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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 13, 2012 Page 11 ticular firm. Councilmember Johnson opined that it behooved a firm to keep their books accurate and accessible. Ms. Wilson advised that the commission is hoping to perform more frequent audits to ensure compliance; and even though they are expensive, they should be part of the commission's due diligence; and done at a minimum of every 2-3 years. Mayor Roe, in conclusion, noted that the commission had two (2) functions: the regulatory function, and community/media/television access channel, funded by the "PEG" fees, requiring strategic planning and alternative funding development to preserve that service among the ten (10) communities. Mayor Roe thanked Ms. Wilson for her update; and asked that, if citizens are inter- est in more information or clarification, they contact Ms. Wilson at the commission. b. Joint Meeting with Human Rights Commission (HRC) Members of the Commission present included: Chair Gary Grefenberg; Vice Chair David Singleton; and Commissioners Jill Brisbois; Kristin Doneen; Wayne Groff; Kaying Thao and Youth Commissioners: Joan Dao; Marie Siliciano. Chair Grefenberg reviewed the RCA dated August 13, 2012, detailing the current activities of the HRC, its accomplishments since their last report to the City Coun- cil; their work plan for the remainder o the year; and their discussion points and questions of the City Council for tonight's meeting. Chair Grefenberg noted that the Civic Engagement Task Force was finalizing their report to the City Council, anticipated for presentation later this fall. One of the ar- eas found by the Task Force was the lack of representation or involvement in com- munity activism by the 32%population of renters in Roseville. Youth Commissioner Dao reported on youth activities, importance of issues for up- coming elections in Roseville, and the upcoming voter referendum issues. While Councilmember Wilimus recognized the various accomplishments of the HRC, he noted that one under-represented group in the community was receiving significant attention, but questioned what the HRC was doing to expand and foster relationships among other under-represented or marginalized groups in the commu- nity(e.g. Karen community and ELL families in the School District). Member Thao noted that those groups had been on the HRC's list for a long time; however, she noted how time consuming the constitutional amendments had been for the group's time and energy; not allowing time to revisit other"wish list" items. Member Groff noted that there was not as much work done to-date with these groups as he would like, and while he had achieved nice interaction with Karen rep-