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Chair Grefenberg reviewed the Report of Civic Engagement Project. He reviewed the five themes the Task Force identified. • Commissions should operate in a manner similar to the City Council • City should use more electronic vehicles of communication, emphasizing two-way communication • Renters and residents in non-single family homes should be incorporated into existing city means of notification • The city's role in civic engagement should be to encourage, facilitate and incorporate citizen participation, including but not limited to neighborhood groups, into its communication and decision-making apparatus • Civic engagement makes better decisions by government and serves to invests citizens in their community Chair Grefenberg reviewed each section and encouraged Commissioners to offer their feedback. He noted that a few areas still needed work, but the Task Force planned to take the report to the City Council within two months and then bring back to the Human Rights Commission. He also said there was a possibility of having a second community meeting. Youth Commission Report Youth Commissioner Marie Siliciano reviewed the communications plan and discussed potential use of a HRC Facebook page. She said the page would start out as a fan page and not have comments until after they see how it goes. She said the page would have information about what the commission is doing and include human rights activities in the area. Chair Grefenberg offered several amendments and asked� whether the new youth commissioners �€ wanted time to review before deciding whether this was something they wanted to work on. Commissioner Dao said she would like the opportunity to do so. Chair Grefenberg moved and Commissioner David Singleton seconded motion that the communications plan be submitted to the Youth Engagement Task Force for its review and recommendation. Motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Thao provided cookies to welcome the new youth commissioners. League of Minnesota Human Rights Commissions (LMHRC) Chair Grefenberg, Commissioner Thao and Commissioner Thelma McKenzie attended the LMHRC annual meeting in December. Commissioner Thao said Department of Human Rights Commissioner Kevin Lindsey was the keynote speaker and Golden Valley Human Rights Commissioner Marian Helland was honared. Chair Grefenberg was appointed a director of the LMHRC. Chair Grefenberg said he thought his involvement would be a way for the Roseville HRC to affect civil rights throughout the state Golden Valley Human Rights Commission