendent: Dr. McGee said that there. was no more vandr:limc! than usual for this time of year and that much of the "racial strife talk" came from outside agitators, onpocially by non-student C13 gossipers. Thore does seem to be more than the um:nl scuffling tl going on, but he maintains it is aggravated by the outsiders mentioned. b. Principal: As far as I the vandalism goes, no student from Strickland 1 was involved in the break-in and police reoerds will verify this. The racial strife is botwoon "blacks" and "goat-ropers". 14` kli5°2.C: I 1 I . Y l 1 2 - c. Assistant Principal: Yes, the Denton Police force is in the pro- cess of investigating this matter (vandalism). The school has s' cooperated fully with the work of the police. The causes of the racial strife at Strickland are several. There are 1,020 kide in tho halls every periods therefore, there is close physical contact. Everybody sc,-. what is going on. Any little inci- dent, can provoke a pushing and shoving incident. So the potential of ill feelings is present. Some of the problems can be attributed to "just kids being kids". This is an especially troublesome age group. C. 1. President, Concerned Parents Organization: i don't know how to account for the acts of vandalism in the school. When requested to i) ' attempt to speculate about this, she suggested that it may be a way to attempt to push the blame on black students. She did not feel black students were wanted at the school. With respect to the problems involving conflict between racial groups in the school, it was her opinion that, "the problem soems j to be caused by ineffective ways of teachers relating to students, i.e., j using abusive language when dealing with the children". She also reported that in interviewing students at Strickland, it was found that some teacher-sponsors of organizations seemed to contribute to some discriminatory practices, i, e., weight watchers club had no black students involved. other instances cited were the lack of recognition given black students at honors day activities, etc. i E Presently, there is a white male janitor patrolling halls and clear- ing resta,ooms. His language appears to be abrupt and harrassing to some students. d. Two male teachers, Strickland Junior Hick: Both of the teachers inter- viewed felt the recent problems at Strickland were not really racial, but resulted from a few parents and kids trying to use this as such. Neither of the employees have had any racial disturbances in their classrooms. G j one of these teachers felt the inconsistency in discipline was a big factor in the problems. It appears that a small group of studonts are allowed to "run free" i e. Female Counselors The ninth graders raced to be moved to senior high school. I r The teachers should take the children and work with them to under- stand their problems. f. Student Council Presidents Yes, there is a racial problem at ,;trick- land, mostly blacks. There is a problem and has been in the spr•inq during the past three years. Blacks aoem to carry a chip on thoir shoulders. i j f. 1. A Male Teachers This is nothing out of the ordinary. Thus in just spring fever. The situation has been blown out of proportion, r AFT, w G ily\"Kir , I1 y...,. _3 - Students at the school tolerate each other well. There is no real overt. prejudice shown by teachers more here than at any other school. Prejudice 6 is mostly on a socio-economic basis rather than racial. , 1 ? Parents are not concerned with the school until a crisis occurs. The fight started as a one-to-one fight and developed into a group fight. f. 1. A Male and Female Teacher (joint interviews)r There were several things they thought were wrong or needed some improvements. They were: Apathy between parents and school. j Not enough counselors for the numbers of students. Not enough recreation for junior high students outside the school. f. 2. A Female T_eachor: Blacks and goat-ropers (she defined as those who wore the hats and boots) get along, but they tolerate each other. Based on what she was told, she said that black students said they were going to "get them" (goat-ropers); goat-ropers said "they were ready". Ths fight was mainly with boys, but some girls were involved. t j It was her opinion that too many kids have chips on their shoulders, t mainly blacks. Teachers attitude is "down" on those who instigated the problem. Administration did not follow handbook initially on the pus- pensions. Teachers were not informed. Everything has settled down now. r ~ Question 2. ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM? 1 Responses: E a. g,Lerintendent: Nothing right now, but long-range looking for funds to hire "home-school visit,..rs", such as Walston stoker was some years ago. He says the layout of the building leaves something to be desired to keep scuffling/fighting from getting out of hand.. He is working on this. b. Principal: The school is trying`to provide the basic needs of the stu- dents and trying to get the "blacks and goat-ropers" to have mutual trust „ and respect for each other, ~I of Assistant Princihalt Presently meeting once per weak with it group of eight students; four are "black" and four aro "goat-ropers". The students E plan to increase the size of the group to fourteon. Tho Assistant: Prim:1- pal would like to get some Moxican-American students involved in the groin:. The objective of the group 1,3 to get the kids tnikincl "it) the oporl" to each other and working to develop solutions to the problemr, thr:t presently exist at Strickland junior high. The present group started out with niiw members; it started by just informally asking for volunteers and word was spread through the grapevine. f The physical plant may be even more improved if additional lor.kors are pulled out of the hallways so students have additional and freer passing space for changing classes. l . i I;. f' V 1 ~ -4- o. 1. President, Concerned Parents Organizations Yes, C,p.O, is willing / to provide volunteer help, Presently,l volunteer personnel at Strick- land is white. C,P,O. has suggested and strongly recommended to the principal that a mature woman be hired to clear the girls' bathroom. d. Two Male Teachers: No comment to this question. e. Female Counselor: Declined to talk about the main issue. f. Student Council President: Not enough has been done to solve the pro- blems. Suspension of ringleaders came too late. The Principal's re- action is bad. The problems are concentrated mainly at the ninth grade levels boys and girls. The teachers are not doing enough to solve the problems. , f. 1, Male Teacher: No comment to this question. 2. Female Teacher: Don't know whether everything has bees) done that can be done. Teachers are not informed. ' g. A Male and Female Teache;- ('joint interview): No response to this question. I M I r I . . I 1 I fit. , a ~64r?q;• , N,4V 3~ v I`' { is ti - 5 - a Question 3. WHAT DO YOU THINK CAN BE DONE TO SOLVE THE PRODLBMS? 1 Responses: A a. superintendents Home-school visits can be used to contribute batter communication betkeen the home and the schools. Also, a team to teach human sensitivity in the form of parenting for teachers would be helpful. It was done for two years in the elementary grades and one year in the junior high should now be done. He spoke highly of Mr. C. H. Collins, Dean of Men at Denton High School and hoped that such a person could be hired for Strickland. lie spoke highly of parent involvement such as that Mrs. Higgins is giving. She is encouraging other parents to attend School Hoard meetings, b. rrinci al: Authenticate information before putting it in print, because the news media has always printed bad publicity about Strickland before finding out the true facts. We also need to have family meetings with parents of involved students to discuss difficult situations before they got too1ar out of hand. i C. Assistant Principal: With respect to the physical plant, little can be done right now. However, in the next two to three years, they need to have a place where the kids can go outside, eat at tables and socialize in a nice open space. The cafeteria needs to be up at ground level with windows: needs a spcious atmosphere. i ` Interpersonally, there is much that can be done. There is a need I E to teach kids that everybody is a human being. People need to be treated with respect. t c. 1. President, Concerned Parents Organizations More parental 1 involvement. d. Two Male Teachers: Both felt that parents nred to coma to the school without their children's knoWledgc as:d to see for thernsU1V0s what is happening. Both felt sevoral parents were 11::idisut" wlth j their children and had closed minds to whatever the teachers had to say. Both felt minorities and teachers could help if they Would take a j strong, active part in prevention. I i e. Femalo Counselor: She offered the following saggcstions of thinga it -ho thought might help the situation: g i 1 k 6 1. Move the 9th grade to the Senior High School. 2. Arrange to have a ten-minute break at the school every morning. 1 3. Teachers should take the children and work with them to understand 1 their feelings. 4. Have more blacks in the band and other activities, 1 A S. Teach the kids a trade. 6. All school activities should involve parents, teachers, and students sometimes. f. Student Council Presidents Rules need to be clarified and there is a need to be stern at first, Too weak in enforcement. f. 1. Male Teacher at Stricklandi No comment to this question, 2. Female Teacher at Stricklandt No comment to this question. g. Male and Female Teacher (joint interview)= Recommendations that might be used in trying to solve some of the problemst + 11 Get the parents involved with the school through an organization. j Example: Concerned Parents Organiiation (C.P.O.). 2. Hire more counselors. There are only two counselors between the i two junior high schools. 1 I 3. Besides having more counselors, conduct self-evaluations by the counselors to help the student, EE 4, Use the school during the summer months, E Question 4. WHAT IS BEING DONE TO HIRE MINORITY TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS ( AT STRICKLAND? G 1 Res nsus1 t E a. Superintendent; Ile is trying to he "affirmative and earnestly seeking applicants in O.e hiring of minority teachers". Ile said there was not an administrative post open at Strickland now. He wanted to hire a matron for light custodial work since troubles were takiu(l placo in Oho washrooms, tic believed her presence around the area would keep thing" { from getting out of hand, b. Principals Ile feel like we have very well qualified minority personnel that the students can communicate and identify with, o, Assistant Pri- ncipal1 t don't know what is baing douo. 3Ie feels thr hiring of minority tonchors and counselors could be a Darr of the solution to the problems. Ito said he ean'and has personally talked with Dr. Mc6ou about this. i , h a h 11 I X14\ VX` I. 1 4 2 - 7 5 • a. 1. President, Concerned Parents Onanization (C.P.O.): Information about the rood for minority teachers, counselors and administrators has been brought to the attention of the school Board. Minority applications are coming in for the available positions, j The Dean of Student's position is still being considered for II budgetary funding by the School aoard. d. Two Male Teachers-: Both felt minorities and teachers could help if they would take a strong active part in prevention. e. Female Counselor: No comment to this question. f. Student Council Presidents Not asked this question, 1, Male Teacher at Strickland: No comment to this question. ' 2. Female Teacher at Strickland: No comment to this f question. g• A Male and Female Teacher (Joint Interview): No response to this question. j f i 1 I 1 f f f I 1 1 I 3v, 'In lwvm-n N i i , H j CERB BOARD MEMBERS OBSERVATIONS RELATED TO PROBLDIS AND RACIAL STRIFE AT STRICKIAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL i a. President of Board 4 b. Board Member: To begin with, I do not feel as if administrators at the school are doing their best in dealing with the situation, When it gets to the point where young teenagers start dictating how a l scooal is to be run, (by words or actions), then the effectiveness of the present personnel should be scrutinized very carefully. 1 i Most teachers who would comment on the problem agree that something needs to be done. C. Vice President of the boards There appears to be an openness to facing the problems that exist at Strickland Junior High on the part of the Assistant Principal. Willingness to seek citizen input, involvement and recommendations seemed genuine. d. Board Members No general observational statement made, v e. oarA Memberi No general observational statement made. 111 f. Board Memberi There seems not to be a racial problem, more a discipline problem beween school and students--student and school, The only mention of any problems (racial) was between "blacks and goat-ropers". g. Secretary of the Board: Observations were several: 1. All Parties concerned do recognize that problems exist. 2. Parties involved differ in their interpretation of the seriousness of the problem. 3. Teachers seem to hold a rather philosophical and defensive attitude towards Strickland's problems. 4. Problems seem to havo been pinpointed to argumvluU IIxist119 hotwutn "blacks and.goat-ropers". i j 5. Administration and teachers seem content to "sue what happens" atti- tude, There was no visible sign of these two groups seeking it,ttttadiate relief. 6. Appears to be a communication barrier among faculty. 7. Students have little respect for administration. ' I 7 S }~y6$j1 O,.S r i Y 8, Different parties are blaming each other or.others for the problem) not themselves iparents included}. i 9. There appears to be no exhaustive action to coordinate different parties to arrive at a consensus on problem. CERB ROAM MEMBERS RECOMMENDATIONS R1sLA11171) TO WHAT DO YOU THINK CAN BE DONE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AT STRICKLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL? Notes Comments are grouped around recurring themes rather than identification of each of the Board member's responses and recommendations to the ? questions. 1. Communications 1 I suggest that they (the present personnel) be told that the present situation will have to improve tremendously in the following years not only in their opinion, but also in that of other concerned parties. f I think the maids and other workers should meet with the principal and other teachers once a week so their complaints could be heard. 1 Build a line of communication between administration and teachers. If there is a line of communication, it needs to be improved) hence the teachers will be aware of what is going on in school and might try to improve any situation. J { All parties define the problem differently. Perhaps they should ' focus sharply on the problem (that all admit exists) and then seek 3 solutions that are lasting and practical. Open up avenues of communication between parents, teachers, administra- tion and students. It appears there is very little input between teachers 3 and administrators. } 2. Disciplinary Policy and Implementations Starting with the first day of School, students should be told and given written rules and procedures for the following school term, _ Persons not abiding accordingly can be expected to be dealt with in the same manner, i Enforce the Discipline Rulos already in exiatenae. These r.ulos should [ he enforced without any discrimination at the Limo thry are nreded, } There needs to be a more firm stand on those by the school administra- tors and teachers, Develop and implement a strong, uniform discipline policy. 3. Parental involvements f Parents need to be more involved in the education of their childr.enr just sending a child to school cannot be expected I:u fulfill a parent's duty. Every parent should be required to come to school at least twice i 1 ~III I l s a year to get an evaluation of his or her child's progress up to that point in the school yearn not just on scholastic achievement, but such things as getting along with fellow students, involvernont in studont activities, resprct for people in positions of authority, etc. It seemed to me that the parents and teachers are not together. A program for parents and teachers should be conducted about once a month. Devise a plan to get all parents to join the P.T.A. Ask the parents to visit the school more often. Need parents to be involved in the school. Maybe have a tour of school when school begins for + parents who are not familiar with the school, I Get more parents involved with all school functions. s f 4. Racial Discrimination in Clubs, school organizations, etc. Appoint students to a committee and let them voice their opinions on i solutions to certain problems. r I See that blacks have an equal chance in all programs. 1 There should be no racial discrimination in clubs, school organizations, etc, 5. Hiring of Personnel: Hire a black counselor Increase student counseling a Hira the kind of bus drivers that will do their jobs on the bus with the I children. In filling vacancies, it is suggested that they be filled with teachers experienced in junior high teaching as opposed to recent college graduates. j In a delicate situation, as we have at Strickland, z feel a young, inexper- ienced teacher is put to a tremendous disadvantage and is unable to.command the respect or attention of this age student. } Hire a Dean of Students. 6, Scheduling, Utilization of the Phi sical Nicilitlos, etc. 1 One of the administrators mado the statement that with over 11000 students in school, physical contact among them could not ho avoided. Why uouldn't• E the school bolls be staggered so that some clasnes huiny or cild five ! minutes before others, then the only bottleneck of <;t.udenl,s WOUld be at the end of the school day. Then to Provent loiterincl, any student. still on campus after a roasonablo amount of time has clasped r the principal's office and dealt with in some fashion. will be taken to Use the school facilities during the summer months for sports, crafts, etc, J Increase extramural activities. Develop a strong intramural proctrnrti. a t i r y a /~r ~Iep M: ixY~~'u. I 'r Y e x , • n I-~ , \l 1• •.•"~M i.Yf.Af.+MM~.,1i~M,il! ~ u 1• 4frl -7 ►Arickland croups hoping to promote improved ima(Te By DIANA KUTSKY shoving match between "a boy who happened Education Writer to be black and a boy who happened to be 1 White" April 14 began the incidents, Wall Students, administrators and parents at said Strickland Junior High School are banding together W enhance the school image Humors and speculation about possible in the aftermath of what Strickland racial troubles were received at the school Principal Dick Wall dcacribed as three days during the next law' days, accnrdina to Wall. t of tension recently, a multiracial parent But that evening, several parents called S group is planning monthly meetings and assistant principal Bllt Carrico at home and students are grouping - at administrative rej),irted hearing of an alleged threat against behest into a sounding board to try to work a student next day, R'nll sold, Ile summoned out problems. the police to Strickland Friday (April 22) to School district administrators are also watch for the intruder the threat Implied. ' seriously considering the possibility of fun. BUT NOTHING happened and "we didn't k ding fulltime positions at Strickland and miss a beat of school all week," Wall I Congress Junior Iflgh to net as liaisons reported. "Black children do not live in fear 1 bewteen students, Icuchers, administrators at Strickland," h: added, and parents next year, Membors of the newly Lust week, CPO members met with Supt formed parent group, Concerned Parent Nlc(Ao and explained their feelings to hint, r Organization (CYO), sold they want to see Thoy asked for deans of student at both Junior deans of students, preferably black, at both high schools and a matron for work in the schools, girls' restrooms at Sirlcktand. CPO members also came to the school j 11WF; KNOW T11VItFJ Is a need,"Supt, board meeting Tuesday to see if the board Robot AlcGeo said. Tae positions are "In the would talk about the Strickland sia ntion { hopper" for budgcinry consideration by the president Charlye Hcggins said, They didn't school board, he added, address the group, but Rev, Bertrand liniley, i And the president of the "inert" Strlekltuid pnstor of Jlount (,cilvary Ilaptlst Church, riot P-TA, Marian Hamilton, has offered fier a member of Clio, asked the, bound to con' support and NervW6 to whatever group of sldvr hh•ing a black ns high school prihclpal parents becomes arrive In the school. The and blocks as assisuutt prftrelpols at other Strickland f'-TA hue uo active members and schools. has considered dlsbending, she saldr The 01"0 hopes to lurn Slrickli,nd into a J Principal Wall quid he is hopeful the school madcl school, Mtr. Ik1i)ghts said. The group 11 + i is working out fix problk:ms, the aioq will hold tuuulliiy IIIC'UIII!!i, Willi the next J destt active of which lots hecn rujw4 and lark noel Inlt sche~wl('d fur ALL 11.111. 1Ioy 11 11 the of coninituilcuilon anion;t all groups, he sued. home of 1lcaaiu Julnison, tdi-ickland pnrcnt of and Cf'U niciuhcr, at :127 Ilulli SI, 1["4T HECENTLY, A serlcs of lucldruis "H'e're asking lhr coopcrulinn ul uu halt taxed the lu'PVCs of studeotx, parents, parents fur rill chihlrcu," dlrN. Hrggias leachers and adinlnixirawil. A pushintl Lind said. i r i I i !i i 1 I : f W i P+ I n, -Spokesman asks school trustees Ito appoint black administrators By DIANA KUTSKY week in response to the tension at Chrismuo visits varfuus conk{((s and Education Writer Strickland. President Charlye Ilcggins urtivursities during the spring to f ! A spokesman for black residents of said the group has as one of its recruit, he added. Denton has requested tile Denton school priorities the hirini;of daansof students The scho,o1 board occepled 12 board consider hiring Ila ck ad. at both junior high schools. resipn+dlons earlier in the evening. ministrators for now positions and for Thu tension at Strickland has resulted ranging from Tn.e its.4plisor•Collector I posilicns now vacant in the school In an atmosphere of fear for binck L,L. Ludwig's retireauent to leachers t district. students and has been in evidence for and lenchers' aides, The tarard two Racial problerns at Strickland Junior several years, Bailey said. weeks ago accepted the Jute as High School prompted his request for IlAlcq asked school board members resignation of Alvin N'aicy, Dutton consideration hiring olacks for the about the district's recruiting poiicie3 High Schoul principal. > position of high school principal, a for vacancies Pruscbtiy in 1110 scitwl disUict, position now open, and assistant acbninislrnilve aahions as prlneipalships lit other schools, the °Jinny olacks are hopeful that a blacks hold dean of boys lit the high school, dirccirn' Rot'. Rertrasd (Salley slid. Wiley, slack might meet the regrilrentents" i for high School principal, Boiley added. (If specitd educultun and supcevlsoi of pastor of All. Calvary Baptist Church, speclnl service,. spoko ''as n 1 ider in the comruunity The district rcerults for positions Hoard nurmhees also examined it concerned abuul Ihc' condition of such ns the principal's job by con• their friction at Strickland Junior High" at Iaeling the Texas Asr,ociatlon of School c Ireport on the high sconin -d their 1 c cl»cs n•utitom and d rantinuc Tuesday armitng's school board +Idutinlstrators and rblR`Itr plnacmenl i meeting, se+,crecs, Supt. Robert 11M)ec said, discussion of hoard goals and ob. Joclivcs Also In the uudtbnee Teesdny night "W c have Lill active recrvilhtg The board ulsn inclln closed session w'ero a hall•dnt.ca members of the program r notwithstanding the In discuss the lwrsitiou of Iei;ul ;tdv+ser Concerned Pnrrnls UrgnnirnUon nrnnher of un;rdlclted applications," to the school disu•ivl, hilt nn acltnn teas (CPO), a iltuilirucial group formed last yic(ice said. Personucl director Uoyie taken, presldc`ut Scntlt'it Ku'k said. E i fl i l I r i G. , 1 E wr: Iucww i' f , j , Si ti ~ 1 prin -Ne- Mmaisat junior s Congress The reading curriculm at graduate and served as head seventh grade creative Froth junior high schools will coach and history leacher at writing class and a cr!urse on Heading the list of Changes be modified to make it more Congress prior to becoming vocation occopattnnol In. i at Congress Junior High flexible, allowing some assistant principal. Ile has a fnrnotinn far seventh and School for the 1977-78 school students to lake electives master's degree, also from 04lith graders. year is the appointment of rather than reading after \TSU, and has carried 45 Dirk wall, ~%ho retired as Robert Hardaway as prin. their first quarter. , clpal, hours towards a degree Itt h riucipal this yrar, uvorsaa Hardaway, who served as secondary school ad. the details 1,l turrtetdum In the athletic program, ministration. Ile also la Light changes until I onr+s arruvoc I assistant principal for five there will no longer be boys' history lour years at the inOUeher tntnn in raid July'. years, replaces Ivan seventh grade athletics, but ~TSU Lab School. ch;ingcs at Iht Glasscock, who was aP. eighth grade athletics will b > 7 schnnl lncliide madiflcaller pointed high school prim expanded. There will he two ~y4nit~ny f1a c~, '77 I ai. of the seventh lgrade rcodin@ j ^I p l , P eighth grade football (cams Strickland prnlram to nurkc h mere And filling the assistant and girls' basketball and flexible, expanding Hit will boa HOnpAat the c shool who track will be offered, Har' Strickland Junior High eighth grade girls' inhietic g daway said. School's new principal, program to inrludc was math teacher and Gayle Lomax, comes from ' director of the secondary In physical than es, the Lasketbatl and track r ~ . B • Abilene High School vvhcrt t cr ib surnmer pchool program at "Pink building" will be he was vice principal S for tirade boys' Demon 1110i School, leveled and the area ftsedfor three years, athletics will be handled i i Other than that, there are a playground for girls in the Lomax received hl< Lomax n Ita city, hhe added 111,01 a whole lot of char eslfounts Street gym,hc ad r)lllFlut hl In ylilul'll{e, g bachelor's and ninstcr'+ N. J (or three vears and Hardaway commented den. degrees from Abiienc w f The one new class which 1lnr0ltment at the school Christian Llniversity and fine returiirked cut o c bilene_a I ; will be offered Is "Skills for 010 to Abilene at r he he probably will be op. tnuyht social studirs earl high school level. Living" for seventh graders. proximately 98o students, a'nrY.etl as a counselor at the p;nrollnualt 1,l the srhn0l ` , The class Is a one-quarter slightly more than last year, junior high ntld high school prohably %%-ill be around 950, I elective designed 10 help levels.. 1 he said, r Wall s,nd + Students learn how to gel School officials are I along with othors and Itnrdaway Is a North pLuming Ilse crrotiuu of ,i , . s.-.-r-~•» ~ communicate. Texas State University school newspaper ill u I q l i r I ' I4 ; i i ~ { i IE I I i i , 1 ' - I _ ~i t II i 4 ~hlil%'v>ri+yy i FFNyp`: ~tv 1~ ri r Janruary 19, 1978 i a Dr. Robert McGee Denton Independent School District JaO 5 w Universito Drive j Dentonp Texas 76201 Deer Dr. McGee, This letter is a follow-up to the last correspondence from you to the Community Ethnic Relations Board conaernin the trickland Junior High school report and the subsequent up-date of that report as requested by you. It is the opinion of board members that the recommendations contained within the report are relevant and are especially, timely as it relates to the most recent disciplinary problems and policies at Strickland Junior High School. Some measures need to be taken to prevent the recurrence of this kind of situation and the adverse publicity for the school district and the city of Denton. Upon inquiring of school board members as to whether the Community Sthnio Relations Board Report on Strickland Junior High School had been reoisced b them s by , tiudied and a j response to it formulated, it was asertained that the report had not been presented to the board. It is the feerling of board members that suffioidnt time has been provided for this to have oocurede Theref6re, we are submitting a copy to each school board member and including a1 all correspondence relate d ~ to this matter. ` j r In the spirit of cooperation that you expressed in your i letterf wa respectfully request that this matter be placed on the Janruary 24, 1918 school board agenda and would like to regtiost a written response to the recommendations contained 1 therein. We hop this request follows the guidelines you described in your letter as proper channels for inqury and request. Sincerely$ 11 Dlneita Le Devef Chairperson Community Ethnic Relations Board i I MtMo to CERH members with reference t:o f6rmiag the annual report, Oct. It 1976 - Sept. 30, 1977 From Joe Schumacher A. It was agreed at out,August 24th meatitrg lust that each member of CERB would draw up a "page" for the report with reference to 1 the particular area for which shelhe was re9ponsihle. (Administration of Justice Dorothy Welborn Communication Frank Davila & Joe Schumnr,her Education Elneita Dever Employment Lillie Utuiter & Lupo Pickett i Health and Welfare James Ramirez & Frank Davila 11 Housing James Ramirez & Joe Schumacher . Recreation Judy'Stevart) The following outline will give continuity to the repport, 48 'you follow it. Address yourself, please, not only to crisis situattons but also to c eative situations for ood.aamaeunit relati ur i 8. T: esr e e aroa o conoarn w t a you were charged e o ex, 1976, indicating what you forsaw then as pressing issues. 2. Describe any pressing issue which atobe during the Bast year... , 3, Describe your role in suggesting hoer it should be handled 4. Describe how the situation was handled, showing the process. 1 toward eompletion. B. 7 would also appreciate, your u)ting on the sheet (back?) iihat yyo1l s dream for CERH this coming year, Some strggdstions of August 2MI , i ` "Get D.L.b.D, to inspect Education Report Elneita got us to preppara. Organize open forum for parents interested in school relationships," I "gneourage employment and "on-,job" training of minozitios." "Push for a commmity center in the poorer section of Denton." "Give assistance to minority gcoupg, not hunt patch up difficulties," r "Gat a club house, recreation center built in S,E. Denton." j "Encourage feature stories for news media( of town and universities to show needs and indicate means to batter community int6rrelatiops" " Give woro publicity to 'what services exist in city and through CERV Please bring these sheets to the meeting; you will be forming the report. N L7x7F' PY'MJIYA. I I CERD 1977 Schumacher, Joseph A. Chairperson, 1976-77 12'15 North Elm Street, Denton,Tx. 76241 387-1766 or 387-3390 1976 Stewart, Mrs. Judy 409 Northridge Street Denton jexas 76201 382-3990 1979 Welborn, Mrs. Dorothy J. j 1708 Boyd Street Denton,Texas 76201 387-7973 1977 Hunter, Mrs, Lillie Bell 1002 East Oak Street Dentonjexas 76201 387-2240 f 1978 Pendarves, Shelton 404 Egan Street Denton,Texds 76201 i 382-5091 i 1979 Dever, Mrs. El no ita L., Ed. D. Vice~Ch331rperson , 1976-77 1914 Emerson Lane , Denton,Texas 76201 1 3877238 1977 Davila, Frank S., Jr. Secretary, 1976-77 h 2408 Fowler Drive Denton,Texas 76201 382-7946 1978 Ramirez, James 2415 McCormick Street Denton Texas 76201 31k2~80~9 1979 P11 kke t, Mrs Luvve i' IA 7 be us dire: e Denton,T6xas 76201 387-7997 i turn. ~ i I ~;T l~f t L MEMBERSHIP ROSTER CITY OF DENTON COMMUNITY EHTNIC RELATIONS BOARD FEBRUARY 1, 1978 Dr. Elneita Dever Dr. John McCoy, Jr. 1 1914 Emerson St. Andrew Presbyterian Church Denton, Tx. '6201 300 west oak Phones 387-7236 Home Denton, Tx. 76201 788-2741 uffice Phones 387-3897 Office i E Mrs. Lupe Pickatt Col. Fred L. Hill of"~ 3407 Cactus Circle 2129 Woodbrook Denton, Tx. 76201 Denton, Tx. 76201 Phones 387-4361 Office phones 382-6028 Home ~ 387-7997 Home Mrs. Bruce P. (Trudy). Foster James Ramirez 1106 Hillcrest 2415 McCormick Denton, Tx. 76201 Denton, Tx. 76201 Phones 382-6337 Home Phones 382-6069 Rudy Rodriguez Mrs. Lilxy B. Hunter 2300 Salado 1002 East Oak Denton, Tx. 76201 Menton, Tx. 76201 Phones 382-7326 Home Phones 387-2240 Home 382-5478 Office i I f I 07- u bra ' ru aYp[ , 1 7 ` i • Y y f Qi y l ` b 1 i f: Fi rsi Anilual Report f 02, 4 i ~1►rac• S.wwta...► ~.kfw~ 9cfw.»«.a~iar i r I j • e I x , The Community Ethnic Relations Board readily submits its first annual report to the City Council this evening and it does so with high hopes end aspirations concerning the Board's future and what it can accomplish in the months ahead. Although very little has been heard concerning its progress in fulfilling its duties and responsibilities as prescribed by ordinance last year, the Community Ethnic Relations Board has accomplished what was necessary in its formative year--to locate and develop the tools needed to fulfill its function. It met with experts in various areas that concern the i Board's area of influence and from those meetings it obtained the direction needed in setting its goals as a functioning board. The Board is particularly grateful for the assistance of Richard Tankerson, Equal Opportunity Officer, Corps of Engineers, Southwest Region; Robert E. E Starr, foster Executive Director of the Human Relations Commission for a I the City of Fort Worth; and Berl Handcock, Director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for the State of Texas, Thanks to these men, and others, the Board has a clearer perspective of its role i as a viable and instrumental entity in the community, Those meetings, a coupled with the hearings that the Board held in the community, have produced goals that are essential to the Board's operation, A list of these goals follows. I 3 First, the Board would like for the City Council to delete the two-year i , "self destruct" clause from the ordinance that established its existence, The Board believes that it must continue without a time limit and that Ij F I -1- i 1 it H45fStft~, Ji 1~@AQJ N r 11.11 !i it should become a permanent board in the City's structure. Second, and probably most important, the Board has found the necessity for an operating budget in order to maintain a permanent working staff to receive complaints during working hours and maintain accurate records and files for the Board. To this end, the Board has collaborated { with the Denton County Community Council for use of its facilities and i one of its present employees, The Denton County Community Council has IJ I established as one of its goals to assist in the coordination of all community social services at one central facility, Attached is a proposal of services and the cost of those services, The City's share would be minimal, If this small budget is approved by the City Council, the Board will have direct contact with the community at all times, 3 Third, the Board seeks to establish improved and constant communications { ;J with the community, The Board has already begun initial action towards this gual by putting together a small brochure that will inform the { citizens of Denton about its funct4onsand purpose. The Board plans for its distribution during the month of July. A copy of the brochure is attached, E Fourth, reports of the Board's progressaand actions will be submitted by the Board to the City Council at least once a month, i G r Fifth, the Board will make every effort to hold at least one neighborhood meeting in the community each month in order to remain bonstantly visible to the citizens that it serves, _2_ ~I i 1pq¢ ~AISYi F 1 A i I i I i f Sixth, news releases will be given to the Denton media to publicize the Board's efforts and accomplishments. Seventh, the Board will establish a re-routing system to channel the L 14 findings and actions taken on citizen's complaints after those complaints are placed with the proper authority within the ity's structure. The Board's final goal will be to meet twice a month as it will become necessary to do so once the operating system proposed becomes active. With the City Council's assistance, the Board looks forward to serving both that body and the community with its best efforts, I f I r' 'i j j <,.a, k ..fie: , f . ~j 511 . CITY OF DENTON MEMORANDUM Tor Chris Hartung, City Manager FROMr Helen Browning, Administrative Assistant j DATEr January 10, 1979 SUBJECT: Community Ethnic Relations Board Within the past year and a half, the following dates were set for meetings of the CERB Board after a telephone quorum hrid been obtained. The majority r of these meetings were cancelled due to lack of a quorum, l June 29, 1977 Cancelled no quorum t July 27, 1977 Can elled, no quorum September 28, 1977 Cancelled; no quorum December 21. 1977 January 18, 1978 Meeting held no quorum February 23, 1978 Canrelled~ no quorum March 9, 1978 March 30, 1978 Meeting held) no quorum April 27, 1978 July 6 1978 Meeting held no quorum October. 25, 1978 Cancelled; no r quorum The original ordinance creating the CERB Board provided for a severability clause (or. 75-13,,Part s11 Sea. E) stating yth20f 975 at "the/ Board shall automatically dissolve after two years from the date of passage of this Ordinance", or May 20, 1977. f An ordinance passed and approved November 23f 1976 to allow the CERB Board to function permanently, Ourerecordseindicatelthatifrome the time the original ordinance stated the Board should be disbanded, the CERB Board has been inactive. Despite resignations and changes in membership of the Board, and what I believe f were diligent attempts on the part of staff advisors from the City Manager's Office to work with the CERB Board, the Board has remained inactive. HELEN BROWNIN0 HB/js ~ 3 f I } 1 4 y i y COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD (CERB) Denton-'f exas- V~ ( rte; ARTICLE I - NAME The name of the organization shall be the Community Ethnic Relations Board (CURB), ARTICLE II- OBJBCTIV;9 The objective of the Board is to provide a better avenue of communication between the City of Denton and individual community members and the community as a whole, and to help provide a cooperative effort to improve the quality of racial relations in the City of Denton, ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP The memberships of this Board will be by appointment only. The appointments or reappointments will be made by the City Council as members' terms expire or upon resignation or removal by the Council. ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS Section A. t The officers of this Board shall be Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Secretary, Section B. The Officers shall be elected by the Board. Section C. Officers shall serve for a period of one year, Section D. The Chairman shall be Chief Officer of the Board, It shall be his/her duty to supervise the activities, of the Board. Ile/ She shall also act in a tiasion'capacity with the City Council and the City Manager and/or his staff, He/She will be responsible for making reports to the City Council and/or City Manager', The Vice Chairman will assume the duties of the Chairman in his/her absence. He/She shall perform such other duties as the Chairman shall direct. r I { i nxaa++-, iqa . ~ 4 The Secretary shall take minutes of each meeting. Ile/She shall 1 act in a liasion capacity with the Denton Community Council and shall prepare a monthly report of the CERB activity to be pre- sented at the monthly CERB meeting. In the absence of the Chair- man and Vice Chairman, lie/she shall direct the activity of the Community Ethnic Relations Board. Section E. 'rho Chairman shall be responsible for appointing committees. ARTICLE V -MEETINGS 1. The operational year shall be October 1 - September 30. 2. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held the 4th Wednesday of each month from 7;;U p.m. to 9:00 p.m., or upon notification of j a special meeting by the Chairman. ARTICLE VI - AMENDMENTS These By-Taws may be amended by 2/3 vote of the members at any meeting of the Board; or in the event that it committee has been appointed to submit recommendations for change, that those change be submitted in writing to each member prior to the time of the meeting at which they are to be considered, ; I - I r I I ~ i I s a No. 75 ,3 ' AN ORDIUANCE 07 T11E'CITY OF-DEIiTON; -TEXAS CREATING A "C0l4RRfITY a ETH,iIIC RELATIONS BOARD"; PROVIDING A DECLe~P.ATI0t7 OF POLICY1 PRO- VIDI:iG FOR CREATION OF A C02ti`MITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD AND FUNCTIONS R SAID 4 C PROVID LAUSE1 AND D CLARINGOAll EFFECTIVEjDATEVIDING A SEVERABILITY i WHEREAS, the City of Denton, Texas, has a history of good race relationst and WHEREAS, good race relations benefits the entire eommunityi b and WHEREAS, it is recognizod that the City of Denton needs a Community Ethnic Relations Board in order for the City to research, 1 plan and promote racial understanding t,hich would be to the bane- fit of the entire communityl now, therefore THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINSi PART 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, 1 is hereby amended to create a "Communit y Ethnic Relations Board" and it shall raid as follows (1) COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD, (s)• There is hereby created a Coz%unity Ethnic Relations Board to be composed of nine (9) members, appointed by the City Council for two years, provided that a board shall be composed i of an equal number of the following raef.al'or ethnic groupst Whites, i Blacks and Mexican-Americans. Members of the board may be removed by the City Council for cause, Vacancies shall be filled in the I same manner as provided for regular appointments. (b) The City Manager or his designee. shall be an ex officio member of the board. He shall attend all meetings of the board and shall have the right to discuss any mr-tter that ~.s under eon- siderotion by the board but shall have no vote, (o) Members of the board shall be citizens of the City of Denton. (d) The City Manager shall within Party-five days after the effective date of this ordinance convene an organizational meeting of the Board, and at such mooting the Board shall select from its i r t- ant MIM F'i { own membership a chairman, vice-chairmen and secretary, Any five (5) of the regularly appointed members shall constitute a quorum, The board shall determine its own salsa and order of business. The board shall meet at least once each month]-all meetings shall be' open to the public and a permanent record of proceedings main- tained, g `'r! ) The board shall automatically dissolve after two (2) years from the date of passage of this ordinance, (2) PSOPOWERS 4 DUTIES OF THE COtM ;1 Y ETHNIC REIATIONS OARD. ( (a) It shall be the duty of the board to act in an advisory capacity to the City Council, with authority to hold public hear t ings and to study and recommend polioiss relating to the promotion, planning, research, and other ouch matters involving racial relations, and understanding for the City of Denton, (b) To receive and consider information of racial matters which would lead the City towards improved racial relations and ' racial understanding. ' (c) To recommend to the City Council actions for implame"- I tation that would improve racial relations and racial understand. ' i ing. The board shall not have responsibility or authority over public officials or employees of the City. PART II'. That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, i phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any per- son or circumstances is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the re- J maining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City gf Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such inpslidity, PART III. That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14).days from the dato of its passage, and the City Secretary it hereby ' S ~I i ~ ~tr> N~'gyi (JIC, r S h 9 ~ directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published f r twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage, PASSED AND APPROVED This the day of A. D, 1975. IR. -A~YOR CITY OF DE. , TE S i { ATTESTi CM SECIMM12 CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORIft 'C~ ~1 I3 F ~P'PMLY diTy I CITY OF DEN=;, TEXAS f t i 7 I j , { 4 s t C1 , 'J Wrw(gy ~ Y NO. f~ AN ORD1lJANCE OF THE CITY OF pENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO, 75-13 WHICH CREATED THE "COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD"I PROVIDING FOR STAGGERED TERMS OF BOARD MEMBERS, PROVIDING FUNCTIONS FOR SAIDBOARD$ PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAIJSEI AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS„ the City of Denton previously created a Community Ethnic*Relations Board in order for the City to research, plan and promote racial understanding which would be to the benefit of the entire comnunityl and WHEREAS, the City desires for the ward to function per- r manehtly) now, therefore THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINSI PART i. That Chapter 2 "Adminiatration" of the code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, in hereby amended to create a new Article III "Cmmmunity Ethnic Relations Board" and it shall read as follower ARTICLE III COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD SECTION 2-26, Creation of the Board (a) 't'here is hereby created a Community Ethnic nelatiorss Board to be composed of nine (9) members, appointed by the, City' Council for three year terms, provided that the Board shall, be composed of an equaL4AIW of the following racial or ethnic groupsc whites, Blacks and Mexican-Amerioans. The Board members shall have staggered terms with three members being appointed . cash year. Members of the Board may be removed by the City Council for cause. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as pro- vided for rcgular appointments. (b) The City Manager or his designee shall be an ex officio I member of the Board. He shall attend all meetings of the Board and shall have the right to discuss any matter that is under con- sideration by the Board but shall have no vote, i' j , f ~ .y. Tom'-,.n.. _ . r,. 't:i 1 u 4~ 1tlP/.YS7 1 I~ ,v i (a) Members of the Board shall be citizens of the City of Denton. (d) At the first meeting each year after new members have been sworn in, the Board shall select from its own membership a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. Any five (5) of the re- gularly appointed members shall constitute a quorum. The Board shall determine its own rules and order of business. The Board shall meet at least once each months all meetings shall be open , to the public and a permanent record of proceedings maintained. SECTION 2-27, Powers & Duties of the Community Ethnic Relations Board (a) It shall be the duty of the Board to act in an advisory eapaoJty to the City Council, with authority to hold public hear- ings and to study and recommend polioies relating to the promotion, planning, research, and other such matters involving racial rela- tions, and understanding for the City of Denton. (b) To receive and consider information of racial matters which would lead-the City towards improved racial relations and racial understanding. (c) To recommend to the City Council actions for implemen- tation that would improve racial relation and racial understand- ing. The Board shall not have responsibility or authority over public officials or employees of the City. PART II. That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any O person or circumstances is held invalid by any court of competent z i Jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of, the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council & the 1 ! City of Denton, Taxas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity. i , -2- t r I 4 Ip 7 i, F PART III. That this ordinance shall become effective irnnediately upon its passage. PASSED and APPROVED this the 23rd day of November, A. D. 1976. r tael$ , 1 .L 1E A R CITY OC DENTON I TEXAS ATTESTt I 06 I CI SECRETARY _..i CITY Or DENTONI TEXAS APYROVP.O AS TO LEGAL IFORMt i PXUL C. I IAMB Y ATTO l CITY OF DENTONI TEXAS i i i r i I S -3- 3'' i I d•1 NO, 75- 1 3 AN ORDINANCE OF TIjE (3F D1 NTON---TE~(~t3; EATING A "COTL`IUfIITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD"; PROVIDING A DECLAPATIO14 OF POLICY; PRO- VIDING FOR CREATION OF A COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD AND PROVIDING FUNCTION." FOR SAID BOARD; PROVIDING A SEVERAAILITY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Denton, Texas, has a history of good , race relations; and WHEREAS, good race relations benefits the entire community; and WHEREAS, it is recognized that the City of Denton needs a Community Ethnic Relations Board in order for the City to research, plan and promote racial understanding which would be to the bene- fit of the entire community; now, therefore THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS: E PART I. + That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, I is hereby amended to create a "Community Ethnic Relations Board" and it shall read as follows: (1) COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD. (a)• There is hereby created a Community Ethnic Relations Board to be cornosed of nine (9) members, appointed by the City - provided that a board shall be composed it for two years, Council j of an equal number of the following racial'or ethnic groups: Whites, Blacks and Mexican-Americans, Pfembers of the board may be removed by the City Council for cause, Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as provided for regular appointments. y (b) The City Manager or his designee shall be an ex officio member of the board, Ile shall attend all meetings of the board . and shall have the right to discuss any matter that is under con- sider~tion by the board but shall have no vote, I (c) Members of the board shall be citizens of the City of Denton, (d) The City Mana?er shall within forty-five days after the effective date of this ordinance convene an organizational meeting of the Board, and at such meeting the Board shall select-from its 1 - w - 1 own membership a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. Any five.' (S) of the regularly appointed members shall constitute a quorum, its o \m rules and order of business, determine The board shall ~ , The board shall meet at least once each month; all meetings shall be open to the public and a permanent record of proceedings main= tained. (e) The board shall automatically dissolve after two (2) years from the date of passage of this ordinance, (2) POWERS & DUTIES OF THE COMMUIJITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD. (a) It shall be the duty of the board Co act in an advisory capacity to the City Council, with authority to hold public hear- ings and to study and recommend policies relating to the promotion, planning, research, and other such matters involving racial relations, and understanding for the City of Denton, (b) To receive and consider information of racial matters which would lead the City towards improved racial relations and racial understanding. (c) To recommend to the City Council actions for implemen tation that would improve racial relations and racial understand ing. The board shall not have responsibility or authority over public officials or employees of the City. PART II. That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any per- son or circumstances is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding; shall not affect the validity of the re- i Maining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the j City af, Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such 1 remaining portions despite any such invalidity, I PART III. That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14), days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is hereby 1 f 1 r, t , 1 I , directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED This the ' day of. A. D. 1975. .xa? CITY OFJDEN PTEO-S ATTEST; i i 'i BROOKS HOLTO CITY SEMMY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS j APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: { L Q. ISITAM, 1 F CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS F { 4 { i i ri N ~l I *r NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OP' DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE v NO. 75-13 WHICH CREATED THE "COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATIONS BOARD", PROVIDING FOR STAGGERED TERMS OF HOARD MEMBERS) PROVIDING FUNCTIONS FOR SAID BOP.P,D; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS,,the City of Denton previously created a Community Ethnie*Relations Board in order for the City to research, plan and promote racial understanding which would be to the benefit of the entire community; and } WHEREAS, the City desires for the Hoard to function per- manentlyt now, therefore THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS: PART I. That Chapter 2 "Administration" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended to create a new t Article III "Community Ethnic Relations Board" and it shall read h as follows: { 'r ARTICLE III COMMUNITY ETHNIC RELATION CD f SECTION 2-26. Creation of the Board (a) There is hereby created a Community Ethnic Relations Board to be composed of nine (9) members, appointed by the City J Council for three year terms, provided that the Board shall be E composed of an equal Aught of the following racial or ethnic groups: Whites, Blacks and Mexican-Americans. The Board members shall, have staggered terms with three members being appointed each year. Members of the Board may be removed by the City Council for cause. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as pro- vided for regular appointments, f (b) The City Manager or his designee shall be an ex officio member of the Board. He shall attend all meetings of the Board and shall have the right to discuss any matter that is under con- sideration-by the Board but shall have no vote. r N; l .S S. `E 5 (e) Members of the Board shall be citizens of the City of Menton. y'. (d) At the first meeting each year after new members have been sworn in, the Board shall select from its own membership a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. Any five (5) of the re- , gularly appointed members shall constitute a quorum. The Hoard shall determine its own rules and order of business, The Board shall meet at least once each month; all meetings shall be open , N~<= to the j public and a permanent record of proceedings maintained, 1 SECTION 2-27. Powers & Duties of the Community Ethnic Relations Board (a) It shall be the duty of the Board to act in an advisory capacity to the City Council, with authority to hold public bear- ings and to study and recommend policies relating to the promotion, planning, research, and other such matters involving racial rela- tions, and understanding for the City of Denton. (b) To receive and consider information of racial matters which would lead the City towards improved racial relations and racial understanding. (c) To recommend to the City Council actions for implemen- tation that would improve racial relations and racial understand- I j ing. The Board shall not have responsibility or authority over public officials or employees of the City, PART Ii. That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, j phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any r person or circumstances is held Invalid by any court of competent j 'jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the I remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the E City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such I 4 remaining portions despite any such invalidity. E 1 ;j -2- ]~~s>~Y t + atvmr. 7 Fi L5:. PART I1I. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage. PASSED and APPROVED this the 23rd day of November, A. D. j 1976. C ELINOR HUGHES, MAYOR CITY OV DENTON , TEXAS is Sh' I t ATTEST: BROOKS HOLTO CITY SECRETARY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORMt PAUL' C. ISHAM- , CITY ATTt-RNFY 1 3 CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS 1 ! E r { t!ti 1 1 i i 3 Y3r s 7. a j .r 1 I IE lj~ EE j