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Community Engagement Commission Minutes January 15, 2015 – Draft Minutes Page 9 of 18 they needed to have a time frame, but she wanted to err on the side of having more time and if it 361 the work was done early that was great but if you need it, you need it. 362 363 Chair Grefenberg asked if Commissioner Gardella was fine with dropping neighborhood from 364 the task force’s name, leaving its title Neighborhood Associations Task Force. Commissioner 365 Gardella responded she was fine with the focus being neighborhood associations to keep it 366 focused but knowing that other things would probably be talked about discussed. 367 368 Vice Chair Becker stated added the task force could change its scope if they it wanted. He 369 suggested they phrase it the charge of being a 3 to 6 month process with the initial scope of being 370 neighborhood associations. He stated they might want to think about pulling out dropping some 371 topics if the focus is going to be only neighborhood associations. 372 373 Chair Grefenberg stated said it appeared there was general agreement that there were other forms 374 of neighborhood involvement to be considered. Commissioner Gardella stated if it came up as 375 part of a the Task Force’s discussions that was fine. 376 377 Commissioner Ramundt stated said the volunteers needed to should understand that the main 378 focus was to accomplish in within that timeframe the Task Force was needed to come up with a 379 definition and what neighborhood associations would look like in Roseville. Chair Grefenberg 380 stated added and what city support would be available. 381 382 Commissioner Ramundt stated she believed they would attract different people when they were 383 focusing on neighborhood associations rather than community engagement in the neighborhoods. 384 She stated they would have people who are energized on the topic. 385 386 Chair Grefenberg stated he understood that but he wanted to keep various the description of the 387 Task Force flexible enough to allow it to consider of other neighborhood alternatives to 388 associations. language also. Commissioner Ramundt stated added that maybe they could say the 389 primary focus could be on neighborhood associations. 390 391 Chair Grefenberg stated drew the Commission’s attention to the fact that there were two people 392 in attendance who were interested in neighborhood associations and asked if they wanted to 393 make comment. 394 395 Diane Hilden introduced herself as a resident at 466 Bay View Drive, stated and commented if 396 the Commission they wanted to see a neighborhood in action they needed to go to McCarron’s 397 Club as there were approximately 40 people from her neighborhood there. Lisa McCormick 398 stated introduced herself as she was the leader of the newly-formed Twin Lakes Neighborhood 399 Association; she gave her address and she lived on Weaver as Wheeler Street N in Roseville. 400 401 Hilden having just arrived, Chair Grefenberg stated advised that they were at the point right now 402 to of forming a Commission task force of community volunteers plus one or two commissions 403 commissioners to review examples of how other cities communities have utilized their city 404