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7) Focus on ethnic minorities including new immigrants a. Organize a Karen Forum on a topic selected by the Karen Organization of America. b. Consider the Advocates for Human Rights model of Community Conversations as an effective and sustainable way to encourage building an inclusive and welcoming sense of community in Roseville. 8) Continue to consider whether and how the Commission should take positions on issues impacting human and civil rights while maintaining focus with the HRC's purpose, and so advise the City Council. 9) Continue to explore ways to involve dialogue participants in achieving implementation of some of this spring's dialogue small group priorities /projects ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION WITH CITY COUNCIL: 1) Support to the HRC should be commensurate with the level of support the City provides other commissions; 2) In order to be sustainable the Commission needs to better prioritize its work, and if possible confirm that those priorities conform to the Council's expectations; 3) Consider low- energy and sustainable ways to develop programs suitable for the Roseville community on human rights and civic engagement issues; 4) Action needs to be taken on the Commission's recommendation to create a Civic Engagement Commission focused on the implementation of the sixty specific recommendations contained in its Task Force final report; and 5) Current Commission can only do so much with current resources. Staff need to proactively seek out other ways to support the Commission's work, such as aggressively searching out grant opportunities, internships, allowing Commission direct access to its own web page on the city's website, and developing a more aggressive community and press outreach. As noted I have also attached a copy of the Council's minutes on their joint meeting with us. Attachment: Excerpts from City Council Meeting Minutes of August 12, 2013 0)