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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 24, 2015 Page 11 Chair Becker reported on the resumption of Roseville U educational programming for residents after a one-year hiatus and feedback being evaluated on what does or does not work, and commended staff for their initiatives in getting this opportuni- ty back on track. Chair Becker encouraged individual City Councilmembers to provide their feedback as well as suggestions over the next few months to help de- fine what next year's program would look like. Regarding the proposed online civic engagement module to be integrated into the City's website, Chair Becker noted this was the next item on tonight's City Coun- cil agenda, and was nearing deployment at the discretion of and formal action by the City Council. Commissioner Grefenberg summarized the RCA, lines 14— 16 identified as "Ad- ditional Priorities," stated his preference to not identify them as "additional," but ongoing efforts, since the CEC remained focused on the six initial priorities. Commissioner Grefenberg reviewed Attachment B listing those six priorities and detailing work to-date on each, dated August 6, 2015 and drafted by Commission- er Grefenberg. In conclusion, Chair Becker sought guidance from the City Council on future pri- orities to inform work going into 2016 and beyond. Regarding evaluation of Roseville U, Councilmember Willmus highlighted the recent decision by the Housing&Redevelopment Authority(HRA)to discontinue the annual Living Smarter Home & Garden Fair in its current format, opting for a series of speakers and workshops. As part of this evaluation process, Coun- cilmember Willmus asked the CEC to provide feedback regarding the potential of reverting back to previous City Campus open houses, including involvement by and greater exposure for advisory commissions. Regarding the welcome packet, Councilmember Willmus further noted that the HRA had been looking into revitalizing that as well, and spoke in support of the CEC's role overlapping that of the HRA cooperatively in evaluating that valuable tool. Councilmember Laliberte suggested a pairing of the CEC and HRA to work on the welcome packet and potential format for open houses so as not to duplicate ef- forts. Councilmember Laliberte thanked the task force for their work and staff for building the databases. Regarding the preference to make notices less legalistic, Councilmember Laliberte cautioned that some may require that legal language and asked that they keep that in mind, while perhaps including more summary language as well for the general public's easier and better understanding.