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September 19, 2012 Item 7.b Civic Engagement Task Force 5. Seeks input from participants in designing how they participate. 6. Provides participants with the information they need to participate in a meaningful way. 7. Communicates to participants how their input affected the decision. Our Task Force added an additional core value: 8. Taskforce participants will be open- minded toward the involvement of others and towards the input of staff, city commissions, and those experienced in public policy and civic engagement. These core values should be useful to the City in assessing the value of these recommendations and future efforts at increasing civic engagement in Roseville. Included in the Addendum is the Core Principles of Community Engagement which are quite similar to these core values. These core values were made available to the Task Force by the League of Minnesota Cities. We Believe... • Civic participation is vital to democracy. • Civically- engaged citizens have a stronger sense of community. • Civic engagement helps connect citizens more closely to their government, as well as their neighbors. • Many Roseville residents are invested in their community, while others are looking for opportunities to connect and contribute to their community. • The engagement of citizens creates more effective government and ensures decisions reflect and serve the needs and wishes of the community. • The City of Roseville has a foundation of civic engagement upon which to build. Our Process The Human Rights Commission intended to form a task force with a diversity of perspective reflecting our community (age, gender, and ethnicity). In the end, approximately half of the Task Force members were appointed City Commissioners and half were at -large members. We met monthly for well over a year, with subcommittees meeting in between to study specific issues and questions. We held one city -wide community forum entitled "Neighbor -to- Neighbor" (see Addendum), and one meeting with the City Manager and a Planning Department staff September 12, 2012, Penultimate Draft 1.2 3