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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 8, 2016 Page 18 1240 students at each program, with those officers averaging nineteen years of ex- 2perience in law enforcement. Lt. Scheider reported that the program focused on 3four pillars of education, covered academics and leadership development, and ad- 4dressed challenges currently being faced by law enforcement personnel across the 5country, as well as physical fitness challenges. 6 7Lt. Scheider reported that her take away from the academy included the relation- 8ships with law enforcement peers and development of a network to over 200 fel- 9low officers, sharing of ideas and their availability to each other; achieving the 10“yellow brick road” obstacle course over that ten-week period; and the speech of nd 11the FBI Director at the 262 graduation of the FBI National Academy. Lt. 12Scheider opined that her attendance would be of benefit to her, her colleagues, 13and the citizens of Roseville. 14 15Mayor Roe congratulated Lt. Scheider, noting that her accomplishments had now 16raised the city’s expectations of her, which may be an unintended consequence of 17her attendance. However, Mayor Roe noted the City of Roseville and City Coun- 18cil’s pride in Lt. Scheider’s work and process; and thanked her for that and her 19service to the community. 20 21Councilmembers concurred with Mayor Roe. 22 b.Discussion with Various Commissions (Community Engagement, Human 23 Rights and Ethics Commission) 24 25At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Trudgeon referenced recent conversa- 26tions late last fall (Attachment A) when the City Council directed the Human 27Rights Commission (HRC) and Community Engagement Commission (CEC) to 28review the scope and functions found in their specific city code commission chap- 29ters and make recommendations of any changes they considered applicable. As 30part of a broader discussion, City Manager Trudgeon reported that the City Coun- 31cil discussed the current Ethics Commission and whether or not it should be 32looked at differently going forward. 33 34City Manager Trudgeon noted that Chair Wayne Groff of the HRC and Chair Scot 35Becker of the CEC were in attendance tonight, as well as Norine Quick-Lindberg 36representing the Ethics Commission; and invited them to briefly speak to their 37recommendations. 38 39Chair Wayne Groff, HRC 40Chair Groff reviewed the HRC projects projected in 2016, including the Naturali- 41zation Ceremony swearing in new residents and sponsored by the HRC; the annu- 42al Essay Contest, reporting the much better response of students this year (tripling 43to over 130 applicants), based on the hard work of former HRC Commissioner 44Bachhuber and Commissioner Christianson who worked directly with teachers at 45the school to phrase this year’s question with school curriculum. While this