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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 8, 2016 Page 25 1members of the task force and citizens-at-large, as well as other participants, were 2not actively forcing neighborhoods to form associations, but were intent on rec- 3ommending ways for the City Council to proceed and encourage those groups to 4form around issues or activities, and represent their potential. 5 6Councilmember Etten opined that the discussion around “assist” and “encourage” 7formation of Roseville neighborhood associations suggested action, and suggested 8a better term may be “formulate” new ideas or ways to reach other populations. 9Councilmember Etten noted another item he supported from the listed CEC strat- 10egies was outreach to unrepresented groups, and expressed his interest in seeing 11more related to that. Councilmember Etten stated his support for the CEC and in- 12frastructure work of community engagement processes; and agreed with their 13purpose for neighborhood associations in strengthening the community. Coun- 14cilmember Etten opined this served as a way to bring people together in a positive 15versus negative way, and encouraged their formation rather than forcing them, 16with the model available as a tool for them moving forward. 17 18Councilmember McGehee opined that the Dale Street Project process brought 19things forward in a positive way, and noted that the city had provided that oppor- 20tunity. 21 22Mayor Roe clarified that the intent of the CEC had been defined as an engage- 23ment process and not requiring the formation of a neighborhood association as 24noted by Councilmember Etten. 25 26Councilmember Laliberte opined that the CEC list involved a lot of great things, 27and asked if the CEC would be talking about priorities to bring things to conclu- 28sion and move on to their next priority, or if they envisioned doing many of these 29initiatives at the same time. 30 31Chair Becker advised that the CEC had collectively come up with the ideas they 32wanted to pursue, and noted that he had intentionally added one more thing than 33he felt reasonable to accomplish within one year, hoping to get feedback from the 34City Council. Chair Becker advised that the 2014 ideas supported by the City 35Council had been included while eliminating those that had not received that sup- 36port, and noted the CEC would expend their energy accordingly, incorporating 37tonight’s feedback to inform the next draft of this document. Chair Becker ad- 38vised that he would intent to pursue all of the initiatives during the year, while 39some may depend on outside timing beyond the CEC (e.g. SE Roseville). 40 41Chair Becker referenced the comments related to decreasing meeting frequency, 42but opined that the CEC would need all their scheduled meetings to accomplish 43the work before them. 44