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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 24, 2015 Page 16 this request was prompted specifically by a request of Councilmember Laliberte to take a more in-depth look at the module before full launching and integration with the City's website. Mr. Bowman highlighted several items specifically, in- cluding Section VI (Management of Civic Engagement Module), Section VII (Use), Section VIII (Posting of Topics) and Section XIV (Moderating Public Comments) as having addressed a majority of the concerns previously expressed. Mr. Bowman suggested that there be no survey component immediately until the site matures; and if chosen in the future, it receive City Council blessing prior to initiation, and be clearly identified as information versus scientific in nature. Councilmember Laliberte clarified that it was not her purpose to delay or stall launching, but noted her concerns that further conversation was needed as to the specifics of how the module would work in reality before launching rather than making up the rules along the way. Toward those efforts and in light of her con- cerns, Councilmember Laliberte advised that she met last week with Mr. Bowman and City Manager Trudgeon, with some of the results of those discussions incor- porated into this draft, for which she thanked staff. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Bowman responded that the CEC had not yet weighed into this draft document as they had met the week prior to its formulation; but noted it incorporated things taken from previous subcommittee meetings even though without benefit of their thoughts and feedback about the ac- tual document itself. Mr. Bowman reviewed some of the items addressed via the actual page, those items still needing to be addressed or provided with a better de- scription between forums, ideas and discussion pages or tabs; and clear identifica- tion of whether it is the city or residents initiating the pages and upfront expecta- tions as to whether or not a response is intended, and clarification of when a fol- low-up will occur. Councilmember Laliberte noted that moderation questions were addressed suffi- ciently in the policy guidelines for those signing up on the site; but also noted the seven-page list of privacy issues and conditions of use from Granicus needed to be linked to City of Roseville terms. Councilmember Laliberte reiterated her suggestion that a quick instructional vid- eo be developed or a generic one from Granicus be made available; or considera- tion of an open house to inform first-time users how it works. Councilmember Laliberte questioned how the city intended to promote the site or drive residents to it. Councilmember Laliberte further questioned how the success or lack thereof of the site would be measured, beyond the dashboard reports to see the analytics behind the scenes; opining the importance of plugging topics into respective commissions for review on a regular basis.