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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 22, 2016 Page 16 and thoughts in comparison to their past experience with government and law en- forcement. Councilmember Etten noted how having a face of who's who in the community by these types of ineetings and interaction would hopefully provide a better comfort level and break down even more barriers in those communication efforts. Councilmember McGehee agreed with her colleagues; and thanked Galilee Lu- theran Church for offering their facility for this effort; and opined she found it a great program and enjoyed attending and seeing the result. Councilmember McGehee opined that the report clearly crystallized all that was learned in the ses- sions. Mayor Roe thanked the presenters for their report and for attending tonight's meeting to present it. Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 7:48 p.m., and reconvened at approximately 7:49 p.m. b. Community Engagement Commission Joint Meeting with the City Council Mayor Roe welcomed CEC Chair Scot Becker; Vice Chair Theresa Gardella; and Commissioners Amber Sattler, Peter Sparby and Erik Tomlinson. Chair Becker briefly reviewed 2016 priority projects as detailed in the RCA and attachments; and noted questions for the City Council by the CEC as part of to- night's discussion and joint meeting. Individual commissioners provided brief updates on their assigned priority project as follows, with an introduction by Chair Becker of each priority. CEC Priorit r� Pro'et ct Updates Assist in the formulation of the 2017 Comprehensive Plan Update Process (Commissioners Tomlinson/Sparby) Commissioner Sparby thanked the City Council and staff for this joint meeting opportunity with the CEC. In efforts to assist in formulating the Comprehensive Plan Update, Commissioner Sparby noted the request for proposals (RFP) had already been sent out; and ad- vised that the CEC was finalizing a list of criteria to help provide specific guid- ance for the City Council in interpreting RFP responses and capture ideas to better engage the community in the Comprehensive Plan update. Commissioner Sparby noted the goal of this one-page report was to help the City Council visualize the community engagement spectrum and specific criteria in their review. Commissioner Tomlinson noted a variety of tools were available on the Metropol- itan Council's website that addressed the public engagement plan, mostly consist- ing of principles versus strategies. Commissioner Tomlinson stated he had also attended a Metropolitan Council training session last week that expounded on a