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CHAPTER 209 <br />COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION <br /> <br />SECTION: <br />209.01: Establishment and Membership 209.02: Scope, Duties and Functions <br /> <br />209.01: ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP: <br /> <br />There is established a Community Engagement Commission of the City which shall consist of <br />seven members appointed by the City Council and which shall be subject to Chapter 201 of the <br />City Code.. <br /> 209.02: SCOPE, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS: <br /> <br />The City Council has created the Community Engagement Commission to serve in an advisory <br />capacity regarding the effective and meaningful involvement of Roseville residents in their <br />community. The Commission shall make recommendations, review policies, and suggest <br />strategies that will help to improve City communication and increase a sense of community. <br /> <br />The duties and functions of the Commission may include: <br /> <br />A. Review and recommend opportunities to collaborate with neighborhood, community, <br />educational, business, and social services groups and organizations. B. Recommend strategies for and actively promote and encourage effective and meaningful volunteerism as well as participation on advisory boards, task forces, commissions, and other participatory civic activities. <br />C. Review and recommend ways to improve the City’s public participation process and <br />policies, identify under-represented groups, remove any barriers, and engage and promote <br />increased participation of all residents (both homeowners and rental populations), <br />businesses, and community and neighborhood organizations. <br />D. Review and recommend ways to improve the City’s communication efforts, both printed <br />and electronic, to facilitate effective two-way communication between the City and its <br />residents, businesses, community and neighborhood organizations including making <br />information available in multiple languages. <br />E. Collaborate with City staff to explore and inform the City Council regarding other <br />government efforts in the area of community engagement, as well as the latest trends, <br />technologies, tools, methods, and information used to facilitate community engagement, <br />communication, and volunteer efforts. <br /> <br />F. Advise the City Council on the community's visioning process. <br />Item 7: Attachment B