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still be a part of the overall Roseville events. <br />Councilmember Laliberte thanked the HRC for their great work; and referenced her attendance and <br />favorable impression with the second community dialogue, opining that it was a great event, and <br />one that could stimulate a lot of things based on that good conversation. Councilmember Laliberte <br />noted that one area addressed from that dialogue included working with "thought leaders" in each <br />group. Councilmember Laliberte opined that a benefit of ideas coming from the HRC as part of <br />their charge, and as members of the Civic Engagement Task Force as well as the HRC, was that <br />there were other commissions who were not as close to the issues, but who could also benefit as <br />well from those ideas. From her personal perspective, Councilmember Laliberte stated that she <br />would like to see a separate Civic Engagement Commission and renewed focus for the City; but <br />recognized that the City Council as a whole would need to discuss it further going forward. <br />As part of a City Council Subcommittee, with Councilmember McGehee, to review all advisory <br />commissions, Councilmember Laliberte alerted the HRC that a survey would be forthcoming from <br />that Subcommittee to all current advisory commissions seeking their feedback. <br />Chair Grefenberg suggested that the Subcommittee meet with the Civic Engagement Task Force to <br />gain a sense of the issues raised and rationale for implementation recommendations for <br />representation from all three (2) standing commissions to retain the synergy found in the Task <br />Force and ensuring that the progress would continue. Chair Grefenberg noted that one of the <br />frustrations expressed by the Task Force was in the delay of nine (9) months since the study <br />recommendations were presented to the City Council without any subsequent action. <br />Councilmember Laliberte expressed interest in the Subcommittee meeting with the Task Force; <br />noting that it was their intent to meet with each Commission as well, once the survey had been <br />finalized. <br />Chair Grefenberg opined that one result of the preparation of the Uniform Commission Code was <br />that it allowed volunteer commissioners to be treated as adults without the authorizing body (City <br />Council) telling them how and when to meet. Based on his initial discussions with Councilmembers <br />Laliberte and McGehee, Chair Grefenberg, he was confident that they both respected the role of <br />volunteers and commissions; however he encouraged action on the Uniform Commission Act by the <br />City Council soon to avoid his concerns that the fifteen (15) people involved in the Civic <br />Engagement Task Force not give up expecting any results from their time and work on those <br />initiatives. <br />Councilmember Laliberte respected the time and efforts expended, and her desire to get that back <br />on track. <br />Related to addressing the level of City support, Councilmember Laliberte expressed her hope that <br />with recent discussions and changes in the City's Administration Department and focus on <br />communications, there would be a possible liaison staff support person to work with on civic <br />engagement efforts and with the HRC, which would be one of her personal suggestions. <br />Regarding the Civic Engagement Task Force, Councilmember Willmus noted his support last fall <br />when the City Council initially discussed it, for a stand -alone commission; and advised that he <br />continued to support that from his perspective. Councilmember Willmus noted that the creation of <br />the Subcommittee of Councilmembers McGehee and Laliberte was a direct result of that initial <br />discussion of last fall to review all City Council advisory commissions and their current charges and <br />how and if they should be tasked differently. Councilmember Willmus agreed that their work <br />needed to be wrapped up and brought back to the City Council as a whole; but reiterated his <br />continued support for a stand -alone Commission on Civic Engagement. <br />Specific to the work of the HRC and their activities over the last year, Councilmember Willmus <br />supported extending their collaboration with other agencies and school districts beyond the essay <br />contest, such as involving other ethnic or minority groups or clubs at those schools, and questioned <br />what the HRC was doing with respect to that. <br />5 <br />