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November 28, 2012 <br />Item 6.a.1 <br />Council Request for Recommendations <br />Member Grefenberg advised that he too was leaning toward creating <br />another commission or task force with staff support. <br />At the request of Councilmember Johnson, Member Grefenberg advised <br />that the HRC had yet to digest and support recommendations of the task <br />force; but noted that it was on their upcoming November meeting agenda. <br />Councilmember Johnson opined that this was a vital next step for the HRC <br />and their formal recommendation to the City Council on this specific <br />issue. <br />Councilmember McGehee opined that this was an excellent report and <br />commended the Task Force; expressing her hope that the report came <br />forward from the HRC and needs to implement recommendations were <br />met. Councilmember McGehee spoke in support of the recommendations <br />having a draw from another community group or commission related to <br />this issue; as well as staff support if needed. Councilmember McGehee <br />suggested an annual meeting in January with community findings gathered <br />by the HRC to assist the City Council in their priority setting for the <br />upcoming year as different issues came to the forefront. Councilmember <br />McGehee opined that it was essential to get that information to the City <br />Council. <br />Mayor Roe noted that he was hearing a lot of positive response to the Task <br />Force's report; and thanked them for their service and recommendations. <br />Mayor Roe advised that he was personally very interested in their <br />recommendations and would take it as a charge moving forward to <br />determine from available resources and staffing how to proceed and how <br />to best formulate resolution, including involvement of task force members <br />as makers of those recommendations. <br />Councilmember Willmus thanked the entire task force, and Member <br />Grefenberg's leadership. As something he had been personally following <br />closely throughout the process, Councilmember Willmus expressed his <br />sincere interest in the implementation process for the recommendations, <br />and his interest in a formal commission to do so. <br />With the next HRC meeting scheduled for November 28, 2012, <br />Councilmember Pust asked that these recommendations be processed at <br />that level to allow a hearing of the HRC recommendations in December <br />prior to the end of her Council term. <br />Member Grefenberg advised that the HRC members had seen this <br />document and were aware of tonight's discussion; however, they had not <br />been asked to take a formal position at this point. <br />Excerpts from Draft Minutes of Council October 22, 2012, Meeting 3 <br />