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Attachment A <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br /> <br />3 <br />4 <br />Introduction: Authorization and Background <br />5 <br />6 This report is the Community Engagement <br />7 Community Engagement Commission (CEC) ncourage the <br />8 formation of Roseville neighborhood a <br />9 As discussed with the City Council, the CEC decided to establish a task force to advise it on how the <br />10 aforementioned charge could be achieved. This task force, advisory to the CEC, was established to be an <br />11 initial, short-term effort related to advancing neighborhood associations in the city of Roseville. <br />12 The task force held nine meetings over the course of five months, between March 11, 2015 and August <br />13 5, 2015. The task force, at its initiative, checked in with the CEC at its May 2015 meeting to confirm that <br />14 it had correctly understood its charge from the CEC and to clarify that it was to recommend how the <br />15 Citynot the CECcould: <br />16 1)Encourage and facilitate the formation of neighborhood associations, and <br /> <br />17 2)Foster and facilitate effective and authentic neighborhood participation in civic decision-making. <br /> <br />18 This advisory task force at its last meeting unanimously approved its final report to the CEC. The task <br />19 CEC at its August <br />20 13th meeting. (See attached task force report). Task force members did not necessarily agree on all <br />21 topics and, for this reason, the task force report indicated areas where it recommended further <br />22 consideration by the full CEC. <br />23 The CEC spent the next few months reviewing and analyzing these recommendations and assessing <br />24 those issues the task force had not resolved and left to the CEC for their resolution. It also <br />25 <br />26 associations, the only two inner ring suburbs in the Minnesota metropolitan area which have official <br />27 neighborhood associations. The CEC also received a presentation from the St. Louis Park Community <br />28 Liaison Breanna Freedman, who assists St. Louis Park neighborhood associations in applying that c <br />29 association guidelines. <br />Primary Recommendation <br />30 <br />31 The Roseville Community Engagement Commission recommends to the City Council that the City assist, <br />32 foster, and support the creation and effective functioning of neighborhood associations in ways as <br />33 follows in this report. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />