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Human Rights Commission Minutes December 9, 2015 – Draft Minutes Page 3 of 6 Chair Groff stated the Council had also stated the Commission should act in an advisory 91 capacity. He suggested the Commission consider providing annual demographic information to 92 the City Council. 93 94 Commissioner Slade stated the Council would need to clarify their expectations on what 95 advisory would mean. 96 97 Commissioner Christiansen stated the Scope, Duties, and Function states “full participation in 98 the affairs of this community by assisting the State Department of Human Rights…” She stated 99 this implied one of the Commissioners should act as a liaison to the State Department of Human 100 Rights on behalf of Roseville. 101 102 Chair Groff suggested having Commissioner Lindsey from the State Department of Human 103 Rights provide an update on the State’s activities for the Commission. They could look at 104 involving Human Rights Commissions from surrounding communities in this presentation. 105 106 Commissioner Slade stated the Council would not fill the open vacancies until April. 107 108 Chair Groff stated the Commission would need to proceed with the members they have. 109 110 Commissioner Christiansen stated she had reapplied for her position since she had only been 111 appointed to a 1-year term. 112 113 Ms. Collins suggested reviewing the City Code and determining tangible projects for those areas 114 the City Council would like to have the Commission act in more of an advisory capacity and if 115 there are no tangible projects then this may not be a realistic goal for the Commission. The 116 Commission would have the opportunity to meet one more time to discuss the Scope, duty and 117 functions prior to making their recommendation to the City Council. 118 119 Commissioner Carey clarified the scope, duties and functions should be defined prior to 120 establishing the 2016 Commission work plan in order to ensure the projects meet the 121 expectations of the City Council and their objectives as a Commission. 122 123 Ms. Collins stated the goal would be to have the scope, duties and functions identified and use 124 these to determine the programming the Commission pursues in 2016. 125 126 Commissioner Christiansen clarified the Human Rights Commission would remain it’s own 127 Commission and not be merged with another Commission. 128 129 Chair Groff based on the City Council meeting the Human Rights Commission would remain it’s 130 own Commission for 2016. 131 132 It was the consensus of the Commission to have each Commissioner review the scope, duties, 133 and functions and prepare recommendations to be reviewed and discussed at the January 2016 134 HRC meeting. 135