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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 13, 2015 Page 13 those public participation goals and the promise to the public included ranges be- tween informing to consulting, involving, collaborating, and empowering— all in- creasing impacts on the decision and using various tools depending on the type of engagement involved. Mayor Roe concluded by highlighting his and Councilmember Laliberte's rec- ommendations to the City Council moving forward: • Determining the role of the CEC in the process to inventory the current situa- tion; • Coming up with values or principles that are Roseville specific; • Looking at various spectrums to identify the engagement process and where it's at in that spectrum; • Determining how stakeholders can be involved, and recommendations for that process moving forward, using the SE Roseville situation as one example cur- rently underway and what additional components were still needed; • How to create that public engagement process going forward, and adopted by the City Council, as future projects (e.g. Comprehensive Plan Update and/or Community Visioning Update) come forward with the CEC reviewing and becoming stewards of that process. Already knowing the City will be involved in the Comprehensive Plan Update and Community Visioning Update, Councilmember Laliberte stated she would look to the CEC to work with applicable commissions to review how it was done last time, determine whether or not it worked, and whether to repeat that past practice or develop a revised process, and make recommendations to the City Council accordingly. Mayor Roe noted that this represented a very broad summary of over one and one-half days of information provided to him and Councilmember Laliberte. Mayor Roe welcomed thoughts from the City Council going forward and inform- ing decisions, such as the next agenda item, and how these principles may fit. Councilmember McGehee expressed appreciation for the materials presented; and agreed with Councilmember Laliberte's identification of a current City Council weakness in recognizing public comment. Councilmember McGehee asked if, when asking for public participation, the City Council was committed to the pro- cess to engage citizen participation and their expectations of that process, and in listening to that comment rather than a simple "thank you" but simply proceeding with an already determined plan of action. Councilmember McGehee spoke in support of the CEC, with collaboration of staff, in developing an assessment tool to then allow assessment, whether by the community, the City Council or an out- side party. Mayor Roe clarified that he was not suggesting the CEC take on the sole role of assessor, but to collaborate as experts on community engagement; and providing a