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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 24, 2017 Page 19 In response to Councilmember Laliberte on line 83, Councilmember McGehee stated her support for "human rights-related matters;" but if the interest was in specificity, that human rights reference was missing in Items 2 and 3. Page 2, Line 83 In response, Councilmember Laliberte again referenced the work of the Task Force and specific language related to education, programs and community dia- logues as outlined in this section. Councilmember Laliberte clarified that the in- tent was not proposed to remove "human rights" efforts from the work plan, but to include other opportunities for educational programs that might also be needed in the broader picture. To add to that, Mayor Roe advised that as part of the Task Force's deliberation, the attempt was to provide three areas, all referencing back to the purpose state- ment of the commission. Therefore, Mayor Roe suggested adding "human rights- related" language to the purpose statement to make it stronger. If the City Coun- cil was not interested in specificity, Mayor Roe suggested that Section C, Item 1 might allow that to proceed. Councilmember Etten agreed with that suggestion; however, stated that he felt strongly with having "human rights" addressed in the purpose statement, and if directly referenced in Section C, he was not as concerned in leaving that door open. With the statement on line 84 about programs eliminating discrimination, Councilmember Etten stated his support for including "human rights" in the pur- pose statement. Motion (Ordinance Language) Willmus moved, Etten seconded, approval of Ordinance LANGUAGE as present- ed(Attachment D); amended as follows: ■ LINE 32, insert "human rights"in place of"community relations;" ■ Retain numerical items in lines 46-54, ■ Line 56, strike "recommendations and," ■ Line 60, insert "human rights-related matters" ■ Retain numerical items in lines 60-78; ■ Line 83, strike Etten-suggested edit and leave as originally drafted; ■ Add Section D,focusing on "Other duties and objectives as identified by the City Council." Councilmember Etten spoke in support of retaining line items for more specifici- ty. On line 80, Councilmember McGehee suggested that the bullets state"shall"ver- sus "may" engage residents, and suggested a friendly amendment; ultimately not accepted by the maker of the motion.