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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 12,2013 Page 18 Councilmember McGehee applauded the positive accomplishments of the HRC over the last year as evidenced by their written list of accomplishments. Coun- cilmember McGehee opined that items 1 — 4 (lines 37 — 44 of the RCA) of the 2013 Work Plan were of the most significance to her, and expressed her interest in seeing more of that type of effort, not only from the HRC but from other com- missions and interests as well. Councilmember McGehee opined that the HRC was but one leg of Civic Engagement, a very broad and nebulous definition, with the goal to engage, inform, and interact with the community through lots of dif- ferent parts and areas of interest, such as through different forums. Councilmem- ber McGehee stated that she was very impressed with the HRC points, and that they served to exactly represent the HRC's work over the last few years. Specific to the Culture Fest, Councilmember McGehee suggested the addition of games and music for each culture, in addition to food; and to maintain some au- tonomy of the Culture Fest within the larger Rosefest activities to avoid it being buried in that. Councilmember McGehee suggested that the HRC work with the Parks & Recreation Commission to make the Culture Fest a centerpiece, but still be a part of the overall Roseville events. Councilmember Laliberte thanked the HRC for their great work; and referenced her attendance and favorable impression with the second community dialogue, opining that it was a great event, and one that could stimulate a lot of things based on that good conversation. Councilmember Laliberte noted that one area ad- dressed from that dialogue included working with "thought leaders" in each group. Councilmember Laliberte opined that a benefit of ideas coming from the HRC as part of their charge, and as members of the Civic Engagement Task Force as well as the HRC, was that there were other commissions who were not as close to the issues, but who could also benefit as well from those ideas. From her per- sonal perspective, Councilmember Laliberte stated that she would like to see a separate Civic Engagement Commission and renewed focus for the City; but rec- ognized that the City Council as a whole would need to discuss it further going forward. As part of a City Council Subcommittee, with Councilmember McGehee, to re- view all advisory commissions, Councilmember Laliberte alerted the HRC that a survey would be forthcoming from that Subcommittee to all current advisory commissions seeking their feedback. Chair Grefenberg suggested that the Subcommittee meet with the Civic Engage- ment Task Force to gain a sense of the issues raised and rationale for implementa- tion recommendations for representation from all three (2) standing commissions to retain the synergy found in the Task Force and ensuring that the progress would continue. Chair Grefenberg noted that one of the frustrations expressed by the Task Force was in the delay of nine (9) months since the study recommendations were presented to the City Council without any subsequent action.