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Human Rights Commission Minutes December 9, 2015 Page 3 of 6 Chair Groff stated the Council had also stated the Commission should act in an advisory capacity. He suggested the Commission consider providing annual demographic information to the City Council. Commissioner Slade stated the Council would need to clarify their expectations on what advisory would mean. Commissioner Christiansen stated the Scope, Duties, and Function states “full participation in the affairs of this community by assisting the State Department of Human Rights…” She stated this implied one of the Commissioners should act as a liaison to the State Department of Human Rights on behalf of Roseville. Chair Groff suggested having Commissioner Lindsey from the State Department of Human Rights provide an update on the State’s activities for the Commission. They could look at involving Human Rights Commissions from surrounding communities in this presentation. Ms. Collins stated the Council would not fill the open vacancies until April. Chair Groff stated the Commission would need to proceed with the members they have. Commissioner Christiansen stated she had reapplied for her position since she had only been appointed to a 1-year term. Ms. Collins suggested reviewing the City Code and determining tangible projects for those areas the City Council would like to have the Commission act in more of an advisory capacity and if there are no tangible projects then this may not be a realistic goal for the Commission. The Commission would have the opportunity to meet one more time to discuss the Scope, duty and functions prior to making their recommendation to the City Council. Commissioner Carey clarified the scope, duties and functions should be defined prior to establishing the 2016 Commission work plan in order to ensure the projects meet the expectations of the City Council and their objectives as a Commission. Ms. Collins stated the goal would be to have the scope, duties and functions identified and use these to determine the programming the Commission pursues in 2016. Commissioner Christiansen asked if the Human Rights Commission would remain it’s own Commission and not be merged with another Commission. Chair Groff indicated that based on the City Council meeting the Human Rights Commission would remain it’s own Commission for 2016. It was the consensus of the Commission to have each Commissioner review the scope, duties, and functions and prepare recommendations to be reviewed and discussed at the January 2016 HRC meeting.