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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 24, 2017 Page 16 current world and local events. Ms. Slade asked that the City Council not remove this cornerstone to Roseville city government. Nya Harris, 1066 Lovell Avenue Ms. Harris echoed the sentiments of previous speakers. Kathy Ramundt, 1161 Laurie Road W Ms. Ramundt spoke in support of the HRC as articulated and of their important work. Ms. Ramundt further supported the CEC as a reinforced commission with good leadership and their current enthusiasm to do amazing things for Roseville. While a combined HRC and CEC could work collaboratively as well as from two separate approaches, Ms. Ramundt spoke in support of a broader base from which to accomplish the goals; and strongly encouraged the City Council to bring back the CEC. City Council Deliberation (Attachment D) Mayor Roe reiterated the two-stage process: that of the code language and then the title for the combined commission. Councilmember Etten thanked the public for their comments. Specific to the Task Force report, Councilmember Etten expressed appreciation with the positive tone of the work group; in addition to his observation of last week's HRC discussion and report. As to Councilmember McGehee's suggestion that Section 205.01 (Es- tablishment and Membership) in the draft ordinance be deleted, Councilmember Etten stated that he wasn't sure about his agreement. Councilmember Etten ques- tioned if there was a need at this point to provide more clarity beyond their gener- ality in Section 205.02 to provide that additional focus. Councilmember Etten recognized agreement among council members that they could have done more to assist the CEC in its initial year or two to create that clarity. Specific to Ms. Hansel's concern that youth commissioners were not included in this proposed language, Mayor Roe advised that this was addressed in the uniform commission code and confirmed that youth commissioners would remain in- volved. Councilmember Etten suggested the following changes to the draft ordi- nance: Page 1, line 32 Strike "community relations;" since it represented a broad term. Even though there are human rights-related matters later in the document, Councilmember Et- ten noted that this was only the purpose statement. Page 2, Line 56 Correct Subsection B to strike"recommendations and" Page 2, Line 60 Revise to #1 to read: "Advise the City Council with respect to `human rights- related matters' providing for equitable...."