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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 14, 2014 Page 6 9. General Ordinances for Adoption 10. Presentations Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 7:25 p.m. and reconvened at approximately 7:35 p.m. a. Joint Meeting with Community Engagement Commission Mayor Roe welcomed the members of the newly-formed Community Engage- ment Commission (CEC). Members present included: Gary Grefenberg; Desiree Mueller; Scott Becker; Michelle Manke; and Katherine Ramundt, with Commis- sioner Theresa Gardella arriving at approximately 6:47 p.m. Mayor Roe noted that Commissioner Jonathan Miller had previously advised that he had a schedul- ing conflict and was unable to attend tonight's meeting. Mayor Roe recognized Communications Manager Garry Bowman as the official staff liaison for the Commission and reviewed several process and housekeeping details for directing communication primarily through Mr. Bowman, and public meeting notifications required by Minnesota Open Meeting Laws that applied to this group as well. Mayor Roe further noted the need for the Commission, at their first formal meeting, to appoint its Chair and Vice Chair to serve on an annual ba- sis. Mayor Roe suggested individual Councilmembers share their thoughts and areas of interest with the CEC before hearing from the CEC. Councilmember Willmus welcomed members of the CEC and thanked them for volunteering to serve. While questioning the need to get into the website issues at this point, Councilmember Willmus expressed his interest in finding out the group's perspective on that issue; and asked for clarification by the individual members not having served on the Civic Engagement Task Force as to whether or not they had yet had an opportunity to review the summary report of that group. Councilmember Laliberte opined that it would be great for the CEC to start with that task force report as a starting point; however, she expressed her interest in the group not being bound that that document, but for being able to move forward quickly, and use the document for reference. Councilmember Laliberte expressed her confidence in the ordinance for this Commission and places for the CEC to start, particularly in the opportunities available neighborhoods and the business community to strengthen them beyond the work done to-date by the Housing & Redevelopment Authority(HRA) using the ordinance as a foundation from which to start.