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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 14,2014 Page 8 provide recommendations for tools that could be used to meet people where they were with their busy, limited time available; and how to pass information on to those residents in their daily lives. Councilmember Willmus echoed the comments of Mayor Roe regarding use of the Task Force summary report; opining that it was an important document with lots of valuable information, and with the CEC becoming stewards of that docu- ment, it could serve to influence future decision-making. Along those same lines, Councilmember McGehee opined that a lot of the docu- ment is related to policy and process; and further opined that a lot of existing pol- icies in Roseville have not been as inclusive or rewarding when they attempt to engage the public. Councilmember McGehee noted that many discussions had been held about educating the public about changes in the community, and how to engage them in the process for topics of concern to them and how responsive the City is to those coming forward with concerns or specific issues; with a need to address implementation and policy issues needing direction. Councilmember Etten, as a caveat to previous comments, clarified that the CEC was a group advising the City Council on policy, engagement, collaboration and communication; and while recognizing that individual members of the CEC are already actively involved in the community, he didn't want to stifle those natural extensions and ongoing outreach they already provided in the community. Coun- cilmember Etten spoke in strong support of members of the CEC continuing to engage in those areas on behalf of the City Council. Mayor Roe concurred with Councilmember Etten's comments. At the prompting of Mayor Roe, individual feedback was sought from the CEC. Member Ramundt sought clarification, from the twenty-page Task Force sum- mary report, if the City Council had determined or ranked their priorities in that document, or identified which areas they wanted the CEC to focus on versus the entire document. Member Ramundt opined that having some initial "wins" or ar- eas of initial agreement were important, and suggested the City Council provide that information to the CEC at their earliest convenience. Mayor Roe recognized that this was a fair question. Councilmember Laliberte concurred that it was a good point; however, with re- cent changes made to the system and in staffing since the presentation of that re- port, she suggested that the document could use a review before providing that priority listing.